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Marc Cherry Biography
MARITAL STATUS
Professions Executive producer , Creator , Screenwriter more
Birth name Marc Hallon Cherry
Nationality American
Birth March 23, 1962 (Los Angeles – California, United States)
BIOGRAPHY
A drama graduate, Marc Cherry considered a career as an actor, notably appearing in Strangers Kiss in 1983. Three years later, after winning $15,000 on a game show, the young man moved to Hollywood and turned to acting. audiovisual writing. Entering show business by becoming Dixie Carter ‘s personal assistant on the sitcom Business Women and Ladies of the Heart , he only signed his first script, that of an episode of Homeroom , in 1989. The novice is then asked to be a reader on season five of Les Craquantes , a popular show recounting the shared accommodation of three fifty-year-olds, before being promoted to the position of producer during the seventh and final season. Marc Cherry then continued as production supervisor on the only season of the spin-off , The Golden Palace . Drawing on his experiences, he successively co-created The 5 Mrs. Buchanans , The Crew and Macho Man , three sitcoms quickly canceled for lack of satisfactory ratings. The young man does not give up and, influenced by the success of Sex and the City at the end of the 90s, reworks the concept of a series recounting the intersecting journeys of several housewives. After having suffered refusals from major American channels, her project finally saw the light of day in 2004 thanks to ABC, under the title Desperate Housewives . His career then took a fundamental turning point since the series met with great success in the United States, before experiencing an international triumph. In addition, the creator was awarded the Golden Globe for Best Comedy Series twice.
From 2006, Marc Cherry tackled the numerous South American adaptations of Desperate Housewives , as well as its Hispanic version, Amas de casa desesperadas , broadcast in the United States for one season. Four years later, he found himself sued for assault and unfair dismissal by Nicollette Sheridan , one of the actresses in his flagship series. At the same time, the showrunner is involved as production designer on its Turkish adaptation, entitled Umutsuz Ev Kadinlari , and is credited as screenwriter and executive producer of the television film Hallelujah , which follows a vigilante in a small town in Tennessee. In 2012, while Desperate Housewivescomes to an end after eight seasons, Nicollette Sheridan’s accusations are dismissed by the court for lack of evidence. Marc Cherry then launched into the American remake of the Mexican telenovela Ellas son la Alegría del Hogar . Retitled Devious Maids , this one focuses on four maids of Hispanic origin working in a residential area of Beverly Hills. Furthermore, the production team of the documentary Alec Mapa: Baby Daddy , recounting the journey of homosexual comedian Alec Mapa and his partner to adopt a child, welcomed him into their ranks. As part of the high school summer arts program Songbrook Academy , chaired by Michael Feinstein , Marc Cherry then designed two musical shows: Michael Feinstein at the Rainbow Room and Michael Feinstein New Year’s Eve at the Rainbow Room . In 2015, he developed the comedy Cheerleader Death Squad , about a fallen CIA agent who becomes a teacher at a posh Washington prep school.
