John Wells
Milestones
- Birthplace: Alexandria, Virginia, USA
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2001
Was an executive producer on the CBS fall drama "Citizen Baines"
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1999 to 0000
Executive produced and wrote pilot for NBC drama "Third Watch", centering on paramedics
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1999 to 0000
Served as executve producer of the award-winning NBC drama "The West Wing", set in the White House
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1998
Executive produced and wrote episodes of the short-lived NBC family drama "Trinity"
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1998
Inked a five-year contract with Warner Bros. valued at between $25 million and $30 million; reportedly the most lucrative development deal to date; Wells would continue to develop and produce TV programming as well as features
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1996
Wrote the screenplay for the feature film, "Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story"
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1995
Signed deal with NBC to develop five new TV series for the network
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1994 to 0000
Served as one of the executive producers of the popular NBC medical drama series, "ER"
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1992
Created and executive produced the CBS detective drama series, "Angel Street"; also wrote the premiere episode; series was co-produced by Warner Bros. TV and by Wells' company, John Wells & Friends Productions
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1992
First TV-movie producing credit, "The Nightman", for which he served as a co-executive produced and which he also co-wrote
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1988
Served as executive story editor for the ABC limited series, "Just in Time"
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1987
First scripts written by Wells to be produced for TV; episodes of the CBS comedy-drama series, "Shell Game"
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1987
Produced the feature film, "Nice Girls Don't Explode"
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Joined the production team of the ABC drama series, "China Beach", serving as supervising producer for the 1989-1990 season, and acting as co-executive producer for its 1990-1991 season