Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. (also known as Warner Bros. Pictures, or simply Warner Bros.—the shortened form of the former official, sometimes still used, formal corporate name: Warner Brothers
studios in BurbankBurbank is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The estimated population in 2007 was 107,921.Burbank is located in two distinct areas, with its downtown, civic center and key neighborhoods nestled on the slopes and foothills that rise to the Verdugo Mountains, and other areas...
, CaliforniaCalifornia is the most populous state in the United States, and the third largest by area. California is the second most populous sub-national entity in the Americas, behind only São Paulo, Brazil...
. He was elected president of the Writers Guild of America, westWriters Guild of America, West is a labor union that represents entertainment writers in the negotiation and enforcement of contracts with producers. WGAW supports writers in the areas of screen, television, and new media. WGAW succeeded the Screen Writers Guild in 1954...
in 2009, after serving a prior term in that office from 1999–2001. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2009/09/writers-guild.html
Early life
He was born in AlexandriaAlexandria is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 128,283. Located along the Western bank of the Potomac River, Alexandria is approximately 6 miles south of downtown Washington, D.C.Like the rest of northern Virginia, as...
, VirginiaThe Commonwealth of Virginia is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" because it is the birthplace of eight U.S. presidents. The geography and climate of the state are shaped by the Blue...
. He graduated from the Carnegie Mellon School of DramaThe Carnegie Mellon School of Drama is a degree-granting institution founded in 1914 as a division of the College of Fine Arts at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....
in 1979. A studio theatre at Carnegie Mellon UniversityCarnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Since its inception, Carnegie Mellon has grown into a world-renowned institution, with numerous programs that are frequently ranked among the best in the world...
bears his name.
Wells was a producer on the 1987 film Nice Girls Don't ExplodeNice Girls Don't Explode is a 1987 comedy film in which April Flowers is kept away from boys by her overprotective mother because flames have a tendency to spontaneously erupt whenever her hormones are aroused. For April, "protection" on a dinner date is carrying a fire extinguisher...
. He began writing for television with an episode of CBS Summer PlayhouseCBS Summer Playhouse is an anthology series that ran from June 12, 1987 to August 22, 1989 on CBS. It aired unsold television pilots during the summer season.-First season format:...
entitled "Roughhouse" in 1988. The episode featured actor Troy EvansTroy Evans is an American football linebacker in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints. Evans has played for both the St...
in a prominent role.
China Beach
He was hired as a producer for the second season of ABC drama series China Beach-Overview of television series:Created by William Broyles, Jr. and John Sacret Young, the series looks at the Vietnam War from a unique perspective: that of the women, military and civilian, who were present during the conflict...
in 1988. The show was created by John Sacret YoungJohn Sacret Young is an author, producer, director, and screenwriter primarily in television. Young has been nominated for seven Emmys and seven Writers Guild of America Awards, winning two WGA Awards....
and William Broyles, Jr. and focused on combat medics in the Vietnam war. Wells wrote five episodes for the first season - "X-Mas Chn. Bch. VN, '67", "Tet '68", "Vets" and both parts of the two part season finale "The World".
He was promoted to supervising producer for the third season of China Beach in 1989. He wrote three further episodes for the third season - "Dear China Beach", "Magic", and "The Thanks of a Grateful Nation". He returned as a co-executive producer for the fourth and final season in 1990. He was involved in writing ten further episodes. He co-wrote the story for the season premiere with Sacret Young, Carol FlintCarol Flint is a television writer best known for her work on ER and The West Wing. Flint started her writing career with television series China Beach . After that series ended she started working on the television series L.A...
and Lydia WoodwardLydia Woodward is an Emmy Award winning television writer and producer. She has worked as both a writer and producer on the primetime serial ER.-Positions held:*The Riches *ER...
and wrote the teleplay himself. He worked with the same team to develop the story for the second episode "She Sells More Than Sea Shells", the third episode "You, Babe", the fourth episode "Escape", the fifth episode "Fever", the sixth episode "Juice", the seventh episode "One Giant Leap" and the eighth episode "One Small Step". He co-wrote the fourteenth episode "Rewind" with Flint. He co-wrote the teleplay and co-wrote the story for the series finale "Hello Goodbye" along with Sacret Young.
Wells wrote sixteen episodes of the series in total. He frequently worked with producer/director Mimi LederMimi Leder is an American film director. She was the first female graduate of the AFI Conservatory in 1973.Born in New York City to parents Paul and Etyl Leder, Leder began her career as a television script supervisor, working on such projects as Spawn of the Slithis and Hill Street Blues...
on China Beach and she helmed six of the episodes he wrote. Troy EvansTroy Evans is an American football linebacker in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints. Evans has played for both the St...
appeared in China Beach as Sergeant Pepper. China Beach also marked the start of Wells working relationship with casting director John Frank Levey, editors Randy Jon Morgan and Jacque Toberen and directors Rod HolcombRod Holcomb is an American television director and producer. He has directed episodes of television series such as Quincy, M.E., The Six Million Dollar Man, Battlestar Galactica, Fantasy Island, The A-Team, ER, The District, The Lyon's Den, Lost, Invasion, Moonlight, Shark, The Pentagon Papers,...
and Fred GerberFred Gerber is an American film and television director. Gerber has directed several popular television series which include Family Law, Desperate Housewives and House...
.
TV films
Wells worked on two television films in 1992 Angel Street and The Nightman. Wells co-wrote and co-executive producer The Nightman. The film was directed by Charles HaidCharles Maurice Haid III is an American actor and director, with notable work in both movies and television. He is known for his potrayal of Officer Andy Renko in Hill Street Blues....
and is about a young man moving into a hotel run by a mother and daughter. Wells helped to adapt the teleplay from the radio drama by Lucille FletcherLucille Fletcher was an American screenwriter of film, radio and television. Her full name was Violet Lucille Fletcher. Her credits include the story "The Hitchhiker", which was later turned into a radio drama by Orson Welles and a memorable Twilight Zone episode called "The Hitch-Hiker"...
.
Angel Street was written and executive produced by Wells. It reunited him with several China Beach crew members including director Rod HolcombRod Holcomb is an American television director and producer. He has directed episodes of television series such as Quincy, M.E., The Six Million Dollar Man, Battlestar Galactica, Fantasy Island, The A-Team, ER, The District, The Lyon's Den, Lost, Invasion, Moonlight, Shark, The Pentagon Papers,...
, editor Jacque Toberen, and casting director John Frank Levey. The telefilm was followed by a series on which Wells again worked as an executive producer. Wells also wrote the screenplay for Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day StoryEntertaining Angels: the Dorothy Day Story is a 1996 independent film about the life of Dorothy Day, the journalist turned social activist and founder of the Catholic Worker newspaper. The film stars Moira Kelly as Dorothy, Heather Graham, Lenny Von Dohlen and Martin Sheen.Both Kelly and Sheen are...
, the project was producer in 1996 and starred Michael SheenMichael Sheen, OBE is a Welsh actor. Having worked with screen writer Peter Morgan on five films, Sheen has become best known for his portrayals of well-known public figures: Tony Blair in The Deal, The Queen, and The Special Relationship, David Frost in both the stage production and film version...
and Moira KellyMoira Kelly is an Irish-American actress. She is probably best known for her role as Mandy Hampton in television series The West Wing and as Karen Roe on One Tree Hill ....
.
ER
In 1994 Wells was hired as an executive producer for the pilot of NBC medical drama ERER is an American medical drama series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 1994 to April 2009. It is set primarily in the emergency room of fictional County General Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment in...
. The show was created by novelist Michael CrichtonJohn Michael Crichton or Michael Crichton was an American author, producer, director, screenwriter, and medical school graduate, best known for his work in the science fiction, medical fiction, and thriller genres. His books have sold over 150 million copies worldwide, and many have been adapted...
. The pilot episode was directed by frequent Wells collaborator Rod HolcombRod Holcomb is an American television director and producer. He has directed episodes of television series such as Quincy, M.E., The Six Million Dollar Man, Battlestar Galactica, Fantasy Island, The A-Team, ER, The District, The Lyon's Den, Lost, Invasion, Moonlight, Shark, The Pentagon Papers,...
and John Frank Levey was involved as a casting director. Troy EvansTroy Evans is an American football linebacker in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints. Evans has played for both the St...
had a small role as a police officer in the pilot episode. The pilot was edited by frequent China Beach editor Randy Jon Morgan.
Wells became the show runner and head writer for the ongoing series that followed the pilot. He was credited as an executive producer for all fifteen seasons of the series and served as the show runner for the first six seasons. He hired China Beach writer Lydia WoodwardLydia Woodward is an Emmy Award winning television writer and producer. She has worked as both a writer and producer on the primetime serial ER.-Positions held:*The Riches *ER...
as a supervising producer and writer. China Beach director Mimi LederMimi Leder is an American film director. She was the first female graduate of the AFI Conservatory in 1973.Born in New York City to parents Paul and Etyl Leder, Leder began her career as a television script supervisor, working on such projects as Spawn of the Slithis and Hill Street Blues...
also became a supervising producer and regular director. ER marked the start of Wells longstanding collaboration with producer/director Christopher ChulackChristopher Chulack is an American television producer and director. He has worked extensively on ER and has won several awards.-ER:Chulack began working on the NBC medical drama ER as a director and producer with the first season. He was promoted to co-executive producer midway through the third...
and music composer Martin Davich.
Wells wrote five episodes of the first season including the second episode "Day One", "Chicago Heat", "Feb 5 1995", "The Birthday Party", and the season finale "Everything Old Is New Again".
Wells and the producers were nominated for an Emmy AwardThe Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards , Grammy Awards and Tony Awards .They are presented in various...
for Outstanding Drama SeriesThis page lists the winners and nominees for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, since its institution in 1951. The award is often cited as one of the "main awards" at the Emmys ceremonies, and has changed names many times in its history. It was first called Best Dramatic Show...
at the 1995 ceremonyThe 47th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held Sunday, September 10, 1995. The awards show was hosted by Jason Alexander and Cybill Shepherd. It was broadcast on Fox...
for their work on the first season. The season was nominated for 23 Emmy Awards and won 8 in total. Wells and Michael Crichton won a Producers Guild of America Award at the 1994 ceremonyThe 6th PGA Golden Laurel Awards, given in the The Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA on 8 March 1995, honored the best film and television producers of 1994.-Film:*Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award:...
. Wells and Crichton also received an honorable mention at the Wise Owl Awards in the Television and Theatrical Film Fiction category.
Wells remained show runner for the second season in 1995. He hired his China Beach colleague Carol FlintCarol Flint is a television writer best known for her work on ER and The West Wing. Flint started her writing career with television series China Beach . After that series ended she started working on the television series L.A...
as a co-executive producer for the second season. Wells wrote four more episodes for the second season - the season premiere "Welcome Back, Carter!", "Dead of Winter", "The Healers", and the season finale "John Carter MD". Wells and the producers won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series at the 1996 ceremonyThe 48th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California. They were presented in two ceremonies, one untelevised on September 7, 1996 and other televised on September 8, 1996. It was hosted by Michael J...
for their work on the second season. Wells was also nominated for a Humanitas Prize (in the 60 minute category) and an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for the episode "The Healers".
Wells remained the head writer for the third season in 1996 and wrote the season premiere "Doctor Carter, I Presume", "Faith", and the season finale "One More For The Road". Wells and the producers were nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series at the 1997 ceremonyThe 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California. They were presented in two ceremonies, one untelevised on September 13, 1997 and other televised on September 14, 1997...
for their work on the third season. Wells was again nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for the episode "Faith".
He continued in the same capacity for the fourth season in 1997 and wrote two further episodes "Fathers and Sons", and "Carter's Choice". Wells also made his television directing debut with his screenplay "Carter's Choice". Wells and the producers were nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series at the 1998 ceremonyThe 50th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held Sunday, September 13, 1998. It was broadcast on NBC. Nominees and winners are listed below, winners are in bold.- Outstanding Comedy Series :*3rd Rock from the Sun, NBC*Ally McBeal, FOX...
for their work on the fourth season.
Wells returned as head writer for the fifth season in 1998. He wrote both parts of the two part episode "The Storm" and also directed the first part. Wells and the producers were once again nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series at the 1999 ceremonyThe 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held Sunday, September 12, 1999. The awards show was hosted by Jenna Elfman and David Hyde Pierce. It was broadcast on Fox...
for their work on the fifth season. Wells stood down as show runner after the fifth season but remained an executive producer and major creative force behind the series. In the 1999-2000 TV season his company Wells productions launched two new series The West WingThe West Wing is an American television serial drama created by Aaron Sorkin that was originally broadcast from September 22, 1999 to May 14, 2006...
and Third WatchThird Watch is an NBC television drama set in New York City that ran from September 23, 1999 to May 6, 2005.-Premise:The series followed the exploits of a group of police officers, firefighters, and paramedics in the fictional 55th Precinct and Fire Station 55 whose shifts fell between 3 p.m...
.
Woodward took over as show runner for the sixth season but Wells wrote "The Peace of Wild Things" and wrote and directed "Such Sweet Sorrow". Wells and the producers were once again nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series at the 2000 ceremonyThe 52nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held Sunday, September 10, 2000. The awards show was hosted by Garry Shandling and was broadcast on ABC...
for their work on the sixth season but lost out to Wells' other show The West Wing. Wells was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama SeriesOutstanding Directing for a Drama Series is a Primetime Emmy Award given out during the primetime Emmys telecast.-Best Direction of a Single program of a Drama Series:*1959: Jack Smight – Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre ...
for his work on "Such Sweet Sorrow". He was also nominated for the 2000 PGA Vision AwardThe 12th PGA Golden Laurel Awards, given at the Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA on 3 March 2001, honored the best film and television producers of 2000.-Film:*Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award:...
for his work on ER, Third Watch and The West Wing.
Wells continued to write for the seventh season and contributed two episodes "The Visit", and "A Walk in the Woods". Wells was nominated for a Humanitas PrizeThe is an award for film and television writing intended to promote human dignity, meaning, and freedom. It began in 1974 with Father Ellwood "Bud" Kieser — also the founder of Paulist Productions — but is generally not seen as specifically directed toward religious cinema or TV...
for his work on "A Walk in the Woods". Wells and the producers were once again nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series at the 2001 ceremonyThe 53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held Sunday, November 4, 2001. The awards show was hosted by Ellen DeGeneres and was broadcast on CBS. The ceremony was re-scheduled twice from its original date of September 16 at the Shrine Auditorium because of the September 11, 2001 attacks that...
for their work on the seventh season and were again beaten by Wells' other series The West Wing.
For the eighth season Wells wrote the episode "Secrets and Lies" and wrote the penultimate episode "On the Beach" which featured the departure of longterm cast member Anthony EdwardsAnthony Charles Edwards is an American actor and director. He has appeared in various movies and television shows, including Top Gun, Zodiac, Revenge of the Nerds, Northern Exposure and ER.-Early life:...
. Wells was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for his work on "On the Beach" at the 2002 ceremonyThe 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held Sunday, September 22, 2002. The awards show was hosted by Conan O'Brien and was broadcast on NBC...
. He was also nominated for a further Humanitas Prize and a Writers Guild of America (WGA) AwardThe Writers Guild of America Award for outstanding achievements in film, television, and radio has been presented annually by the Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild of America, West since 1949...
at the 2003 ceremonyThe 55th Writers Guild of America Awards, given in 2003, honored the film and television best writers of 2002.-Best Original Screenplay: Bowling for Columbine - Michael Moore*Antwone Fisher - Antwone Fisher*Far from Heaven - Todd Haynes...
for the episode.
For the ninth season Wells wrote the final episode "Kisangani". The episode was set in Africa and followed the characters of John CarterDr. John Truman Carter III, portrayed by Noah Wyle, is a fictional medical doctor from the television series ER. The character, called simply "Carter" by most other characters, was introduced in the pilot episode, and, without interruption, was the only main character to have stayed with the show...
and Luka KovačDr. Luka Kovač is a fictional character on the television series ER. He is portrayed by Goran Visnjic . Visnjic's character was added to the cast at the beginning of Season 6 following the mid-season 5 departure of leading character Dr. Doug Ross .Luka Kovač is an emergency room attending...
. He returned in fall 2003 to write the tenth season premiere "Now What?" and second episode "The Lost". The episodes continued to deal with Carter and Kovac's travels in Africa, particularly "The Lost" which featured Carter searching for a missing Kovac in the Congo. Wells also wrote mid-season episode "Makemba" which dealt with Carter beginning a relationship with the titular character, an AIDS worker. He wrote the penultimate episode "Midnight" which featured Carter's return to Chicago with a pregnant Makemba. Wells was again nominated for a Humanitas Prize, this time for his work on "Makemba".
He continued to handle Carter's storlylines for the eleventh season and wrote the penultimate episode "Carter est Amoureux" and directed the finale "The Show Must Go On" which marked the departure of Noah WyleNoah Strausser Speer Wyle is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Dr. John Carter on the television drama ER. He has also played Steve Jobs in the 1999 docudrama Pirates of Silicon Valley and the librarian Flynn Carsen in The Librarian TV series...
(who played Carter) from the starring cast. For the twelfth season Wells co-wrote the premiere episode "Canon City" with Lisa ZwerlingLisa Zwerling is an American physician , television writer and producer . She has worked on the medical drama series Presidio Med and ER....
and Joe SachsJoe Sachs is an American television writer and producer. He has worked extensively on ER in both capacities.-Career:Sachs is a qualified doctor who first became involved with ER as a technical advisor midway through the first season...
.
Wells served solely as an executive producer and director on the thirteenth and fourteenth seasons. He directed the thirteenth season episode "Jigsaw", and the fourteenth episode "300 Patients". He returned as a writer for the fifteenth and final season and wrote and directed the episode "Old Times" which featured the several past starring cast members including Noah WyleNoah Strausser Speer Wyle is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Dr. John Carter on the television drama ER. He has also played Steve Jobs in the 1999 docudrama Pirates of Silicon Valley and the librarian Flynn Carsen in The Librarian TV series...
, George ClooneyGeorge Timothy Clooney is an American actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. Clooney has balanced his performances in big-budget blockbusters with work as a producer and director behind commercially riskier projects, as well as social and liberal political activism...
, Julianna MarguliesJulianna Luisa Margulies is an American actress.After several small television roles, Margulies achieved success in her continuing role as Nurse Carol Hathaway on the NBC medical drama ER, for which she won an Emmy Award. Since her departure from ER in 2000, Margulies has appeared sporadically in...
, and Eriq La SalleEriq Ki La Salle is an American actor and director, known for his portrayals of Darryl in the 1988 comedy film Coming to America and Dr. Peter Benton on the NBC drama series ER.-Early life:...
. When ER ended in 2009 Wells had written 31 episodes and directed 7 episodes.
Trinity
Wells Productions was behind this short lived NBC family drama focusing on an Irish-American family in Hells Kitchen. Wells served as an executive producer and writer for the series but it was cancelled after only nine episodes. The series won an Emmy Award for composer Martin Davich's music. Davich also worked on ER. The show starred John Spencer, Tate Donovan and Kim Raver. It also featured Bobby Cannavale, Skipp Sudduth, and Molly Price.
Third Watch
Wells co-created Third Watch with ex-Chicago police officer Edward Allen BerneroEdward Allen Bernero is an American television writer, producer and director. He co-created the series Third Watch and has worked as an executive producer on Criminal Minds.-Biography:...
. Wells worked as show runner on Third Watch for its first three seasons and served as an executive producer throughout its six season run. The series focused on emergency services workers across a single shift in New York. The first season began in 1999. Wells and Bernero co-wrote the pilot episode "Welcome to Camelot".
Wells also wrote the first season episodes "Sunny, Like Sunshine", "This Band of Brothers", "Spring Forward, Fall Back", and the first season finale "Young Men and Fire".
Wells wrote four second season episodes the premiere enitled "The Lost", "Faith", "Requiem for a Bantamweight", and the finale "...and Zeus Wept". Wells directed the second season episode "True Love".
Wells wrote a further four episodes for the third season in 2001 - "September Tenth", "After Time", "Adam 55-3", and "Two Hundred and Thirty-Three Days". Bernero took over as show runner after the third season and Wells remained attached as an executive producer until Third Watch ended in 2005 but did not write any more episodes.
The West Wing
Wells took over as show runner of The West Wing in 2003 for the fifth season. He ran the show for three seasons until its conclusion in 2006.
Filmography
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| The Company Men The Company Men is the title of an upcoming drama film written and directed by John Wells. Filming for the production began in April of 2009 and completed in June of the same year in Boston, Massachusettes.-Plot:...
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2010 |
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| Goat |
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2010 |
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Currently in production |
| Major Bummer |
Film |
2010 |
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Currently in production |
| Electric Slide |
Film |
2008 |
Executive producer |
Currently in production |
| Police |
TV |
2009 |
Producer |
Formerly known as LAPD
Announced |
| Positively Fifth Street Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Poker is a memoir by New York-based author James McManus set during the 2000 World Series of Poker....
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2009 |
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| Dirty Girl Dirty Girl may refer to:*"Dirty Girl", a single by Latrelle from her 2002 album Dirty Girl, Wrong Girl, Bad Girl.*"Dirty Girl," a song by Eels from their 2003 album Shootenanny!....
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2009 |
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| Motherhood Motherhood is an upcoming independent comedy film written and directed by Katherine Dieckmann and starring Uma Thurman. The film premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival...
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| Southland Southland is an American drama series created by Emmy Award winning writer Ann Biderman. It premiered on NBC on April 9, 2009 in ER's Thursday time slot. On May 1, 2009, NBC announced that Southland had been renewed for a second season with an initial 13 episode order to begin airing on Friday,...
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ERER is an American medical drama series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 1994 to April 2009. It is set primarily in the emergency room of fictional County General Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment in...
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GiganticGigantic is a 2009 independent comedy film directed by Matt Aselton and starring Paul Dano, Zooey Deschanel, John Goodman, Edward Asner and Jane Alexander. The script, written by Aselton and his college friend Adam Nagata, tells of Brian , a mattress salesman who wishes to adopt a baby from China...
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2008 |
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| Then She Found Me Then She Found Me is a 2007 American dramedy film directed by Helen Hunt. The screenplay by Hunt, Alice Arlen, and Victor Levin is based on the 1990 novel of the same name by Elinor Lipman...
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2007 |
executive producer |
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| I'm Not There I'm Not There is a 2007 biographical/musical film directed by Todd Haynes, inspired by iconic American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Six actors depict different facets of Dylan's life and public persona: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Marcus Carl Franklin, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, and Ben Whishaw...
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| Savage Grace Savage Grace is a 2007 film starring Julianne Moore, Stephen Dillane, Eddie Redmayne, Hugh Dancy, and Elena Anaya. The film is directed by Tom Kalin and written by Howard Rodman, based on the book Savage Grace by Natalie Robins and Steven M. L. Aronson...
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2007 |
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SmithSmith was a short lived American television drama that premiered on 16 September 2006 at 10:00 PM ET on CBS and on 18 September 2006 on CTV in Canada...
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2006 |
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Cut after 3 of 7 episodes were aired |
An American CrimeAn American Crime is a 2007 crime-drama film based on the true story of the torture and murder of Sylvia Likens by Indianapolis housewife Gertrude Baniszewski. It premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival to controversy amongst the critics, most of whom, nonetheless, lauded the daring...
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2007 |
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| Infamous Infamous is a 2006 American drama film written and directed by Douglas McGrath. The screenplay, based on the 1997 book Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintances and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career by George Plimpton, covers the period from the late 1950s through the mid-1960s...
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2006 |
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| The West Wing |
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1999 - 2006 |
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| The Evidence The Evidence was a short-lived American television series that debuted on March 22, 2006; a police procedural drama produced by John Wells and starring Rob Estes, Orlando Jones, and Martin Landau.-Summary:...
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2006 |
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| Prodigy/Bully |
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DoomDoom is a 2005 science fiction horror film, loosely based on the popular Doom series of video games created by id Software. It was directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak and was released in the United States on October 21, 2005 and in the United Kingdom on December 2, 2005.On February 7, 2006, the Unrated...
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2005 |
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2005 |
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| The Notorious Bettie Page The Notorious Bettie Page is a 2005 American biographical film directed by Mary Harron. The screenplay by Harron and Guinevere Turner focuses on 1950s pinup and bondage model Bettie Page.-Plot:...
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2005 |
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Nearing GraceNearing Grace is a 2005 film directed by Rick Rosenthal, based on the novel by Scott Sommer-Storyline:A coming-of-age independent feature film set in late 1970s, Nearing Grace follows high school senior Henry Nearing...
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2005 |
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| Third Watch Third Watch is an NBC television drama set in New York City that ran from September 23, 1999 to May 6, 2005.-Premise:The series followed the exploits of a group of police officers, firefighters, and paramedics in the fictional 55th Precinct and Fire Station 55 whose shifts fell between 3 p.m...
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| Duma Duma is a 2005 drama/adventure film, directed by Carroll Ballard. It stars Hope Davis, Campbell Scott, and Eamonn Walker. The film is a fictional adaptation loosely based upon the autobiographical novel How It Was With Dooms by Carol Cawthra Hopcraft and Xan Hopcraft. Mr...
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| Jonny Zero Jonny Zero is an action-crime drama television series that aired on the Fox network in 2005. It starred Franky G, GQ, and Brennan Hesser. It was cancelled after eight episodes. It began airing on Monday nights on ABC TV in Australia in early 2007.-Plot:...
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A Dirty ShameA Dirty Shame is a satirical sex comedy written and directed by John Waters, and starring Tracey Ullman, Selma Blair, Johnny Knoxville, Chris Isaak and Mink Stole. It was filmed on-location in Baltimore on Harford Road which is prominently featured in the movie...
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2004 |
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A Home at the End of the WorldA Home at the End of the World is a 2004 drama film directed by Michael Mayer. The screenplay by Michael Cunningham was adapted from his 1990 novel of the same title.-Plot synopsis:...
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2004 |
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| Dark Shadows Dark Shadows is a one hour pilot that was a remake of the 1966–1971 series Dark Shadows. The pilot was commissioned by The WB Television Network and produced in 2004. Directed by P.J. Hogan, it was filmed at the Greystone Mansion, which also served as the Collinwood Mansion for the previous...
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2004 |
Executive producer |
Never aired |
| The Company |
Film |
2003 |
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| Camp Camp is a 2003 independent film, written and directed by Todd Graff, about an upstate New York performing arts summer camp. The film is based on Graff's own experiences at a similar camp called Stagedoor Manor.-Plot:...
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2003 |
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| Party Monster |
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2003 |
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The Big TimeThe Big Time is a short science fiction novel by Fritz Leiber. It won the Hugo Award in 1958.The Big Time is a vast, cosmic back story, hidden behind a claustrophobic front story with only a few characters....
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| Presidio Med Presidio Med is an American Television series which aired 2002–2003, centering around a San Francisco hospital. It was created by John Wells and Lydia Woodward, who also created ER.-Series premise:...
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| The Good Thief |
Film |
2002 |
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| White Oleander |
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2002 |
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Far from HeavenFar from Heaven is a 2002 drama film written and directed by Todd Haynes and starring Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert, and Patricia Clarkson....
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2002 |
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| The West Wing Documentary Special |
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| One Hour Photo One Hour Photo is a 2002 American psychological thriller, written and directed by Mark Romanek and starring Robin Williams. Fox Searchlight Pictures distributed the movie in the United States, and it also starred Connie Nielsen, Michael Vartan, Gary Cole, and Eriq La Salle...
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2002 |
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| Citizen Baines |
TV |
2001 |
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The Grey ZoneThe Grey Zone is a 2001 film directed by Tim Blake Nelson and starring David Arquette, Steve Buscemi, Harvey Keitel, Mira Sorvino and Daniel Benzali. It is based on the book Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account written by Dr. Miklos Nyiszli....
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| Trinity Trinity is a 2001 cult science fiction film. It was written and directed by Gary Boulton-Brown, and stars Tom McCamus , Lucy Akhurst , and Stephen Moyer .- Plot Summary :...
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2001 |
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| The Peacemaker |
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1997 |
Co-executive producer |
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| Angel Street |
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| The Nightman |
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| CBS Summer Playhouse: Roughhouse CBS Summer Playhouse is an anthology series that ran from June 12, 1987 to August 22, 1989 on CBS. It aired unsold television pilots during the summer season.-First season format:...
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| Nice Girls Don't Explode Nice Girls Don't Explode is a 1987 comedy film in which April Flowers is kept away from boys by her overprotective mother because flames have a tendency to spontaneously erupt whenever her hormones are aroused. For April, "protection" on a dinner date is carrying a fire extinguisher...
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1987 |
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