Russ Woody

Russ Woody is an American author, television producer and writer.

Woody grew up in Walnut Creek, California In 1979, He graduated from California State University, Chico with a Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism and a minor in Speech and Drama.

Since the early 1980s, He has amassed a number of producing and writing credits in television in the series Benson, Fantasy Island, Webster, Newhart, Valerie's Family, St. Elsewhere, Hill Street Blues, Parenthood, Good Sports, Room for Two, Double Rush, Mad About You, The Drew Carey Show, Cybill, for which he won a Golden Globe Award, Style & Substance, Becker, True Jackson, VP, Notes from the Underbelly, The Middle and Murphy Brown, for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award as a part of the show's writing team. He also worked as a production assistant on Bosom Buddies and Family Ties.

His latest works are: The novel Effed Up! Story of a Family. The book is loosely autobiographical, about a young man, raised in a dysfunctional family—who discovers the real meaning of family. The Memoir Heroic Heart - A Story about Fathers and Sons. A story about the year and a half he spent with his father, as his father was struggling with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease), as well as his father's relationship with Ted Danson and the cast/crew of Becker. In 2009, Woody wrote his first novel entitled The Wheel of Nuldoid, a book with artwork by Norman Felchle.

Woody currently lives in Los Angeles and Ventura with his wife, Catherine, and his sons, Henry and Joe.