Larry Spencer

As a writer/producer Larry Spencer has spent over twenty years working on a multitude of successful television shows, recently segueing into feature films, which then transitioned into authoring his very first novel, The Tipping Point of Oliver Bass. \n\nSpencer grew up wanting to be an animator. However, after getting his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the famed Chouinard Art Institute (Los Angeles), he decided to take a different route into television.\n\nIt all began when Chuck Barris, the infamous game show King hired Spencer as the head writer and creative consultant on the cult television classic, “The Gong Show.” \n\nHe subsequently worked on countless Sitcoms as a writer/producer. After a successful television career, he moved into feature films, where he teamed up with his friend of many years noted director/writer Charles Shyer. Their first collaboration is an original script called “In Search of Ina Byers.” Also Spencer and Shyer co-wrote Kay Thompson and Hilary Knights’, classic “Eloise in Paris” and “Talking to the Moon” for Fox Searchlight. \n\nSpencer resides in Valley Village, California with his wife, Laurie and their golden retriever Oliver. \n\n