12 Facts About Justin Halpern

Justin Halpern was the co-writer and co-executive producer of a CBS television situation comedy series based on the book.

Justin Halpern's father is Jewish and his Italian American mother is Catholic.

Justin Halpern's father Samuel Justin Halpern is a retired doctor of nuclear medicine who practiced at the University of California, San Diego.

Justin Halpern attended Point Loma High School, where he was a pitcher on the school's CIF-champion baseball team.

Justin Halpern played baseball briefly at San Diego State University, where he graduated in 2003.

Justin Halpern then headed to Hollywood to seek work as a screenwriter; there he wrote screenplays and worked as a waiter, but success as a screenwriter eluded him.

Justin Halpern returned to San Diego to live with his girlfriend of three years, but the relationship ended following the move and Justin Halpern then moved back to the family home.

Justin Halpern explained the series as "the dichotomy of this older guy who says whatever he wants and this younger guy who is tiptoeing through life," with the latter careful not to offend anyone for fear of losing jobs or friends.

In 2011, Justin Halpern worked as a writer for the short-lived comedy series How to Be a Gentleman, but the show was cancelled after four episodes.

In 2019, Justin Halpern joined other WGA writers in firing their agents as part of the WGA's stand against the ATA and the practice of packaging.

In 2021 Justin Halpern became an executive producer of Abbott Elementary on ABC, which won a Peabody Award in 2022.

Justin Halpern married Amanda Schweizer on May 29,2011, and as of May 2012, the couple divided their time between a Bankers Hill, San Diego apartment and a house in Los Angeles.