David Clark Lee (born 1950)[1] is an American television producer, director, and writer.
Lee grew up in Claremont, California, and went to college at the University of Redlands.[2] He co-wrote and co-produced The Jeffersons and Cheers with Peter Casey for, respectively, six and four years.[3] He and Casey co-created Wings and Frasier alongside the late David Angell under the Grub Street Productions.
He produced revival productions of Broadway musicals, including South Pacific starring Brian Stokes Mitchell and Reba McEntire,[3][2] Can-Can, and Camelot.[4] He co-wrote a newly revised script of Can-Can alongside Joel Fields when he was reviving the old musical.[5][6]
Lee has been nominated eighteen times for Primetime Emmy Awards; he won nine out of those nominations.[7][8] He also won the Directors Guild Award, the Golden Globe Award, Producers Guild Award, GLAAD Media Award, British Comedy Award, three Television Critics Association Awards, two Humanitas Prizes, and the Peabody Award.[8]
He was honored the 449th star, placed at Palm Springs Walk of Stars, on March 18, 2022.[9]
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- ^ Gans, Andrew (January 17, 2013). "Revival of Cole Porter's Can-Can Aiming for Broadway in Spring 2014; David Lee Will Direct", Playbill; retrieved May 16, 2016.
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