William Van Duzer "Bill" Lawrence IV (born December 26, 1968) is an American screenwriter, producer and director, best known as the creator of Scrubs. Lawrence is married to the actress Christa Miller, whom he cast on Scrubs as Jordan Sullivan, and they have three children. He has also co-created Spin City (1996-2002), and wrote several episodes of the show. He also created Clone High, which ran for only 13 episodes. He has also written for many other shows, including, Friends, The Nanny, and Boy Meets World.

Career

After graduating from the College of William & Mary, where he studied English and was a brother of the Kappa Alpha Order, Lawrence wrote for hit shows including Friends, Boy Meets World, and The Nanny and produced the animated series Clone High. He is also the creator of the sitcom Spin City and his current venture, the comedy-drama Scrubs, which has finished seven seasons on NBC and moved to ABC as a 2008-09 midseason replacement. He is also one of the producers of the rejected television pilot Nobody's Watching. In 2006-07 he was prepping the film Fletch Won (which is a prequel to the previous Fletch films), but after Scrubs star Zach Braff dropped out, Bill Lawrence then soon after dropped out as well.

Along with many Scrubs cast members, Bill Lawrence also has a small role playing himself in It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie in a scene with Miss Piggy.