Michael Begler

Michael Begler is an American television writer, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for co-creating Cinemax's period medical drama The Knick, and for writing the films Raising Helen (2004), The Shaggy Dog (2006) and Big Miracle (2012), all with writing partner Jack Amiel. Early life Begler was born and raised in Long Island, New York. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he majored in English. He met his future writing partner Jack Amiel while they were in college together and both entered the university's musical-comedy contest, 'Humorology'. Career After college, Begler moved to New York and worked as a PA on The Cosby Show. He and Amiel, who was working as a PA in Los Angeles, decided to write together shortly after, and Begler soon joined Amiel in Los Angeles. Their first writing job was on Fox's Herman's Head.