Norman Lear
Production · Executive Producer · Screenplay · Director
Born Jul 27, 1922 · New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Active 1950–2023 · Awards: Peabody Awards, National Medal of Arts, Air Medal, Marian Anderson Award, Lucy Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television
Norman Milton Lear (July 27, 1922 – December 5, 2023) was a legendary American television writer and producer who produced such 1970s sitcoms as All in the Family, Sanford and Son, The Jeffersons, Good Times, Maude.
Filmography
Boots (2025) - Executive ProducerBefore We Forget (2025) - Executive ProducerThe Simpsons (1989) - Norman Lear (voice)South Park (1997)The Princess Bride (1987) - Executive ProducerFried Green Tomatoes (1991) - Executive ProducerChappelle's Show (2003) - WriterOne Day at a Time (2017) - Executive ProducerAll in the Family (1971) - Director · Writer · Executive Producer · Producer · CreatorE! True Hollywood Story (1996)Good Times (1974) - ProducerThe Jeffersons (1975) - CreatorSanford and Son (1972) - Producer · CreatorThe Facts of Life (1979) - CreatorI Carry You with Me (2021) - Executive ProducerOne Day at a Time (1975) - ProducerMaude (1972) - Executive Producer · CreatorScared Stiff (1953) - Additional DialogueLive in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" (2019) - WriterRita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It (2021) - Executive ProducerMary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976) - Producer · CreatorStart the Revolution Without Me (1970) - Executive ProducerHanging In (1979) - ProducerJack & Bobby (2004)