1. Prentice Penny was born on December 1,1973 and is an American producer, writer and director.
14 Facts About Prentice Penny
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Prentice Penny is best known as the showrunner for the HBO series Insecure.
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Prentice Penny is the writer and director of the Netflix film Uncorked, and the creator and host of Upscale with Prentice Penny.
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Prentice Penny is known as a writer and producer of the series Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Happy Endings, The Hustle, and Scrubs.
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Prentice Penny's father ran a furniture business started by his grandfather in Compton.
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Prentice Penny's mother, Brenda J Penny, is a judge for the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
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Prentice Penny graduated in 1995 from the University of Southern California's screenwriting program, where he was a member of the African American Cinema Association.
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Prentice Penny worked as a substitute teacher before getting his first writing job in television.
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Prentice Penny began his professional career as a writer's trainee on the show Girlfriends where he eventually became a staff writer.
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Prentice Penny moved on to work as a writer and co-producer on the series Do Not Disturb, where he was the only Black writer.
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Prentice Penny co-produced the series Scrubs before gaining his first producer credit on the series Breaking In.
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Prentice Penny will be partnering with Chernin Entertainment and Netflix to direct a holiday film, the idea for which came from Penny and his wife.
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In 2021, Prentice Penny partnered with comedian Sam Jay to create PAUSE with Sam Jay for HBO, where he serves as executive producer.
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Prentice Penny is married to attorney Tasha Prentice Penny, whom he met in college at the University of Southern California.