O'Brien, Barry

PERSONAL

Addresses:

Agent—Creative Artists Agency, 2000 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles, CA 90067.

Career:

Producer and writer.

Member:

Writers Guild of America, West.

CREDITS

Television Work; Series:

Developer, Beverly Hills Teens (animated; also known as B.C.B.G.), syndicated, 1987-88.

Story editor, Perfect Strangers, ABC, 1989-91.

Coproducer, Perfect Strangers, ABC, 1990-91.

Producer, Perfect Strangers, ABC, 1991-92.

Supervising producer, Perfect Strangers, ABC, 1992-93.

Supervising producer, Getting By, ABC, c. 1993.

Co-executive producer, Getting By, NBC, 1993-94.

Co-executive producer, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (also known as Super Mr. Cooper, Echt super, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Cooper et nous, and Vivir con Mr. Cooper), ABC, 1994-95.

Executive producer, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (also known as Super Mr. Cooper, Echt super, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Cooper et nous, and Vivir con Mr. Cooper), ABC, 1995-96.

Creator and executive producer, Between Brothers, Fox, 1997-98.

Executive producer, Guys Like Us, UPN, 1998-99.

Executive story editor, Judging Amy, CBS, 2003.

Coproducer, Judging Amy, CBS, 2003-2004.

Supervising producer, Judging Amy, CBS, 2004-2005.

Creator of original concept and supervising producer, The Einstein Factor, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, beginning 2004.

Supervising producer, CSI: Miami (also known as CSI Miami), CBS, 2005—.

Cocreator, Hannah Montana (also known as Secret Idol Hannah Montana), Disney Channel, beginning 2006.

Executive producer, The Einstein Factor, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, beginning 2007.

Television Work; Pilots:

Script consultant, She's the Sheriff, syndicated, 1987.

WRITINGS

Teleplays; Specials:

Blondie and Dagwood (animated; based on the comic strip by Chic and Dean Young and others; also known as Dagwood and Blondie), CBS, 1987.

Blondie and Dagwood's "Second Wedding Workout" (animated; based on the comic strip by the Youngs and others; also known as Dagwood and Blondie), CBS, 1989.

(Additional material) All That 10th Anniversary Reunion Special (also known as "All That" 10th Anniversary Reunion), Nickelodeon, 2005.

Teleplays; Episodic:

"Broadway It's Not," Happy Days (also known as Happy Days Again and New Family in Town), ABC, 1981.

"Grandman Nussbaum," Happy Days (also known as Happy Days Again and New Family in Town), ABC, 1982.

"Star Peepers," Laverne & Shirley (also known as Laverne & Shirley & Company and Laverne & Shirley & Friends), ABC, 1982.

(Story) "Spare the Rod," Silver Spoons, NBC, 1984.

"I'll Be a Son of a Ghostbuster," Ghostbusters (animated; also known as Filmation's "Ghostbusters" and Filmation's "Ghostbusters—The Animated Series"), syndicated, 1986.

"Igon the Terrible," Moon Dreamers (animated), broadcast on My Little Pony and Friends (animated), syndicated, c. 1986.

"Buddy," BraveStarr (animated), syndicated, 1987.

"9 to 5 to 9," The Jetsons (animated), syndicated, 1987.

She's the Sheriff, syndicated, episodes from 1987-89.

Perfect Strangers, ABC, episodes from 1987-93.

Getting By, ABC and NBC, episodes in 1993-94.

Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (also known as Super Mr. Cooper, Echt super, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Cooper et nous, and Vivir con Mr. Cooper), ABC, episodes in 1995-96.

Between Brothers, Fox, episodes in 1997-98.

"In & Out," Guys Like Us, UPN, 1998.

"The Lying Down Game," Guys Like Us, UPN, 1998.

"Torn Between Two Mothers," Titans, NBC, 2000.

"Someone Wicked This Way Comes," Titans, NBC, 2001.

"Washington D.C.," Gary & Mike (animated), UPN, 2001.

Judging Amy, CBS, episodes and stories for episodes from 2002-2005.

(Story) "Football," Drake & Josh, Nickelodeon, 2004.

CSI: Miami (also known as CSI Miami), CBS, episodes beginning 2005.

(Author of original concept) The Einstein Factor, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, episodes beginning 2007.

Teleplays; Pilots:

She's the Sheriff, syndicated, 1987.

Screenplays:

Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night (animated; based on the work of Carlo Collodi), New World Pictures, 1987.

(Author of story) Kangaroo Jack (also known as Down and Under), Warner Bros., 2003.

(Author of source material) Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour, Buena Vista, 2008.