Jim Rusk
American screenwriter
Jim Rusk (c. 1939 – July 28, 1996) was an American screenwriter. He worked as a screenwriter for television specials and movies, as his credits includes, The Nut House!!, The Lily Tomlin Show, Lily and The Lily Tomlin Special. He was from Kansas City, Missouri.
Rusk won two Primetime Emmys and three nominations for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy, Variety or Music from 1973 to 1976.[1]
Rusk died in Tulsa, Oklahoma on July 28, 1996, at the age of 57.[2]
Filmography
- The Lily Tomlin Special (TV movie)1975
- Lily (TV movie) 1973
- The Nut House!! (TV movie) 1964
References
- ^ "Jim Rusk". Television Academy. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
- ^ "Writer, Pianist James Rusk Is Dead at 57". Tulsa World. 31 July 1996.
External links
Jim Rusk at IMDb
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- Bob Ellison and Marty Farrell (1971)
- Anne Howard Bailey (1972)
- Joseph Bologna and Renée Taylor (1973)
- Rosalyn Drexler, Ann Elder, Karyl Geld Miller, Robert Illes, Lorne Michaels, Richard Pryor, Jim Rusk, Herb Sargent, James R. Stein, Lily Tomlin, Jane Wagner, Rod Warren, and George Yanok (1974)
- John Bradford, Cy Coleman, and Robert Wells (1975)
- Ann Elder, Christopher Guest, Lorne Michaels, Earl Pomerantz, Jim Rusk, Lily Tomlin, Jane Wagner, Rod Warren, and George Yanok (1976)
- Buz Kohan and Ted Strauss (1977)
- Chevy Chase, Tom Davis, Al Franken, Charles Grodin, Lorne Michaels, Paul Simon, Lily Tomlin, and Alan Zweibel (1978)
- Chris Rock (2009)
- Dave Boone and Paul Greenberg (2010)
- Dave Boone, Matt Roberts, and Mo Rocca (2011)
- Louis C.K. (2012)
- Louis C.K. (2013)
- Sarah Silverman (2014)
- Louis C.K. (2015)
- Patton Oswalt (2016)
- Samantha Bee, Ashley Nicole Black, Pat Cassels, Eric Drysdale, Mathan Erhardt, Travon Free, Joe Grossman, Miles Kahn, Jo Miller, and Melinda Taub (2017)
- John Mulaney (2018)
- Hannah Gadsby (2019)
- Dave Chappelle (2020)
- Bo Burnham (2021)
- Jerrod Carmichael (2022)
- John Mulaney (2023)
Between 1979–2008, writing specials competed alongside Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series.
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