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Civil Wars (TV Series)
''Civil Wars'' is an American legal drama that aired on ABC from November 20, 1991, to March 2, 1993. The series was created and executive produced by William M. Finkelstein and produced by Steven Bochco. Synopsis The series focused on the lives and cases of New York City divorce attorneys. In the series, two of New York City's top divorce lawyers, Charlie Howell (Peter Onorati) and Sydney Guilford (Mariel Hemingway), form a partnership despite barely knowing each other, following the mental breakdown of Guilford's stressed-out partner, Eli Levinson (Alan Rosenberg). The show had a famously misanthropic opening credits sequence; in it, romantic photo albums were shown as the voice track played couples ripping into each other in court, as each of the show's principal attorneys interrogated them, one by one, on the stand. Cast * Mariel Hemingway as Sydney Guilford * Peter Onorati as Charlie Howell * Debi Mazar as Denise Iannello * Alan Rosenberg as Eli Levinson * David Marciano as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legal Drama
A legal drama is a genre of film and television that generally focuses on narratives regarding legal practice and the justice system. The American Film Institute (AFI) defines "courtroom drama" as a genre of film in which a system of justice plays a critical role in the film's narrative. Legal dramas have also followed the lives of the fictional Lawyer, attorneys, defendants, plaintiffs, or other persons related to the practice of law present in television show or film. Legal drama is distinct from Police procedural, police crime drama or detective fiction, which typically focus on police officers or detectives investigating and solving crimes. The focal point of legal dramas, more often, are events occurring within a courtroom, but may include any phases of legal procedure, such as jury deliberations or work done at law firms. Some legal dramas Film à clef, fictionalize real cases that have been litigated, such as the play-turned-movie, Inherit the Wind (play), ''Inherit the Wind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Milch
David Sanford Milch (born March 23, 1945) is an American writer and producer of television series. He has created several television shows, including ABC's ''NYPD Blue'' (1993-2005), co-created with Steven Bochco, and HBO's '' Deadwood'' (2004-2006). Early life and education Milch graduated with a B.A. ''summa cum laude'' from Yale University, where he won the Tinker Prize in English, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon chapter, along with future US President George W. Bush. Milch earned a Master of Fine Arts with distinction from the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa. To avoid the draft during the Vietnam War, Milch enrolled in Yale Law School, but he was expelled for allegedly shooting out a police car siren with a shotgun. Career Milch worked as a writing teacher and lecturer in English literature at Yale. During his teaching career, he assisted Robert Penn Warren and Cleanth Brooks in the writing of several college textb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Haid
Charles Maurice Haid III (born June 2, 1943) is an American actor and television director, with notable work in both movies and television. He is best known for his portrayal of Officer Andy Renko in ''Hill Street Blues''. Haid was born in San Francisco, the son of Grace Marian (née Folger) and Charles Maurice Haid Jr. He attended Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University), where he met Steven Bochco. He was associate producer of the original stage production of ''Godspell'' in 1971, which was developed at CMU. Haid's acting credits include the 1976/1977 series '' Delvecchio'' as Sgt. Paul Schonski, the 1980s series ''Hill Street Blues'' as Officer Andy Renko, and the 1980 movie ''Altered States'' as Dr. Mason Parrish. In 1984, Haid was cast as "The Fatman" (or just "Fats") at the Literature, Art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Fresco
Michael Fresco is an American television director and television producer. Most notably Fresco has directed a number of episodes from shows including ''The O.C.'', ''My Name is Earl'' and the pilots to ''1-800-Missing'', ''Suburgatory'', and '' Providence''. He has also been a producer on '' Providence'' along with other shows such as '' Northern Exposure''. He has also directed nine episodes of the series ''Better Off Ted'' (2009–10), written by his brother, Victor Fresco Victor Fresco (born January 9, 1958) is an American television writer and producer. Personal life Born and raised in Los Angeles, Fresco received his Bachelor's Degree in film and political science from Hampshire College. After graduating, he w .... References External links * American television directors American television producers Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) {{Tv-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Mann
Ted Mann (April 16, 1916 – January 15, 2001) was an American businessman involved in the film industry and head of Mann Theatres. In 1973, he purchased the National General Theatre chain and changed the name of Grauman's Chinese Theatre, which was a part of the chain, to Mann's Chinese Theater. Biography Born to a Jewish family in Wishek, North Dakota, Mann started off in the movie business as an usher around the time he attended the University of Minnesota in the 1930s. He rented the Selby Theatre in Saint Paul, Minnesota, for $100 a month running it as a one-man shop serving as ticket seller and projectionist. He was successful and he went on to purchase 25 other theaters and drive-ins in the Midwest. In 1970, Mann sold his theater chain to General Cinema Corporation (founded by Philip Smith and then led by Richard A. Smith) and moved to California. The first production to his credit was 1969's ''The Illustrated Man'', based on a Ray Bradbury book. He didn't stay out of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Eglee
Charles Hamilton Eglee (born November 27, 1951) is an American film and television screenwriter and producer. He worked extensively for Steven Bochco productions throughout the 1990s. For Bochco productions he co-created '' Byrds of Paradise'' with frequent collaborator Channing Gibson and co-created '' Murder One'' with Gibson and Bochco. Eglee co-created the series '' Dark Angel'' with James Cameron. He was a writer and executive producer on ''The Shield'' and ''Dexter''. He served as a member of the production team behind the adaptation of '' The Walking Dead''. Biography Eglee was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and grew up in North Haven, Connecticut and Eastham, Massachusetts. He was graduated cum laude from Williston Academy and received his B.A. in English from Yale University. After a brief stint teaching film history at Yale, Eglee moved to California and worked for Roger Corman, where he served in a variety of production capacities and met then production designer Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Lerner
Dan or DAN may refer to: People * Dan (name), including a list of people with the name ** Dan (king), several kings of Denmark * Dan people, an ethnic group located in West Africa **Dan language, a Mande language spoken primarily in Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia * Dan (son of Jacob), one of the 12 sons of Jacob/Israel in the Bible **Tribe of Dan, one of the 12 tribes of Israel descended from Dan * Crown Prince Dan, prince of Yan in ancient China Places * Dan (ancient city), the biblical location also called Dan, and identified with Tel Dan * Dan, Israel, a kibbutz * Dan, subdistrict of Kap Choeng District, Thailand * Dan, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in the United States * Dan River (other) * Danzhou, formerly Dan County, China * Gush Dan, the metropolitan area of Tel Aviv in Israel Organizations *Dan-Air, a defunct airline in the United Kingdom *Dan Bus Company, a public transport company in Israel *Dan Hotels, a hotel chain in Israel *Dan the Tire Man, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill D'Elia
William D'Elia is an American screenwriter, producer, director and actor. Life D'Elia grew up in Queens, New York City, and is a second generation Italian-American. He graduated from Ithaca College, and earned a master's degree in communication arts from William Paterson University in 1972. D'Elia has two sons with his wife, Ellie Dombroski: actor and comedian Chris D'Elia, and filmmaker Matt D'Elia. Career In the 1980s, D'Elia was a director of television commercials. In 1989, he independently produced and directed the film ''The Feud'', based on the 1983 novel by Thomas Berger. The film attracted the attention of Steven Bochco, who hired D'Elia to direct an episode of ''Doogie Howser, M.D.''. D'Elia went on to direct episodes of numerous other television series including ''Northern Exposure'', ''Glee'', ''Chicago Hope'', '' Ally McBeal'', ''The Practice'', ''Boston Legal'', and ''The West Wing''. D'Elia was an executive producer and a director of ''Chicago Hope'', ''Boston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channing Gibson
Richard Channing Gibson is an American television writer and producer. He worked in both capacities with '' St. Elsewhere'' and ''NYPD Blue''. He is one of the creators of the drama series '' Murder One'' and ''The Byrds of Paradise''. Career Gibson began working in television as a writer on ABC drama series ''Family'' in 1978. He wrote the fourth season episode "Magic" and the story for later fourth season episode "An Apple for the Teacher". He moved on to write for ''Eight Is Enough''. He wrote the fourth season episode "Memories" and returned for the fifth-season episode "Welcome to Memorial Dr. Bradford". He began writing for the NBC medical drama '' St. Elsewhere'' in 1984. He wrote the third-season episode "My Aim Is True". He returned to co-write the fourth season episodes "Haunted" and "Sanctuary" in 1985. Gibson and his co-writers were nominated for the Emmy Award for outstanding writing for a drama series for their work on "Haunted". Gibson and his co-writers were nom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles H
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brad Silberling
Bradley Mitchell Silberling (born September 8, 1963) is an American television director, television and film director whose credits include the feature films ''Casper (film), Casper'' (1995), ''City of Angels (film), City of Angels'' (1998), ''Moonlight Mile (film), Moonlight Mile'' (2002), ''Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events'' (2004) and ''Land of the Lost (film), Land of the Lost'' (2009). Early life and education Silberling was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Joyce Anne (Tucker), a travel consultant, and Robert Murray Silberling, who was Vice President of CBS Entertainment Productions. His father was born Jewish, whereas his mother Conversion to Judaism, converted to Judaism. Silberling attended Williams College in Williamstown, MA and received a BA in English from UC Santa Barbara. He later studied film directing at the UCLA Film School. Career Silberling began his entertainment industry career before completing his studies. In 1986, he became a Produ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Darling
Joan Darling (née Kugell; born April 14, 1935, Boston, Massachusetts, United States) is an American actress, film and television director and a dramatic arts instructor. Biography Born Joan Kugell in Boston, Darling began her career with the New York improvisational theater troupe "Premise Players," and soon graduated to off-Broadway and Broadway productions. She gravitated to feature films making her debut in Theodore J. Flicker's '' The Troublemaker'' (1964) and later his ''The President's Analyst''. She went into television in the 1970s. She was a regular on the law series '' Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law'', playing office secretary to Arthur Hill, Lee Majors, and David Soul. Darling was the first woman nominated for an Emmy for directing. She was nominated four times, winning one. She was nominated two times for a Directors Guild of America award, winning one. She was nominated for an Emmy for her performance of Dorothy Parker in ''Woven in a Crazy Plaid''. Darling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
