Prentice penny biography definition

American director and producer

Prentice Penny (born December 1, ) is an American producer, writer and director. He is best known as the showrunner for the HBO series Insecure. He is the writer and director of the Netflix film Uncorked, and the creator and host of Upscale with Prentice Penny. He is also known as a writer and producer of the series Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Happy Endings, The Hustle, and Scrubs.

Early life

Penny grew up in the Windsor Hill neighborhood of Los Angeles.^[2] His father ran a furniture business started by his grandfather in Compton.^[3] His mother, Brenda J. Penny, is a judge for the Los Angeles County Superior Court.^[1] He graduated in from the University of Southern California's screenwriting program, where he was a member of the African American Cinema Association.^[4][5] He worked as a substitute teacher before getting his first writing job in television.^[6]

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