David Fury - Career

Career

He is well known for his work on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Lost, 24, and Fringe.

Fury was a co-executive producer and writer for the first season of Lost. Fury and the writing staff won the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2006 ceremony for their work on the first season.

Fury was born in New York City, New York, the son of a model. He was a stand-up comic at The Improv and Catch a Rising Star, and founded a comedy theater troupe called Brain Trust. He also wrote for The Jackie Thomas Show, House of Buggin, Dream On and Pinky and the Brain.

In 2008, Fury cameoed alongside Marti Noxon as a singing newsreader in Joss Whedon's short film Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog.

Fury is married to fellow screenwriter Elin Hampton (producer of Mad About You), and has three children.

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