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
Primetime Emmy Awards
The Primetime Emmy Awards, or Primetime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), the Primetime ...
, 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)
References
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Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
American television writers
American male television writers
American male screenwriters
20th-century American male writers
20th-century American screenwriters
Primetime Emmy Award winners
Writers Guild of America Award winners
Showrunners
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