Sam Egan is a journalist, and a screenwriter and producer for television.The New York Times
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Career

His credits include writing and producing for such shows as '' Quincy, M.E.'', ''

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'', '' The Fall Guy'', ''

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'', ''

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''. He is the son of a

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and based ''The Outer Limits'' episode "

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" on his father's experience in the

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where his father's first wife and daughter were killed by the

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. As a journalist, Egan has written for ''

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'' magazine and was editor of the arts magazine '' The Every Other Weekly''. Egan has most recently worked for Shaw's Canadian Sci-Fi Series "Continuum" and "Beloved Mr. Fox," along with Alexander McCall Smith, as a creative consultant. He is also the developer for Television of Robert Rotenburg's "Old City Hall" for CTV. Before working here, he was the creative consultant on the Canadian mini-series "Bloodletting and Other Mirculous Cures". Currently, he is working on the development of two Internet series, "The Node" for Trifecta productions and "State of Syn" for

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as well as writing for the

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series Between. Prior, he worked for CTV and FOX International as Executive Producer of season two of the Listener. He was previously Co-Executive Producer of ABC's "V".

Awards and honors

His work on "Sanctuary" received a nomination for a Leo Award in

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. The episode he wrote called "Out of Ashes" for the show "Jeremiah" won him the Literacy in the Media Award for Outstanding Television Series. Also, the episode of "Jeremiah" called "City of Roses" was nominated for Canada's Top Ten Writing Awards- Egan's second nomination.

Personal

Sam Egan is married to Jane and has two daughters and three grandchildren. Egan is renowned for his extensive collection of art deco lamps and light fixtures. When his parents moved to the United States from

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, they changed their last name to Egan to sound more American. They chose the last name of their favorite actor, Richard Egan.

Screenwriting credits

Television

* ''

'' (1979) * '' Quincy, M.E.'' (1979-1983) * '' Manimal'' (1983) * '' Automan'' (1983-1984) * '' Cover Up'' (1984) * '' The Fall Guy'' (1984-1986) * '' Snoops'' (1989-1990) * '' Tropical Heat'' (1991-1993) * ''

'' (1994-1995) * '' Diagnosis: Murder'' (1996) * '' Second Noah'' (1996-1997) * ''

'' (1997-2001) * ''

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'' (1998, 2003) * ''

'' (2002) * ''

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'' (2007) * ''

'' (2008-2009) * '' Knights of Bloodsteel'' (2009) * '' V'' (2009) * '' The Listener'' (2011-2014) * '' Continuum'' (2012-2014) * '' Between'' (2016)

Films

* '' Imagine: John Lennon'' (1988) * '' Elvira: Mistress of the Dark'' (1988)

References

External links

*
Sam Egan's bio at ''The Outer Limits'' site
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