David Mandel

David Mandel
Born1969 or 1970 (age 53–54)
Occupations
  • Writer
  • actor
  • director
  • producer

David Mandel (born 1969 or 1970 (age 53–54)[1]) is a writer, actor, director, and producer. He was an executive producer and showrunner of Veep, and also an executive producer and director of Curb Your Enthusiasm and Seinfeld. He is also a comedian,[2] and one of the producer-directors of the teen comedy EuroTrip. He was a writer for Seinfeld during its seventh, eighth, and ninth seasons and also co-wrote the screenplay for the 2003 film adaptation of The Cat in the Hat. He is one of the creators of Clerks: The Animated Series, and he was a writer for Saturday Night Live. He had a brief stint as a host of Dave and Steve's Video Game Explosion, a comedy video game review show that aired late nights on TBS as part of the Burly Bear Network. The show only lasted a few episodes before the entire block was canceled.

Mandel is also one of the authors of Star Wars Art: Ralph McQuarrie, a comprehensive collection of Star Wars artwork by Ralph McQuarrie, published in 2016 by Abrams Books.[3]

Since October 2020, Mandel has hosted the podcast The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of detailing movie props and collectables with writer Ryan Condel.[4]

He is Jewish.[5]

  1. ^ Chun, Alex (December 28, 2005). "Superpowers Get Flexed at Auction". The Los Angeles Times. p. E3. David Mandel, 35...begain acquiring superhero art 10 years ago when he was a writer on 'Seinfeld.'
  2. ^ Sipher, Devan (January 14, 2007). "Rebecca Whitney and David Mandel". The New York Times. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  3. ^ Floyd, James (September 20, 2016). "CELEBRATING A MASTER: INSIDE STAR WARS ART: RALPH MCQUARRIE". Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  4. ^ The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of - Roosterteeth, retrieved February 4, 2021
  5. ^ Bloom, Nate (September 14, 2017). "Jewish entertainers well-represented at Emmy Awards". St. Louis Jewish Light. Archived from the original on April 26, 2019. Retrieved July 28, 2018.