Max Mutchnick

Max Mutchnick is Creator/Executive Producer of "Will & Grace", "Good Morning, Miami" and Executive Producer, "The Stones". Creative partners Mutchnick and David Kohan began their careers writing together for "The Dennis Miller Show" and from there ventured forward into comedy series. Producers Linda Bloodworth and Harry Thomason gave the future "Will & Grace" Emmy Award winners their first break into the world of sitcoms when they hired them to work on "Hearts Afire" and "Evening Shade." Their other television credits include "Good Advice" with Shelley Long and the acclaimed "Dream On." In addition to "Will & Grace", they also created and served as executive producers on the comedy series "Boston Common" and "Good Morning, Miami." Born in Chicago and raised in Los Angeles, Mutchnick hails from a creative background. His late father was a graphic designer who launched the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, and his mother is an entertainment executive and author of children's books. Mutchnick's older brother followed in their father's footsteps and is also a graphic designer with a very successful Web business. Mutchnick left Los Angeles after high school to attend Emerson College in Boston. He quickly became involved in the school's television program, ultimately running the campus station. After graduating in 1986, he moved to New York and worked as an advertising copywriter. A year later he moved back to Los Angeles and started writing for television. Mutchnick called his childhood friend, David Kohan, and proposed that they write together. Mutchnick moved to New York, and within a month, they composed two "spec" scripts, came back to L.A. and acquired an agent. They have been writing together ever since. Mutchnick lives in Los Angeles