Gary Kordan


Gary Kordan is an American production designer and television producer. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for his work on the fifth and final season of Key & Peele.

Career

Kordan was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey to parents Margaret and Gene. He attended School of Visual Arts in New York City for three years before leaving to work as an intern and later Production assistant on CBS's The Joan Rivers Show hosted by Joan Rivers, with whom he formed a close personal relationship.
Since 1993, Kordan has worked as a production designer and Art director on numerous comedy television shows. Most notably, he designed the sets for all five seasons of the critically acclaimed sketch series Key and Peele, for which he received an Emmy nomination and won an Art Directors Guild Award. Gary has also served as the production designer on numerous other Comedy Central programs, including the mini-series Time Travelling Bong and all seven seasons of Workaholics. He's also worked on the Amazon series Betas and Just Add Magic, and TVLand's Nobodies. Kordan has also lent his services to several unscripted comedy shows, including @Midnight and The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, as well as numerous comedy specials from comedians such as Kevin Hart, Patton Oswalt and Reggie Watts. Most recently, Kordan worked as production designer for the pilot of FOX supernatural comedy series Ghosted, and he is currently working on Fred Armisen's Netflix special, "Drummers Only."
In 2003, Kordan worked as a writer for Fox's dating show Joe Millionaire. In 2006, he co-created and produced E!'s Number 1 Single with Lisa Loeb.

Awards

In 2015, Kordan was nominated for an Art Directors Guild Award for his work on Key & Peele. In 2016, he was nominated once again for Key & Peele and won. In 2016 Kordan was nominated for an Emmy Award for his work on the final season of Key & Peele.

Filmography