Kurt Luchs

I'm a comedy writer and Writers Guild member with a number of credits and ongoing projects. For example:

-- I've been writing for the Onion since 1996, and wrote the first Onion story to be optioned in Hollywood ("Tenth Circle Added To Rapidly Growing Hell").

-- I sold a film treatment (an adaptation of a nonfiction book) and am working on my first original screenplay.

-- I've written TV comedy both full-time (for Politically Incorrect) and as a freelancer (for the Late Late Show).

--I have written, performed, and produced a variety of audio comedy, including radio plays and radio spots.

--I do the voiceovers for all Lucent Technologies sales training films. It pays well and it's fun to say things like, "Now crimp the Category 5 wire into the face plate."

--I am the founder and former leader of the Luchs Brothers, a four-brother comedy act specializing in sketch humor.

My current goal is to get a full-time or freelance comedy writing gig either in television or at a new media enterprise run by people who know how to use the Web. I'm also interested in freelance scriptwriting projects in any medium.

2000, Writer

Dreamworks SKG
Sold story as basis for animated film to be aimed at adults.

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2000, Scriptwriter

IFCJ
Sold feature film treatment "Exodus From Ethiopia" based on nonfiction book.

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1999, Writer
Politically Incorrect
Disney
Staff comedy writer.

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1999, Writer
The Late Late Show
CBS
Contributing comedy writer.

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09/2009 - present: New North Broadcasters (Tri Cities, WA)
VP/General Manager
Hired as general manager for a cluster of six radio stations in the Tri Cities area.

11/2006 - 05/2009: Dial Global Local (Omaha, NE)
Vice President
Hired as general manager for Waitt Radio Networks, a nationwide radio syndicator. Helped engineer buyout by Dial Global, promoted to VP.

03/2003 - Present: Barnes & Noble (New York, NY)
Book Author
Wrote humor book for Barnes & Noble titled "Leave The Gun, Take The Cannoli: A Wiseguy's Guide To Business." Initial print run was 12,500.

05/2002 - Present: The Big Jewel (Omaha, Nebraska)
Co-founder and Editor
Edit and write for a literary humor web site which I also helped start.

01/2001 - 11/2006: American Comedy Network (Milford, CT)
VP/General Manager
Hired as staff writer for the leading syndicator of audio comedy in the US, promoted within 20 months to general manager, then to VP.

09/2000 - 01/2001: The Complete Sheet (Hollywood, CA)
Comedy Writer
Contributed daily to the country's leading joke service for radio DJ's.

06/2000: DreamWorks (Hollywood, CA)
Writer
Story optioned by DreamWorks for development into animated family (!) feature. That's right: Steven Spielberg bought something of mine!

04/2000: IFCJ (Chicago, IL)
Script Writer
Wrote film treatment of book "Exodus from Ethiopia" commissioned by the author (a serious tale about the emigration of the Black Jews of Ethiopia to Israel).

01/2000 - Present: McSweeney's (NY, NY)
Contributor
Write funny essays for the country's hottest literary magazine, edited by Dave Eggers (A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius).

10/1999 - 2002: Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (Hollywood, CA)
Comedy Writer
Wrote jokes for major network late night talk show. I contributed daily to both the monologue and the In The News broadcast portions of the show.

03/1999 - 12/1999: Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher (Hollywood, CA)
Comedy Writer
Staff writer for major network television talk show. Wrote monologue, sketches, and segment prep material for host.

03/1999 - Present: The New Yorker (New York, NY)
Humor Writer
Contributor to the Shouts & Murmurs humor page in what is generally considered the finest market for literary humor in the world.

9/1996 - Present: The Onion (New York, NY)
Contributing Editor
Weekly contributions to America's most successful online and print humor publication (www.theonion.com). Also co-wrote the four best-selling books, Our Dumb Century, The Onion's Finest News Reporting Vol. 1, Dispatches From The 10th Circle (title based on one of my stories), and Ad Nauseum. Our Dumb Century won the Thurber prize in 1999.

06/1992 - 12/1997: Konami (Tokyo, Japan)
Voiceover Artist
Voiceovers for arcade and home video games for major producer. Games worked on include X-Men, G.I. Joe, Lethal Enforcers I & II, and Asterix the Gaul, among others.

A featured panelist at 2000's Comedy Writing Seminar at the Chicago Comedy Festival, along with Shelley Berman, Lewis Black, and Judy Gold.

Winner of American Radio Theater Scriptwriting Contest

Jones International University
Pursuing BBA

Currently managing a six-station radio cluster in Tri Cities, Washington (yes, I have entrepreneurial skills too!).

Washington
New York
California - Southern

WGA

Basic Driving (PLG)