Background
Hatem was born in Burbank, California and grew up in Monterey Park, California.
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Richard Hatem
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He attended the University of Southern California"s School of Cinematic Arts, where he received a Bachelor"s degree in Film production.
Career
He is also a professor on staff with the University of California, Los Angeles (University of California, Los Angeles), teaching a television writing class. Prior to his career in television writing and production, he was a waiter at Tony Roma"s in Pasadena, California for several years. He also taught comedy traffic school for five years.
When asked when he knew he wanted to be a writer, he stated, "I thought it happened when I was in high school.
But apparently I"d written and talked about being a writer since I was about five. I just don"t remember lieutenant
Back then I thought I wanted to be an actor and a stand-up comedian. I"ve done a little of both and want to do more." Academics In addition to writing and producing, Hatem also teaches a television writing class for the extension program at the University of California, Los Los Angeles
Membership
He is a member of the Writers Guild of America (WGA).
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