Walon Green
Walon Green | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1936年12月15日) December 15, 1936 (age 88) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Film and television writer and producer |
| Notable work | |
| Children | Darwin Green, Collin Green |
Walon Green (born December 15, 1936) is an American documentary film director and screenwriter, for both television and film.
Career
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Green produced and directed documentaries for National Geographic and David Wolper, including The Hellstrom Chronicle , for which he was accorded the Oscar and the BAFTA in 1972, and The Secret Life of Plants in 1979. Among his screenwriting credits are the films The Wild Bunch , Sorcerer , The Brink's Job , Solarbabies , Eraser , The Hi-Lo Country and RoboCop 2 . On television, he wrote and produced episodes of Hill Street Blues , Law & Order , ER and NYPD Blue for which he received a 1995 Edgar Award. More recently, he was a Creative Consultant for the Chris Carter science fiction TV series Millennium , where he co-wrote the episode "Paper Dove" with Ted Mann. He is also notable for allowing a millipede to crawl over his face in the tunnel scene of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory .
In fall 2008, he assumed the post of executive producer for the Vincent D'Onofrio-Kathryn Erbe episodes of Law & Order: Criminal Intent , he took over as show runner/executive producer for all episodes in the series' ninth season. In 2008, Green was the Head Writer/Showrunner of the television pilot Bunker Hill, starring Donnie Wahlberg and Bridget Moynahan and directed by Jon Avnet. The pilot was not picked up for a series.
Green wrote the 2015 miniseries adaptation of Killing Jesus: A History .
Awards and nominations
[edit ]Walon Green was nominated in 1970 for an Oscar for best original screenplay for The Wild Bunch . He was awarded an Oscar in 1972 for his documentary The Hellstrom Chronicle , for which he also won The Technical Grand Prize at Cannes in 1971 and the Flaherty Documentary Award.[1]
He was nominated for Primetime Emmys in 1986 for Hill Street Blues , in 1993 and 1994 for his work on Law & Order and won an Emmy in 1995 for his writing on NYPD Blue .
Green was nominated for an Emmy Award for co-writing (with Robert Nathan) the 1993 Law & Order episode "Manhood".[2] The episode won a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Dramatic Television Episode.[3]
Green was nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award in 1993 for an episode of Law & Order and won the same award in 1995 which he shared with David Milch and Steven Bochco for their NYPD Blue episode "Simone Says."
Personal life
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Walon Green was born in Baltimore, Maryland on December 15, 1936. He is the father of Darwin Green, a writer and film editor, and Collin Green, a teacher and photographer.
Filmography
[edit ]As writer - films
- Morituri (1965) (uncredited)
- The Wild Bunch (1969)
- Sorcerer (1977)
- The Brink's Job (1978)
- The Border (1982)
- WarGames (1983) (uncredited)
- Solarbabies (1986)
- Crusoe (1988)
- RoboCop 2 (1990)
- Eraser (1996)
- The Hi-Lo Country (1998)
- Dinosaur (2000) (co-screenplay and co-story)
Television
- Plimpton! Adventures in Africa (1972, TV film)
- Strange New World (1975, TV film)
- Mysteries of the Sea (1980, TV film)
- Robert Kennedy and His Times (1985, TV miniseries episode)
- Hill Street Blues (1985–1986, 11 TV episodes)
- Law & Order (1992–1994, 8 TV episodes)
- Without Warning (1994, TV movie)
- NYPD Blue (1994–1995, 4 TV episodes)
- Millenium (1997, 1 episode)
- ER (1997-2000, 5 episodes)
- Big Apple (2001, 1 episode)
- Zero Effect (2002, TV film)
- Dragnet (2003, 1 episode)
- L.A. Confidential (2003)
- Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005, 3 episodes)
- Conviction (2006, 13 episodes as writer/developer)
- Bunker Hill (2009, TV film)
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2009–2010, 6 episodes)
- Saints & Strangers (2015, 1 episode)
- The Man in the High Castle (2015, 1 episode)
- Killing Jesus (2015, TV film)
- Saints & Strangers (2015, 1 episode, miniseries)
- Mercy Street (2017, 2 episodes)
References
[edit ]- ^ "Walon Green". IMDb .
- ^ Courrier, Kevin, and Susan Green (2000). Law & Order: The Unofficial Companion. Macmillan. ISBN 1-58063-108-8. p. 205
- ^ Tropiano, Stephen (2002). The Prime Time Closet: A History of Gays and Lesbians on TV. Applause Theatre & Cinema Books. ISBN 1-55783-557-8. p. 83
External links
[edit ]- Walon Green at IMDb
- Walon Green on NPR's Fresh Air (March 10, 2003)