Justin Spitzer

Justin Spitzer is an American television and film writer, producer, and showrunner. He is best known for creating the sitcoms Superstore, American Auto, and St. Denis Medical.

Career Spitzer was an assistant on the sitcom Grounded for Life and on fourteen episodes of the American adaptation of Queer as Folk. From 2008 to 2013, he was a writer and producer for the American adaptation of The Office. In 2013 he wrote a pilot based on The Money Pit that was put into development by NBC but ultimately never aired.

He created the workplace sitcom Superstore, starring America Ferrera and Ben Feldman, which had a midseason premiere on NBC in 2015. He served as showrunner for three seasons before stepping down in 2019 while signing a multi-year deal with NBC and Universal Television. The series continued to run for three more seasons after Spitzer's departure.

In 2020, NBC ordered a pilot for Spitzer's comedy American Auto. The series premiered in 2021 and ran for two seasons before being canceled in 2023. In August 2021, Spitzer had signed a new four-year overall deal with Universal Television.

Personal life On November 24, 2007, he married producer and writer Jenna Bans. They have two children named Lucy and Phoebe.

He graduated from the Northwestern University School of Communication in 1999.

Credits

Producing +TelevisionYearTitleNotes 2005–2013 The Officeco-executive producer 2014 Mulaney 2015–2021 Superstoreexecutive producer, also creator 2021–2023 American Auto 2024– St. Denis Medical

Writing +

Directing +ShowEpisode titleSeasonAir date NotesSuperstore"Employee App"5February 20, 2020

Nominations +TelevisionYearAssociationCategoryWorkResultCredited AsRef.2009Primetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Comedy SeriesThe Office Producer 2010 2011 Supervising Producer 2022 Writers Guild of America Award Episodic Comedy Superstore Teleplay