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writer, producer, director
Writer, producer and director known for the film The Dictator and television series including Seinfeld and HBO's Silicon Valley
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Alec Berg
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FROM Alec Berg
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Mike Judge & Alec Berg on Making 'Silicon Valley' Mike Judge ( Beavis and Butt-head , King of the Hill , Office Space) returns to TV with his first live-action series, HBO’S Silicon Valley. He and collaborator Alec Berg (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld) talk with Kim Masters about reshooting the pilot and why there aren’t a lot of female characters of substance on the show. Plus, the discuss the tragic loss of actor Christopher Evan Welch who played the Peter Gregory character. He died of a long bout with cancer in December. SILICON VALLEY (from left to right): Zach Woods, Thomas Middleditch, Alec Berg, Mike Judge, T.J. Miller, Kumail Nanjiani. Photo Credit: Jaimie Trueblood/HBO
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