Ira Steven Behr - Early Career

Early Career

Behr studied Mass Communications and Theater in Lehman College in New York City. After graduating, Behr turned down a playwriting scholarship at Brandeis University, and instead moved to Los Angeles to pursue a screenwriting career. Although his passion was initially comedy, Behr's first writing job was on the dramatic series Maverick. Behr continued to work on television dramas, throughout the 1980s, among them:

  • Jessica Novak (1981, story editor)
  • Fame (1982, writer and producer)
  • Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1982, writer)
  • Bring 'Em Back Alive (1982, writer)
  • Once a Hero (1987, writer and producer)
  • The Bronx Zoo (1987, writer)

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