David Mirkin
David Mirkin (born September 18, 1955) is an American feature film and television director, writer and producer. Mirkin grew up in Philadelphia and intended to become an electrical engineer, but abandoned this career path in favor of studying film at Loyola Marymount University. After graduating, he became a stand-up comedian, and then moved into television writing. He wrote for the sitcoms "Three's Company", "It's Garry Shandling's Show" and "The Larry Sanders Show" and served as showrunner on the series "Newhart". After an unsuccessful attempt to remake the British series "The Young Ones", Mirkin created "Get a Life" in 1990. The series starred comedian Chris Elliott and ran for two seasons, despite a lack of support from many Fox network executives, who disliked the show's dark and surreal humor. He moved on to create the sketch show "The Edge" starring his then-partner, actress Julie Brown.
David Ahern
David Ahern was born on 2 November 1947 in Sydney. As a young boy, he learned how to play the violin and taught himself composition and piano. At the age of 15 he decided that he undoubtedly wanted to become a composer, and within a year he had already composed over 50 pieces. Then he began studying with Nigel Butterley and, later,Richard Meale. Ahern approached Butterley for lessons, and they had a couple of sessions together before he began working under the direction of Meale.