Dick Wolf
Milestones
- Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
- Birthday: December 20, 1946
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2007
Produced the award winning HBO film, "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" adapted from the book of the same name by Dee Brown
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2005
Produced the short-lived spin-off, "Law & Order: Trial by Jury"; cancelled after its first season
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2003
Produced "Twin Towers," the Academy Award-winning Short Documentary about two brothers, one a policeman and the other a fireman, who lost their lives in the line of duty on September 11, 2001
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2002
Produced "Law & Order: Crime & Punishment" (NBC), a reality television spin-off of the Law & Order franchise
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2001 to 0000
Executive produced the second spin-off "Law & Order: Criminal Intent"; moved from NBC to the USA network in 2007
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2000
Created and executive produced the syndicated "Arrest & Trial"
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1999 to 0000
Executive produced the highly-rated spin-off series "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (NBC)
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1997
Created and executive produced the CBS drama series "Feds"
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1997
Executive produced and created the NBC drama "Players"
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1996
Wrote (also created and executive produced) the UPN series "Swift Justice"
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1994
Appeared on the NBC news magazine special, "Today at Night"
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1994 to 1998
Created and executive produced the Fox police drama, "New York Undercover"
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1993
Created (also executive produced and wrote the first episode) the short-lived NBC detective drama, "Crime and Punishment"
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1992
Executive produced the short-lived sci-fi detective series, "Mann & Machine" (NBC); also wrote the first episode
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1990 to 0000
Created (also executive produced and wrote) the police and courtroom drama series, "Law & Order" (NBC); the success of the show has led to the creation of additional shows under the Law & Order franchise
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1990
Created (also executive produced and wrote) the premiere episode of the short-lived NBC adventure series, "Nasty Boys"
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1989
Created (and executive produced) installments of "Christine Cromwell," a recurring series of TV-movies within the "ABC Saturday Movie" format; also wrote the premiere TV-movie installment
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1989
Executive produced four installments (and wrote the first installment) of "Gideon Oliver," a recurring series of TV-movies within the "ABC Mystery Movie" time slot
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1988
Made feature acting debut in a small role in "Masquerade" (also wrote and executive produced)
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1987
Returned to feature films after six years to write and produce "No Man's Land"
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1978
Produced (and wrote) the screenplay "Skateboard," based on his own original story (credited as Richard A. Wolf)
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1969 to 1976
Began career in the advertising business; worked as a copywriter and producer for over a dozen nationwide campaigns; helped create such slogans as "You Can't Beat Crest for Fighting Cavities"
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Formed TV production company, Wolf Films
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Joined the writing team of the police drama, "Hill Street Blues" (NBC) as an executive script consultant for its last few seasons; earned Emmy and Writer's Guild nominations for the episode "What Are Friends For"