Archive: Michael Schur

Interview with The Office webisode writers

Wednesday, July 12th, 2006 | 6 comments

IGN has a fantastically meaty interview with webisode writers Michael Schur and Paul Lieberstein (”Toby”).

An excerpt:

Schur says that they shot the webisodes “in two days, and it was basically like we focused on the accountants and whoever else wasn’t shooting in the episode that was being shot at the same time. We would pull them in and we would schedule their scenes around the larger shooting schedule. Basically, the idea was, like Paul said, to do 10 little vignettes and basically [have] one focus on the accountants — and then give one side-character the kind of like starring role for each individual episode, as a way to just sort of involve as many people as we could.”

Besides talking about the webisodes, the article also details The Office’s writing process in general, something I have always found fascinating.

There’s even a little plot point revealed about Season 3!

Read the full article here.

Thanks to OT reader DS for pointing me to this article!

The Office gets five Emmy nominations!

Thursday, July 6th, 2006 | 30 comments

Congratulations to The Office for being nominated for the following Emmys:

• Outstanding Comedy Series: The Office
• Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series: Steve Carell
• Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series: Michael Schur, Christmas Party
• Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Comedy Series:
  - Dean Holland, Booze Cruise
  - David Rogers, Christmas Party

Sorry, no nominations in the Supporting Actor/Actress categories … :(

For more information

• Read the complete list of nominations here. (Thanks, Jenny!)
• Watch video of the nomination announcements here.

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Office nominated for 2006 Writers Guild Awards

Wednesday, December 14th, 2005 | Add a comment

The Office was nominated for three Writers Guild Awards:

• COMEDY SERIES. The Office, written by Jennifer Celotta, Gregory M. Daniels, Lee Eisenberg, Ricky Gervais, Mindy Kaling, Paul B. Lieberstein, Stephen Merchant, B.J. Novak, Michael Schur, Gene Stupnitsky, Larry Wilmore
• NEW SERIES. The Office, written by Jennifer Celotta, Gregory M. Daniels, Lee Eisenberg, Ricky Gervais, Mindy Kaling, Paul B. Lieberstein, Stephen Merchant, B.J. Novak, Michael Schur, Gene Stupnitsky, Larry Wilmore
• EPISODIC COMEDY, any length, one airing time. Diversity Day (The Office), written by B.J. Novak

For the complete list of nominees, click here.

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