Michael Loceff (born 1952) was a writer and co-executive producer of the hit

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'' 24'', which aired on the

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. He worked on the show for six and a half seasons, but left after the writer's strike. He is among the 2006 Emmy Award recipients for the ''24'' series. Prior to ''24'', he worked with fellow ''24'' producers

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, Robert Cochran,

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, Brad Turner, and

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on '' La Femme Nikita''. He is the cousin of ''24'' co-creator

He was then a professor at

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, teaching computer science courses online. * In 2015, Professor Loceff also published a very detailed Volume 1 book on quantum computing called "A Course in Quantum Computing for the Community College 〈c , Q , c〉" He is now retired.

Trivia

* Loceff has sneaked in several subtle references to his teaching career on ''24''. Milo Pressman's CTU password is "foothill94022." 94022 is the postal code for

. In a previous episode of the show, a character used the secret password "Etudes", the name of his online teaching software.

References

External links

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Michael Loceff Profile
Foothill College website
Confessions of a 24 writer
Michael Loceff interview Living people American television producers American male screenwriters 1952 births Primetime Emmy Award winners {{US-tv-bio-stub