George Lee Marshall
- Writer
- Producer
Talented writing, innovative educational filmmaking and a penchant for
pitching stories has led to an impressive career in film and
television, earning George Lee Marshall a Lifetime Membership in the
Writers' Guild of America. During his 25 years as a working
writer/producer in Hollywood, Lee has penned and sold over 50
manuscripts, treatments and TV concepts for and at 30 different
studios, networks and production companies. As story editor on four
prime-time television series, Lee wrote for actors Pierce Brosnan,
Stacy Keech, Stephanie Zimbalist, Jo Beth Williams, Brian Dennehy, Jack
Warden, Carole Kane, Charles Durning, Kate Jackson and Lindsay Crouse.
For feature directors Paul Verhoeven Harold Becker, Louis Mandoki and
Hal Ashby. And with writing partner Ron Shusett ('Alien', 'Total
Recall') for feature actors Sylvester Stallone, Liam Neeson and Arnold
Schwarzenegger.
Lee began his professional career with the federal government, writing, directing and producing award-winning educational films for the U.S. Navy that saved lives and money.
In June 2000, Lee was invited to create and manage content for interactive, user-friendly avatar-based Websites at North Stone Technologies. As VP of Creative/Content/Production, Lee partnered with the University of Colorado's Center for Spoken Language Research (CSLR) to produce text and voice for CSLR's voice-enabled phone applications; and with Production Plant in Hollywood to create spoken interface for animated agents.
That same fall, Lee joined the faculty at San Diego State University as a lecturing professor in the School of Theatre/Television & Film. Since arriving on campus, Lee has designed & taught six upper-division and graduate-level writing courses for TV & Film. During his 13-year tenure there, Lee resurrected the Graduate Screenwriting course, created a 200-seat GE course, The History of Prime-Time TV, and co-created a year-long Television Workshop, allowing students to write and produce a cable-ready TV Pilot that earned them a National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences regional student-Emmy.
In 2010, Lee accepted an invitation to lecture at Chapman's internationally recognized Dodge School of Film & Media Arts, where he now teaches television courses year round.
Lee began his professional career with the federal government, writing, directing and producing award-winning educational films for the U.S. Navy that saved lives and money.
In June 2000, Lee was invited to create and manage content for interactive, user-friendly avatar-based Websites at North Stone Technologies. As VP of Creative/Content/Production, Lee partnered with the University of Colorado's Center for Spoken Language Research (CSLR) to produce text and voice for CSLR's voice-enabled phone applications; and with Production Plant in Hollywood to create spoken interface for animated agents.
That same fall, Lee joined the faculty at San Diego State University as a lecturing professor in the School of Theatre/Television & Film. Since arriving on campus, Lee has designed & taught six upper-division and graduate-level writing courses for TV & Film. During his 13-year tenure there, Lee resurrected the Graduate Screenwriting course, created a 200-seat GE course, The History of Prime-Time TV, and co-created a year-long Television Workshop, allowing students to write and produce a cable-ready TV Pilot that earned them a National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences regional student-Emmy.
In 2010, Lee accepted an invitation to lecture at Chapman's internationally recognized Dodge School of Film & Media Arts, where he now teaches television courses year round.
