David W. Zucker is a television executive and executive producer, best known for producing '' The Good Wife''. He is currently the Chief Creative Officer for

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. He is also the

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of notable shows like

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’s heist anthology series '' Kaleidoscope'' for Netflix; HBO Max’s sci-fi epic, ''Raised By Wolves''; the Paramount+ drama, '' The Good Fight''; the AMC and Britbox investigative revenge series ''The Beast Must Die''; and the

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series '' The Hot Zone''. Zucker's upcoming projects include the FX adaptation of

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’s ''

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'' and

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’s

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of the Charles Dickens novel ''

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'' for FX and BBC One.

Career

Zucker worked as a

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on the CBS television series ''

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'', wrote pilot scripts for CBS and

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, as well as various stage plays. He served as Vice President of Drama Series for CBS and Vice President of Drama Series and Current Programs at Warner Bros. Television. During his tenure as President of Television,

has produced a steady stream of highly acclaimed programs, including a 4-season run of Amazon’s

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’s '' The Man in the High Castle''; ''A Christmas Carol'' for FX & BBC, starring Guy Pearce; two seasons of the AMC psychological horror series, '' The Terror''; and the

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and

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-nominated, Peabody-winning drama, '' The Good Wife'', which ran on CBS for seven seasons. He has also produced the series adaptation of Justin Cronin’s ''The Passage'', for

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; the satire ''Braindead'' for CBS network; two seasons of the eponymous series adaptation of George Pendle's book ''Strange Angel'' on CBS All-Access; Jean-Claude Van Damme’s action-comedy for Amazon, ''

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''; two seasons of the esteemed PBS Civil War medical drama, '' Mercy Street''; '' Numb3rs'', which ran for six seasons on CBS; and the acclaimed Emmy-nominated National Geographic channel series of ''Killing'' telefilms (''

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'', '' Killing Kennedy'' and ''

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''). Other notable long form programs include '' Klondike'' for

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; '' The Pillars of the Earth'' for

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, '' World Without End'' for Reelz, '' Into the Storm'' for

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, '' The Andromeda Strain'' and ''

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'' for A&E, Golden Globe-nominated '' The Company'' at TNT, and a feature-length digital series for Xbox/ Microsoft, '' Halo: Nightfall'', based on the long-standing

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. Scott Free also produced non-fiction programs including ''Crimes of the Century'' and ''I am Dying'' for National Geographic, and the longform documentary special '' Gettysburg'' for History Channel.

Awards and non-fiction series

During his tenure, Scott Free has produced several acclaimed programs including Starz's eight-hour limited series, Ken Follett's '' The Pillars of the Earth'', an Emmy and Golden Globe nominee, starring Ian McShane, Rufus Sewell and Donald Sutherland, and the subsequent '' World Without End'' for Reelz, which won one of its two Emmy nominations. Other shows include HBO's '' Into the Storm'', an Emmy winning sequel to the Emmy-winning telefilm, '' The Gathering Storm;'' A&E Emmy-nominated mini-series, Michael Crichton's '' The Andromeda Strain''; and Robin Cook's medical thriller, ''

''. TNT's six-hour spy thriller, '' The Company'' was a Golden Globe nominee. CBS's drama '' The Good Wife'' has been nominated for two Golden Globes for Best Drama. Scott Free has also produced non-fiction such as two broadcasts in 2013, adaptations of Bill O’Reilly's books '' Killing Kennedy'' and ''

'' both delivered good ratings for

channel, and documentary series
Crimes of the Century
which was featured on CNN. Emmy-winning documentary special, '' Gettysburg'', was also produced for the History Channel.

Credits

These are David W. Zucker's credits according to IMDb:

References

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