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Gary Auerbach is an American television and film writer, director and producer.

Auerbach graduated from Livingston High School and then the

University of Delaware, where he earned a degree in

Economics. His first job in entertainment was as a film

editor at EMC a trailer house in New York City.

He then began to work at MTV where he produced several

shows, including Jon Stewart’s “You Wrote You Watch It”,

the live “Hangin with MTV”, the Peabody award winning

“Decade”.

In 1995 he moved to Los Angeles where he executive produced

MTV’s dating show “Singled Out” starring Chris Hardwick and

Jenny McCarthy.

In 1996 he wrote and directed the feature film “Just Your

Luck” for propaganda films that starred Vince Vaughn, Jon

Favreau, Virginia Madsen and Ernie Hudson.

In 1997 Auerbach founded “Mindless Entertainment” with then

partner Marc Cronin. Mindless’ initial production slate

included “the X Show” and “the New Movie Show with Chris

Gore.”

In 2002 Auerbach founded “Go Go Luckey Entertainment” with

his wife Julie Auerbach. The company broke out to

mainstream success with “Laguna Beach: The Real Orange

County,” which created a completely new genre of reality

television; “Jockeys,” Brad Meltzer’s “Decoded” and

“Paranormal State,” among others.

Auerbach left Go Go Luckey in 2013 to oversee Wilshire

Studios for NBCUniversal. There he oversaw productions of

“The Soup”, “Fashion Police”, “Baggage on the Run”, and

“Live from the Red Carpet.”

Go Go Luckey was sold to Eclipse Television in 2015.

In 2016 Auerbach began producing under a new banner,

“Auerbach Entertainment” that has a first look deal with

Gail Berman’s “the Jackal Group.” Under Auerbach

Entertainment he has a documentary for Oxygen, “King of

Diamonds” as well as several other projects in development.


Productions:

Alectrixs American Haunting Brad Meltzer’s Decoded Deep Fried Eden’s World Exorcist Files Fashionista Diaries Ghost Lab Hampton High Hangar 1 Jockeys Just Your Luck Karoake Superstars Kidnapped Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County Lost Tapes Nashville Newport Beach: The Real Orange County Paradise City Paranormal State Paranormal State (the new class) Pretty Hurts Punk’d Roller Girls Singled Out The Great American Christmas The New Movie Show with Chris Gore The Occupants The X Show

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  3. Hontz, Jenny (july 1998) Auerbach and Cronin sign deal with Fox.
  4. Heffernan, Virginia (sept. 2004) Surfing on a wave of teenage angst – New York Times.
  5. Marechal, AJ (august 2013 ) Variety. Auerbach to Oversee Development at Wilshire Studios
  6. Kelly, Sean – (August 2015) Variety. Gary Auerbach inks first look deal with the Jackal Group