Biography
Ivan Menchell met with Clare Sera as writers on a feature project for Universal. They both come from performance backgrounds, Menchell from stand-up comedy, and Sera from improv and theme park gigs.
Before writing together, Menchell had several shows on Broadway: "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang," "The Cemetery Club" and the Tony Award nominated "Bonnie & Clyde, The Musical!" In television, he had written multiple pilots for Showtime, Fox and CBS, and worked on the series "Time Of Your Life," "The Nanny," "Phil of The Future" and "Jonas."
As a team they have written several feature comedies, including "Blended," and "Daddy's Girls." More recently, they wrote an adaptation of the French film "Disco."
Warner Bros.
Screenwriter
Movies | |
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2014 |
Blended |
1995 |
Napoleon |
1993 |
The Cemetery Club |
Series | |
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2009 |
Jonas |
2004 |
Phil of the Future |
1999 |
Time of Your Life |
1998 |
The Nanny |
The Dinner Party (S05E16) |
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Rash to Judgment (S05E11) |
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I'm Pregnant (S06E06) |
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1997 |
The Nanny |
The Heather Biblow Story (S04E24) |
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1996 |
Bedtime |
Documentaries | |
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1996 |
Classic Stand-Up Comedy of Television (TV movie) |
Producer
Series | ||
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2000 |
Time of Your Life |
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The Time He Saved the Day (E19) |
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The Time They Broke the Law (E18) |
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The Time They Got Busy (E17) |
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more episodes (8) | ||
1999 |
Time of Your Life |
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The Time the Millennium Approached (E08) |
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The Time They Had Not (E07) |
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The Time the Truth Was Told (E06) |
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more episodes (5) | ||
1998 |
The Nanny |
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The Wedding (S05E22) |
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The Best Man (S05E21) |
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The Pre-nup (S05E20) |
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more episodes (3) |