Dan O'Keefe (writer)

This article is about the TV writer and producer. For his father and creator of Festivus, see Daniel O'Keefe (writer).

Daniel O'Keefe^[1] (born 1967 or 1968)^[2] is an American television writer and producer, who has worked on such shows as Seinfeld, The Drew Carey Show, The League, Silicon Valley, and Veep.

Dan O'Keefe
Born	1967 or 1968 (age 56–57)
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Harvard University
Occupations	Television writer producer
Parents	Daniel O'Keefe (father) Deborah O'Keefe (mother)
Relatives	Laurence O'Keefe (brother) Mark O'Keefe (brother)

Early and personal life

O'Keefe was born to writers Deborah and Daniel O'Keefe, who was best known as the creator of the holiday Festivus. O'Keefe has two brothers: composer Laurence O'Keefe and screenwriter Mark O'Keefe.^[1]

O'Keefe graduated from Harvard College in 1990.^[3] He currently resides in Los Angeles.^[1]

Career

As a television writer, O'Keefe was responsible for popularizing the holiday Festivus on the 1997 Seinfeld episode "The Strike".^[4] Festivus had been invented in the 1960s by O'Keefe's father, editor and author Daniel O'Keefe (1928–2012).

In 2005, Dan O'Keefe published a book about the holiday and its history, titled The Real Festivus.^[5]