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Barry O'Brien (born 1959) is an American television writer and producer best known as the co-creator of Disney Channel Original Series ''Hannah Montana''. His credits include ''Happy Days'', ''Perfect Strangers'', ''Hangin' with Mr. Cooper'', ''Judging Amy'', and ''CSI: Miami''.〔() New York Times: Barry O’Brien〕 ==Life== Barry O’Brien was born in San Francisco, California, to a large Irish Catholic family. He attended Terra Linda High School, before joining Santa Clara University on a football scholarship, studying business and finance.〔() Santa Clara Magazine: Resurrection〕 While convalescing from a knee injury, O’Brien began writing his first television scripts, a successful submission resulting in a commission for the hit television series Happy Days.〔() Santa Clara Magazine: Resurrection〕 For the next three decades he would script some of America’s most popular family shows, including Perfect Strangers, Judging Amy, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, Alvin & the Chipmunks, Ghostbusters, Jim Henson’s Muppet Babies, The Jetsons, Fraggle Rock, and CSI: Miami, where he served as writer and executive producer.〔() New York Times: Barry O’Brien〕 O’Brien’s biggest hit is Disney’s Hannah Montana, a concept he successfully pitched based on the premise of an incredibly famous teenager-with-a-double-life, an idea conceived during a tenure on Nickelodeon’s television series All That, where the (then) teenage American pop singer Britney Spears featured as a guest.〔() Santa Clara Magazine: Hatching Hannah Montana〕 Aside from writing for television, O’Brien co-wrote Jerry Bruckheimer’s Kangaroo Jack,〔() BFI: Barry O’Brien〕 and two junior novels. He currently resides in Los Angeles, with his wife and two children. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Barry O'Brien」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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