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  • Category: Television
  • Star rank: 898
  • Address:
    7036 Hollywood Blvd
  • Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing west
  • GPS location:
    34.101417, -118.342849

Dick Wolf

Previous star: Jack Webb

Biography

Dick Wolf

Source: dga.org

Richard Anthony Wolf (born December 20, 1946), usually billed as simply Dick Wolf, is an American Emmy Award-winning producer, specializing in crime dramas such as Miami Vice and the Law & Order franchise.

Wolf’s Law & Order is the second-longest-running dramatic show in television history, making it one of television’s most successful franchises. The show has been picked up for a record-tying 20th season by NBC, beginning September 25, 2009. It has been nominated for the most consecutive Emmy Awards of any primetime drama series. Wolf serves as creator and executive producer of the three current Law & Order drama series from Wolf Films and NBC Universal Television – Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. “Law & Order: UK”. A third spinoff of the original franchise, Law & Order: Trial by Jury, was cancelled after its first season. In addition, he was the creator and executive producer of NBC’s courtroom reality series Crime & Punishment, which chronicled real-life cases prosecuted by the San Diego District Attorney’s office.

Fact file

  • Born: Richard Anthony Wolf December 20, 1946 (age 65) New York, New York, United States
  • Other names: Richard A. Wolf Richard Wolf
  • Alma mater: University of Pennsylvania
  • Occupation: Television writer, director, executive producer, creator
  • Known for: Crime Stories
  • Home town: New York, New York
  • Spouse: Susan Scranton (September 5, 1970 – March 16, 1983) Christine Marburg (June 29, 1983–2005, 3 children) Noelle Lippman (June 17, 2006—Present)

Read more about Dick Wolf at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database

In the news

Pilot Season: NBC Picks Up Projects from Jason Katims and Dick Wolf (omg!)
Yahoo Entertainment, 2012-01-23 23:41:48
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NBC orders two drama pilots
Variety, 2012-01-23 14:26:02
TV News: Peacock lines up Dick Wolf, Jason Katims

Dick Wolf, 'Boardwalk Empire' Duo Developing 1950s-Set Drama at HBO (Exclusive)
Hollywood Reporter, 2011-10-12 02:18:26
Lacey Rose, Lesley Goldberg The "Law & Order" boss is set to executive produce the project, which revolves around a RAND-like think tank mission to prohibit the launch of a nuclear bomb.read more

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