Charles Hamilton Eglee (born November 27, 1951) is an American film and television

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and producer. He worked extensively for Steven Bochco productions throughout the 1990s. For Bochco productions he co-created ''

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'' with frequent collaborator

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and co-created '' Murder One'' with Gibson and Bochco. Eglee co-created the series '' Dark Angel'' with

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. He was a writer and executive producer on ''

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'' and ''

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''. 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

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and

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. He was graduated

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from

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and received his B.A. in English from

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the w ...

. After a brief stint teaching film history at Yale, Eglee moved to California and worked for

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, where he served in a variety of production capacities and met then production designer

. With Cameron, Eglee wrote '' Piranha II: The Spawning''. Later, he wrote and produced the mutant rodent film ''

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''. In 1984, Eglee joined the writing staff of ''

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'' as story editor. He went on to become writer and supervising producer of the ABC series ''

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''. At Twentieth Century Fox Television, Eglee co-wrote and executive-produced the one-hour television pilot, ''Rockenwagner''. Joining Steven Bochco Productions in 1991, Eglee wrote and co-executive produced the ABC series ''Civil Wars'' for two seasons, during which time he also wrote for '' L.A. Law''. In 1993, he co-created and executive-produced the short-lived ABC series, ''

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'', starring Timothy Busfield,

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and

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. After the show's ending, Eglee joined ''

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'' during its second season, as writer and co-executive producer. In 1995, he co-created '' Murder One'' with Steven Bochco and was the show's executive producer. Again with Bochco, Eglee co-created and executive-produced ''Total Security'' for ABC starring

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and

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. Eglee and James Cameron teamed up again to co-create '' Dark Angel'', a futuristic drama starring

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, set in a dystopic world of 21st-century

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. In 2003, Eglee joined the crew of FX police drama ''

'' as an executive producer. In 2007, Eglee joined Showtime drama series ''

'' as a writer and executive producer for the third season. He remained a writer and executive producer for the fourth season in 2009. In 2010, he was a writer and executive producer for the first season of the television adaptation of '' The Walking Dead'', which reunited him with ''The Walking Dead'' series creator and showrunner

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who had directed an episode of the sixth season of ''The Shield''. Eglee served as showrunner for the third and final season of ''

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''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Production staff Writer

Awards

*1995:

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- Outstanding Drama Series for ''

'' *1997: BAFTA - Best Foreign Drama for '' Murder One'' *2001:

People's Choice Award The People's Choice Awards is an American awards show, recognizing people in entertainment, voted online by the general public and fans. The show has been held annually since 1975, with the winners originally determined using Gallup Polls until ...

- Favorite New Drama Series for '' Dark Angel'' *2004: AFI - TV Program of the Year for ''The Shield'' *2006:

Peabody Award The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards or the Peabodys) program, named for the American businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, honor the most powerful, enlightening, and invigorating stories in television, radio, and ...

for ''The Shield'' *2008: AFI - TV Program of the Year for ''

References

External links

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