Dean Lorey
Dean Lorey is an American writer and producer whose projects include films such as Major Payne and Animal Crackers, and television series which include Harley Quinn, My Wife and Kids, Arrested Development, The Crazy Ones, Those Who Can't, Powerless and iZombie. He is the author of the children's book series Nightmare Academy.
Biography
Lorey grew up in Conyers, Georgia before attending New York University's film school, where he wrote book cover copy for Simon & Schuster and Bantam as well as writing commercials for MTV and Nickelodeon. In 1990. He moved to California and wrote a script for the movie that would become My Boyfriend's Back, collaborating with Adam Marcus and Sean S. Cunningham. Afterward, Sean asked him to finish the screenplay for Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday, in which he also had a cameo appearance. From there, he continued to write screenplays for movies as well as working on writing, directing, and producing for television.Works
Television
- 1997–1998 413 Hope St.
- 2001–2005 My Wife and Kids
- 2006, 2013 Arrested Development
- 2013–2014 The Crazy Ones
- 2016 Those Who Can't
- 2017 Powerless
- 2018 iZombie
- 2019–present Harley Quinn
- 2021–2022 Big Shot
- 2024–present Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
- 2024–2025 Poppa's House
- 2024–present ''Creature Commandos''
Book
- 2007 Nightmare Academy: Monster Hunters
- 2008 Nightmare Academy: Charlie's Monsters
- 2008 Nightmare Academy: Monster Madness
- 2009 Nightmare Academy: Monster Revenge also known as ''Nightmare Academy: Monster War''