Jim Vallely
American screenwriter
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James Vallely[1][2][3] (born August 30, 1954) is an American television producer and screenwriter. He has written and produced for The Golden Girls, Two and a Half Men, My Wife and Kids, The John Larroquette Show, and Ladies Man,[4] as well as Arrested Development, a multiple Emmy Award-winning television show on the Fox network. Valley was an executive producer and co-creator of Running Wilde, also on Fox, along with Mitchell Hurwitz and Will Arnett.
August 30, 1954
Jim Vallely | |
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| Born | James Vallely August 30, 1954 East Brunswick, New Jersey, United States |
| Occupations | Television producer and writer |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Spouse | Myra Turley |
| Children | Tannis Vallely |
His work on Arrested Development won him a Primetime Emmy Award and a Writers Guild Of America Award.
Vallely grew up in East Brunswick Township, New Jersey, graduating from East Brunswick High School in 1972.[4] He attended both Middlesex County College and New York University, and later moved to California in 1982. He wrote for a number of TV series, including ten episodes of The Golden Girls, which was his first paid work as a writer.[5] His daughter is former child actor Tannis Vallely.
