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John Wells

Milestones

  • Birthplace: Alexandria, Virginia, USA
  • 2001

    Was an executive producer on the CBS fall drama "Citizen Baines"

  • 1999 to 0000

    Executive produced and wrote pilot for NBC drama "Third Watch", centering on paramedics

  • 1999 to 0000

    Served as executve producer of the award-winning NBC drama "The West Wing", set in the White House

  • 1998

    Executive produced and wrote episodes of the short-lived NBC family drama "Trinity"

  • 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

  • 1996

    Wrote the screenplay for the feature film, "Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story"

  • 1995

    Signed deal with NBC to develop five new TV series for the network

  • 1994 to 0000

    Served as one of the executive producers of the popular NBC medical drama series, "ER"

  • 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

  • 1992

    First TV-movie producing credit, "The Nightman", for which he served as a co-executive produced and which he also co-wrote

  • 1988

    Served as executive story editor for the ABC limited series, "Just in Time"

  • 1987

    First scripts written by Wells to be produced for TV; episodes of the CBS comedy-drama series, "Shell Game"

  • 1987

    Produced the feature film, "Nice Girls Don't Explode"

  • 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

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