Richard Michael Blitt is a Canadian-born screenwriter, film director, producer, and actor who has been based in Los Angeles since 1994.
12 Facts About Ricky Blitt
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Early in his career, Ricky Blitt was a writer on The Jeff Foxworthy Show and Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher.
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Ricky Blitt was one of the original writers on Family Guy, where he would go on to become a producer and write several episodes.
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Ricky Blitt appeared as an actor in Family Guy's first ever live action sequence alongside Alyssa Milano.
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Ricky Blitt co-wrote and starred in a Fox pilot in 2003 called Blitt Happens, starring Jim Parsons, and directed by The Farrelly Brothers.
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Ricky Blitt created and was the executive producer of The Winner, starring Rob Corddry for Fox.
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Ricky Blitt created the series, Romantically Challenged, re-teaming with its star Alyssa Milano on ABC.
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Ricky Blitt has been a series regular and writer for the Peter Farrelly-Bobby Mort created comedy Loudermilk for the past three seasons on the Audience network.
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In film, Ricky Blitt won a Perspectives of the Media award for his screenplay for Fox Searchlight's The Ringer.
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Ricky Blitt made his directing debut with his recent film Hit By Lightning, starring Jon Cryer.
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Ricky Blitt was raised in Cote Saint-Luc, Quebec, a municipality on the Island of Montreal.
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Ricky Blitt is a graduate of McGill University and attended the AFI Conservatory.