About Kevin Maher

Kevin Maher is an Emmy-nominated writer whose work has been seen on HBO, Comedy Central, Vh1, TV One, CNN, Vh1, FEARnet and Nickelodeon. His short films have been shown everywhere from MOMA to Troma, with screenings outside of Sundance and Cannes.

Working with Kanbar Entertainment and the Weinstein Company, Kevin co-authored seven treatments for animated feature films, developed two animated television series and co-write a sequel/Holiday special to the hit animated movie Hoodwinked!

Online, Kevin created four original web-series, including AMC's THE SCI FI DEPARTMENT (short-listed for a Webby) and Comedy Central's OLD PEOPLE NEWS.

On stage Kevin created the multi-media shows Video Vaudevill and KEVIN GEEKS OUT, a monthly confabulation of vintage film clips, guest experts, interactive games and curiosities. Since 2008, Kevin has "geeked out" about Bigfoot, Robots, KISS, Dummy Deaths, Batman, Video Games, Alien Encounters and Shark Cinema. The show was a favorite of critics, from the New York Times to Scientific American.

Kevin also hosted the Paley Center's screening of the 2010 Academy Awards.

Before that, Kevin performed stand-up and solo comedies, including the off-Broadway show "Lone Drifter." Before that, he was one-third of the sketch comedy trio TV Head.

Journalists have compared Kevin to Ernie Kovacs and Jonathan Winters, but his highest praise came from Tiger Beat, who called him "funny!"