Robert Carlock

Robert Morgan Carlock is an American screenwriter and producer. He has worked as a writer for several NBC television comedies, and as a showrunner for 30 Rock, which was created by his recurring collaborator, comedian Tina Fey. Carlock and Fey co-created the sitcoms Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, starring Ellie Kemper, and Mr. Mayor, starring Ted Danson.

Early life Carlock was born in Waltham, Massachusetts, the son of Martha and Roger Emery Carlock. Raised in Weston, Massachusetts, he graduated from Belmont Hill School in 1991 and cum laude from Harvard University in 1995, and an editor for the Harvard Lampoon.

Career

Carlock began writing for The Dana Carvey Show in 1996. Following that, he was a member of the writing staff of Saturday Night Live from 1996 to 2001, contributing to 99 episodes of the show. One of his notable SNL sketches was NPR's Delicious Dish with Ana Gasteyer and Molly Shannon. In 2011, Ben and Jerry's released a new ice cream flavor based on the sketch written by Carlock and named it "Schweddy Balls".

Carlock left SNL in 2001 to write for Friends in Los Angeles, working on the show until 2004 when he joined the staff of Friends spinoff Joey for two years.

Personal life On December 31, 2001, Carlock married Jennifer Nielsen Rogers, a Wellesley graduate and former CNNfn producer/reporter. He has won multiple Producers’ Guild and Writers’ Guild Awards as well as recognition from the American Film Institute. His work on 30 Rock also garnered Carlock a Peabody Award, a Television Critics Association Award, a GLAAD Award, a Gold Plaque from the Hugo Television Awards, a Golden Nymph from the Monaco Film and Television Festival, a Bravo A-List Award, a Comedy Central Comedy Award, and a Golden Globe.

The following awards are categorized under the year they were announced (and not necessarily the year covered by the award ceremony). Comedy Series

Comedy Series

2017

WGA Award Episodic Comedy 2020 Emmy Award Outstanding Television Movie Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs the Reverend