Walon Green: Difference between revisions
m Reverted edits by 75.213.79.171 (talk) to last version by 68.120.82.109 |
RjwilmsiBot (talk | contribs) m →External links: Adding Persondata using AWB (7822) |
||
| Line 32: | Line 32: | ||
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = |
||
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = |
||
| DATE OF BIRTH = |
| DATE OF BIRTH = December 15, 1936 |
||
| PLACE OF BIRTH = |
| PLACE OF BIRTH = |
||
| DATE OF DEATH = |
| DATE OF DEATH = |
||
Revision as of 22:13, 8 September 2011
Walon Green (born December 15, 1936) is an American documentary film director and screenwriter for both TV and films. He is currently the showrunner/executive producer for the USA Network television series, Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
Career
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he produced and directed documentaries for National Geographic and David Wolper, including The Hellstrom Chronicle, for which he was accorded the Academy Award and the BAFTA in 1972, and The Secret Life of Plants in 1979. Among his screenwriting credits are the films The Wild Bunch, Sorcerer, The Brink's Job, Eraser, The Hi-Lo Country and RoboCop 2. On television, he wrote and produced episodes of Hill Street Blues, Law & Order, ER and NYPD Blue for which he received a 1995 Edgar Award. More recently, he was a Creative Consultant for the Chris Carter science fiction TV series Millennium. He is also notable for allowing a centipede to crawl over his face in the tunnel scene of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.
Green is the father of Darwin Green, a writer and film editor, and Collin Green, a teacher and photographer.
In fall 2008, he assumed the post of executive producer for the Vincent D'Onofrio-Kathryn Erbe episodes of Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
Future projects
Bunker Hill: Bridget Moynahan ("Six Degrees") has joined the cast of the drama pilot, about a cop (Donnie Wahlberg) who returns to the Boston, MA neighborhood he grew up in. She'll play Erin, the sister-in-law of Wahlberg's character, who has a love-hate relationship with him stemming from the death of her cop husband. Walon Green (Head Writer/Showrunner) is behind the Warner Horizon Television-based hour, which Jon Avnet is attached to direct. [1], [2], [3], [4]
Credits
- Dinosaur (2000) - screenplay
Awards/Nominations
Green was nominated for an Emmy Award for co-writing (with Robert Nathan) the 1993 Law & Order episode "Manhood".[1] The episode won a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Dramatic Television Episode.[2]
Notes
References
- Courrier, Kevin, and Susan Green (2000). Law & Order: The Unofficial Companion. Macmillan. ISBN 1580631088.
- Tropiano, Stephen (2002). The Prime Time Closet: A History of Gays and Lesbians on TV. Applause Theatre & Cinema Books. ISBN 1557835578.
External links
 | This article about a United States film director born in the 1930s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |