Bernie Kukoff is American television director, producer and writer. He has produced and written for the television series Operation Petticoat, A Touch of Grace, The Cosby Show, Thea, Detective School and Diff'rent Strokes, creating the latter two series with Jeff Harris. He also created the NBC series Rags to Riches. Kukoff and Harris (with two other writers) also co-scripted the 1984 film Johnny Dangerously with Harris. The film starred Michael Keaton and was directed by Amy Heckerling.From 1996 to 2007, Kukoff produced a number of stage productions.