Michael Kozoll is an American

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

. He is perhaps best known for creating the police procedural television series ''

Hill Street Blues ''Hill Street Blues'' is an American serial police procedural television series that aired on NBC in prime-time from January 15, 1981, to May 12, 1987, for 146 episodes. The show chronicles the lives of the staff of a single police station loca ...

'' along with Steven Bochco. Kozoll wrote for television programs including '' Delvecchio'', ''

Quincy, M.E. ''Quincy, M.E.'' (also called ''Quincy'') is an American mystery medical drama television series from Universal Studios that aired on NBC from October 3, 1976, to May 11, 1983. Jack Klugman starred in the title role as a Los Angeles County med ...

'', '' McCloud'', ''

Richie Brockelman, Private Eye ''Richie Brockelman, Private Eye'' is an American detective drama that aired on NBC for five episodes in March and April 1978, with Dennis Dugan in the starring role. ''The Rockford Files'' was used to launch the series via character crossover i ...

'' and '' Kolchak: The Night Stalker''. He won two

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, and was nominated for two more, in the category Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for his work on ''Hill Street Blues''. In 1981 he won an Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series, along with Bochco and

Gregory Hoblit Gregory King Hoblit (born November 27, 1944) is an American film director, television director and television producer. He is best known for directing the films '' Primal Fear'', ''Fallen'', ''Frequency'', ''Hart's War'', '' Fracture'', and ''U ...

Selected filmography

* '' First Blood'' (1982) * '' The Hard Way'' (1991)

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