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Pure Genius
''Pure Genius'' (originally titled ''Bunker Hill'') is an American medical drama television series created by Jason Katims that aired on CBS from October 27, 2016 to January 26, 2017. The series stars Augustus Prew as James Bell who is a Silicon Valley tech billionaire and Dermot Mulroney as Dr. Walter Wallace. It was produced by True Jack Production, CBS Television Studios and Universal Television. In May 2017, CBS cancelled the series after one season. Premise James Bell is a Silicon Valley billionaire who dreams of building a hospital with ultimate cutting-edge technology to treat rare and incurable diseases. He partners with a maverick surgeon, Dr. Walter Wallace, who leads the effort in clearing out the bureaucracy of medicine, and focus on forward thinking, advancing technology, and saving lives—at no cost to the patient. Cast and characters * Augustus Prew as James Bell, a Silicon Valley tech billionaire who opens Bunker Hill * Dermot Mulroney as Dr. Walter Wallace * O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medical Drama
A medical drama is a television show or film in which events center upon a hospital, an ambulance staff, or any medical environment. Most recent medical drama (film and television), dramatic programming go beyond the events pertaining to the characters' jobs and portray some aspects of their personal lives. A typical medical drama might have a storyline in which two doctors fall in love. Communication theory, Communications theorist Marshall McLuhan, in his Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man, 1964 work on the nature of Mass media, media, predicted success for this particular genre on TV because the medium "creates an obsession with bodily welfare". The longest running medical drama in the world is the British series ''Casualty (TV series), Casualty'', airing since 1986, and the longest running medical soap opera is General Hospital running since 1963. History ''City Hospital (U.S. TV series), City Hospital'', which first aired in 1951, is usually considered to be the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television Series
A television show – or simply TV show – is any content produced for viewing on a television set which can be broadcast via over-the-air, satellite television, satellite, or cable television, cable, excluding breaking news, television advertisement, advertisements, or Trailer (promotion), trailers that are typically placed between shows. Television shows are most often broadcast programming, scheduled for broadcast well ahead of time and appear on electronic program guide, electronic guides or other TV listings, but streaming services often make them available for viewing anytime. The content in a television show can be produced with different methodologies such as taped variety shows emanating from a television studio stage, animation or a variety of film productions ranging from movies to series. Shows not produced on a television studio stage are usually contracted or licensed to be made by appropriate production companies. Television shows can be viewed live (real time), b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. The site is updated several times a day, with entertainment industry news as its focus. It has been a brand of Penske Media Corporation since 2009. History ''Deadline'' was founded by Nikki Finke, who began writing an '' LA Weekly'' column series called ''Deadline Hollywood'' in June 2002. She began the ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' (DHD) blog in March 2006 as an online version of her column. She officially launched it as an entertainment trade website in 2006. The site became one of Hollywood's most followed websites by 2009. In 2009, Finke sold ''Deadline'' to Penske Media Corporation (then Mail.com Media) for a low-seven-figure sum. Finke was also given a five-year-plus employment contract reported by the ''Los Angeles Times'' as being worth "millions of dollars", as well as part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Norris
Patrick R. Norris is an American television director. His directing credits include ''Chuck'', '' Friday Night Lights'', ''Gossip Girl'', ''The Vampire Diaries'', ''Hidden Palms'', ''Related'', ''Bones'', '' North Shore'', ''The Division'', ''The O.C.'', ''Boston Public'', ''Star Trek: Enterprise'', ''The Twilight Zone'', ''American Dreams'', '' Roswell'', '' V.I.P.'', '' Once and Again'', '' Jack & Jill'', '' Xena: Warrior Princess'', ''Wasteland'', ''Cupid'', '' The Net'', ''Dawson's Creek'', '' The Visitor'', '' Relativity'', ''Malibu Shores'', ''Second Noah'', ''The Marshal'', ''My So-Called Life'', ''Chicago Hope'' and ''Party of Five''. In 1989 and 1991, Norris won two Primetime Emmy Awards for "Outstanding Achievement In Costuming For a Series" for his work on the series ''Thirtysomething ''Thirtysomething'' is an American drama television series created by Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz for United Artists Television (under MGM/UA Television) and aired on ABC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Sullivan (filmmaker)
Edward "Ted" Sullivan is an American television writer. Early life Sullivan is a graduate of the University of Southern California Film Writing School, where he also taught as an adjunct professor of screenwriting. Career Sullivan began his writing career with the daytime dramas ''As the World Turns'' and '' One Life to Live'', before transitioning into directing and producing with the Off-Broadway comedy productions of "What If We Did This?" and "We're Not That Way." He directed and edited commercials, documentaries and new media campaigns for various companies, including ABC Network, Pollinator Press, Saab and Holiday Inn Express. In 2007, he co-wrote, edited and produced the independent family comedy '' I'll Believe You'' starring David Alan Basche, Patrick Warburton and Chris Elliott. The film was directed and co-written by his TV producer brother Paul Francis Sullivan. He wrote for ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'', starring Jeff Goldblum and Saffron Burrows and '' Rizzo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosemary Rodriguez
Rosemary Rodriguez is an American film and television director. She directed the 2015 film '' Silver Skies'' starring George Hamilton. ''Acts of Worship'' In 2001 Rodriguez wrote, produced and directed a feature film called ''Acts of Worship'', about a young woman struggling with drug addiction. The film was nominated for, and won, numerous independent film awards as well as film festival awards. Television career Rodriguez has worked as a director on many United States television series, including '' The Walking Dead'', ''Third Watch'', ''Law & Order'', '' Rescue Me'', ''Castle'', ''Criminal Minds'', '' Undercovers'', ''Without a Trace'', ''Elementary'' and ''Jessica Jones''. Recently she has directed episodes of two CBS drama series: ''The Good Wife ''The Good Wife'' is an American legal and political drama television series that aired on CBS from September 22, 2009, to May 8, 2016. It focuses on Alicia Florrick, the wife of the Cook County State's Attorney, who ret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Engler
Michael Engler is an American theater director, and a Directors Guild of America and Emmy nominated television director and producer. Theater His Broadway credits include ''Eastern Standard'', starring Dylan Baker, Patricia Clarkson, Kevin Conroy, and Anne Meara, as well as ''Mastergate'', written by Larry Gelbart, and ''I Hate Hamlet'', written by Paul Rudnick and starring Evan Handler and Alan Arkin. His direction of the 2003 off-Broadway production of the Alan Bennett play ''Talking Heads'' garnered him a nomination for the Outer Critics Circle Award. Film and television 1990s Engler began his career in television with the TV movie ''Mastergate'' (1992) based on the play he directed by Larry Gelbart. The following year he worked on the television series '' Bakersfield P.D.'', starring Ron Eldard, Giancarlo Esposito, and Brian Doyle Murray, as well as the series ''Sisters'', starring Swoosie Kurtz and Sela Ward. In 1993 and 1994 Engler directed two episodes of the HBO ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meredith Averill
Meredith Averill is an American television writer and producer. Born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, Averill graduated from New York University with a degree in screenwriting. Career Averill began her career as an assistant to TV writer/producers André Nemec and Josh Appelbaum, then became a writer for the ABC Family mini-series '' Samurai Girl'', ABC's ''Life on Mars'' and ABC's '' Happy Town''. Averill then spent three years on CBS's ''The Good Wife'' as a writer and producer. In May 2013 she signed an overall deal with CBS Television Studios, where she was the creator and executive producer of The CW science fiction teen drama ''Star-Crossed''.Daniel Doperalski"10 TV Writers to Watch" ''Variety'', June 11, 2013. After Star-Crossed's cancellation, she then went on to work as a Co-Executive Producer for the CW's ''Jane the Virgin'' and CBS's ''Pure Genius''. She served as the co-showrunner/executive producer for Netflix's series ''The Haunting of Hill House''. In 2018, Averill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norberto Barba
Norberto Barba (born September 12, 1963) is an American television and film director. He is known for his work on ''Grimm'' and the ''Law & Order'' franchise. Biographical details A native of the Bronx, New York, Barba studied at Regis High School in New York City. He also spent two years at Columbia University and later went to USC School of Cinematic Arts. After earning his degree, he became a director fellow at the American Film Institute, where he earned his postgraduate degree in film production. Barba made his directorial debut in 1992 with the short film ''Chavez Ravine'', which tells the story of a father and son struggling to defend their home against city developers planning to build Dodger Stadium in the mid-1950s. In addition, he directed '' Blue Tiger'' (1994) and ''Solo'' (1996), before specializing as a director/producer for television programs. His television credits include series such as ''New York Undercover'', '' Level 9'', '' Resurrection Blvd.'', ''Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Piznarski
Mark Piznarski is an American film director, television director and television producer. He has directed episodes from a number of television series, including, amongst others, ''Veronica Mars'', ''Gossip Girl'', '' 90210'', ''NYPD Blue'', '' Friday Night Lights'', ''Everwood'', ''My So-Called Life'', '' Relativity'' and '' Once and Again''. He has also directed a number of television films including ''Death Benefit'' (1996), ''The '60s'' (1999), and ''Soccer Moms'' (2005). In 2000, he directed the theatrical film '' Here on Earth''. In 2006, he wrote and directed the film ''Looking for Sunday'' (2006), the only writing credit to his name. The ''Veronica Mars'' character Stosh "Piz" Piznarski is named as a tribute to Mark, as he directed the first two episodes of season one, titled "Pilot" and "Credit Where Credit's Due "Credit Where Credit's Due" is the second episode of the first season of the American mystery television series ''Veronica Mars''. Written by series creato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Yu
Jessica Lingmin Yu (born February 14, 1966) is an American film director, writer, producer, and editor. She has directed documentary films, dramatic films, and television shows. Yu won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject in 1996 for '' Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien'' (1996). Yu's film ''Last Call at the Oasis'' (2012) is based upon Alex Prud'homme's ''Ripple Effect''. Her more recent films have been: '' Misconception'' (2014), ''ForEveryone.Net'' (2016), a documentary film about the inventor of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, and a Netflix comedy ''Maria Bamford: Old Baby'' (2017). In 2019, Yu was nominated for an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Direction for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special" for the ''Fosse/Verdon'' episode "Glory". Early life and education Yu grew up in Los Altos Hills, California. Her father, Dr. Kou-ping Yu, an oncologist, was born in Shanghai. Her mother, Connie Young Yu, writer and historian, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Cowan
Jon Cowan is an American television producer and writer, best known for his work on television shows ''Crossing Jordan'' and ''Private Practice Private practice may refer to: *Private sector practice **Practice of law In its most general sense, the practice of law involves giving legal advice to clients, drafting legal documents for clients, and representing clients in legal negotiati ...''. Cowan joined the ''Private Practice'' writing staff in the second season. He is credited as the writer or co-writer of the following ''Private Practice'' episodes: * "Tempting Faith" (2008) * "Nothing to Fear" (2009) * "Ex-Life" (2009) * "Yours, Mine & Ours" (2009) * "A Death in the Family" (2009) * "Shotgun" (2010) References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cowan, Jon Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American television producers American male screenwriters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
