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Burundi Robinson
''Homicide: Life on the Street'' is an American police drama television series chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit. It ran for seven seasons and 122 episodes on NBC from January 31, 1993, to May 21, 1999, and was succeeded by '' Homicide: The Movie'' (2000), which served as the series finale. The series was created by Paul Attanasio and based on David Simon's book '' Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets'' (1991). Many of the characters and stories used throughout the show were based on events depicted in the book. While ''Homicide'' featured an ensemble cast, Andre Braugher emerged as a breakout star through his portrayal of Detective Frank Pembleton. The show won TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Drama in 1996, 1997, and 1998. It also became the first drama ever to win three Peabody Awards for Drama, those being in 1993, 1995, and 1997. It received recognition from the Directors Guild of America Awards, Humani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime Drama
Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), drama or gangster film, but also include Comedy film, comedy, and, in turn, is divided into many sub-genres, such as Mystery film, mystery, suspense or Film noir, noir. Screenwriter and scholar Eric R. Williams identified crime film as one of eleven super-genres in his Screenwriters Taxonomy, claiming that all feature-length narrative films can be classified by these super-genres. The other ten super-genres are action, fantasy, horror, romance, science fiction, slice of life, sports, thriller, war and western. Williams identifies drama in a broader category called "film type", mystery and suspense as "macro-genres", and film noir as a "screenwriter's pathway" explaining that these categories are additive rather than exclusionary. ''China ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Perlich
Max Perlich (born March 26, 1968) is an American film and television actor. In 1990, Perlich won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his performance in the hit indie film '' Drugstore Cowboy'' and was nominated for the same award in 1996 for his performance in ''Georgia''. Early life Perlich was born in Cleveland, Ohio. His mother was actress Linda Porter, known for her roles in shows such as '' Superstore'' and '' Gilmore Girls'', and his father, Martin Perlich, was a writer, radio programming director and announcer, who worked for a time with the Cleveland Orchestra. The Perlich family moved to Los Angeles, California when Max was four. Career After Perlich dropped out of high school in 10th grade, his career began with a small part in John Hughes' hit 1986 teen comedy '' Ferris Bueller's Day Off''. He then began appearing in a series of bit parts on television and in teen films such as '' Can't Buy Me Love'' (1987), '' Plain Clothes'' ( 1988), '' Gl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Yoshimura
James Yoshimura is an American writer and producer, best known for his screenwriting work on the NBC series '' Homicide: Life on the Street'' and the short-lived Fox series '' The Jury'', for which he served as a co-creator. He also co-wrote ''Homicide: The Movie'', a made-for-television film that came out in 2000, after the series ended. Yoshimura has received two Emmy Award nominations: one for ''Homicide: The Movie'' and one for the ''Homicide'' episode " Subway", which also won a Peabody Award for excellence in television broadcasting. Biography Yoshimura was born in Chicago, Illinois. He attended the Yale School of Drama in New Haven, Connecticut, where he had a playwriting class with classmate and future comedian Lewis Black. Yoshimura began his career writing for theater. Among his theater works were the plays "Union Boys", and "Mercenaries". The latter play was about three American mercenaries who are placed on trial following a defeated coup of a leftist island government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Martin (writer)
Julie Martin is an American television writer and producer. She has worked on the NBC crime dramas '' Homicide: Life on the Street'', '' Law & Order: Criminal Intent'', ''Law & Order'' and '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''. She won a Humanitas Prize and was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for her work on ''Homicide''. She has also been nominated for an Edgar Award for her work on ''Criminal Intent''. Martin currently serves as an executive producer on ''SVU'', a role she has held since at least 2016. She originally joined the show in 2011. Biography Julie Martin's writing career began at UCLA, where she was originally enrolled to study medicine. Although she changed majors, she used some of her background when working as a researcher. It was during her first job working on ''St. Elsewhere'' that she met Tom Fontana with whom she'd frequently work throughout her writing career and Bruce Paltrow. Paltrow hired her to work on his next project, ''Home Fires''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gail Mutrux
Gail Mutrux (born October 2, 1945) is an American film producer, best known for her films ''Donnie Brasco (film), Donnie Brasco'', ''Nurse Betty'', and ''Kinsey (film), Kinsey''. Pretty Pictures, Mutrux's company, produces most of her films including the adaptation of ''The Danish Girl (film), The Danish Girl''. She started the company with director Neil LaBute in 2001. Selected filmography as producer She was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted. Film ;Miscellaneous crew ;Production manager ;Thanks Television References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mutrux, Gail 1945 births American film producers Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Finnerty
Jim Finnerty is an American television producer. He worked on all seven seasons of the NBC police drama '' Homicide: Life on the Street''. He often works with ''Homicide'' executive producer Tom Fontana. He also worked on HBO's ''Oz''. Biography Finnerty began his broadcast career as a news anchor in Champaign, Illinois. That was followed by anchor/producer credits for network affiliated stations in Cleveland, Ohio, Columbus, Ohio and Portland, Oregon. He also has hosted for award-winning talk shows in Los Angeles and Sacramento, California as well as the host for two successful specials on earthquakes and internet connectivity for KTVU-TV in San Francisco. As the senior executive producer for CNX Media in San Francisco, Jim directed the broadcast teams that developed, produced and distributed nationally syndicated programming on health issues, personal finance and consumer travel. Jim was directly responsible for editorial supervision and creative decisions on syndicated daily te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Bromell
Alfred Henry Bromell (September 19, 1947 – March 18, 2013) was an American novelist, screenwriter, and director. Career Bromell joined the crew of NBC police drama '' Homicide: Life on the Street'' in 1994. He served as a writer and co-executive producer for the show's third season. He contributed to writing seven episodes for the season. He was promoted to executive producer for the fourth season and wrote a further 17 episodes. He scaled back his involvement with the fifth season and became a consulting producer. He wrote a further two episodes before leaving the crew at the end of the season in 1997. He contributed to a total of 26 episodes as a writer over three seasons with the series. He returned as a co-writer and co-executive producer for the feature-length follow-up ''Homicide: The Movie'' in 2000. He wrote and produced for many television series, including '' Chicago Hope'', '' Northern Exposure'', ''Homicide: Life on the Street'', '' Brotherhood'', '' Carnivàle'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Levinson
Barry Lee Levinson (born April 6, 1942) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Levinson won the Academy Award for Best Director for '' Rain Man'' (1988). His other best-known works are ''Diner'' (1982), '' The Natural'' (1984), '' Good Morning, Vietnam'' (1987), '' Bugsy'' (1991), and '' Wag the Dog'' (1997). In 2021, he co-executive produced the Hulu miniseries '' Dopesick'' and directed the first two episodes. Early life Levinson was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Violet "Vi" (née Krichinsky) and Irvin Levinson, who worked in the furniture and appliance business. He is of Russian-Jewish descent. After growing up in Forest Park, Baltimore and graduating from Forest Park Senior High School in 1960, Levinson studied broadcast journalism at Baltimore Junior College and American University in Washington, D.C. He later moved to Los Angeles to work as an actor and writer and performed comedy routines. Levinson at one time shared an apartment with wou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Fontana
Tom Fontana (born September 12, 1951) is an American screenwriter, writer, and television producer. Fontana worked on NBC's '' Homicide: Life on the Street'' and created HBO's ''Oz.'' Early life and education Fontana was born on the west side of Buffalo, New York, and is the fourth of five children in an Italian-American family; he is a cousin of actress Patti LuPone. He attended Cathedral School, Canisius High School, and Buffalo State College. He worked at the Studio Arena Theater in Buffalo in various capacities before moving to New York City in 1973. Career Television Having started out as a playwright, Fontana was hired by Bruce Paltrow as a writer for '' St. Elsewhere''. Fontana has been the creator/showrunner for '' Oz'', ''Copper'', '' The Jury'', '' The Beat'', '' The Bedford Diaries'', '' The Philanthropist'' and he was also the showrunner on '' Homicide: Life on the Street''. Fontana wrote the HBO film '' Strip Search'', directed by Sidney Lumet, and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giancarlo Esposito
Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito (; born April 26, 1958) is an American actor and director. He rose to prominence by portraying Gus Fring in the AMC (TV channel), AMC crime drama series ''Breaking Bad'' (2009–2011), a role he reprised in the spin-off ''Better Call Saul'' (2017–2022). For this role, Esposito won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series twice and earned three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. His other television roles include federal agent Mike Giardello in the NBC series ''Homicide: Life on the Street'' (1998–1999), Magic Mirror (Snow White), Sidney Glass / Magic Mirror in the American Broadcasting Company, ABC fantasy series ''Once Upon a Time (TV series), Once Upon a Time'' (2011–2017), Tom Neville in the NBC series ''Revolution (TV series), Revolution'' (2012–2014), Dr. Edward Ruskins in the Netflix series ''Dear White People (TV series), Dear Whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Michele
Michael Michele Williams (born August 30, 1966) is an American actress and fashion designer. She began her career on stage before appearing opposite Wesley Snipes in the 1991 film ''New Jack City''. In the 1990s, Michele had leading roles in two CBS television series: crime drama '' Dangerous Curves'' (1992–93) and prime time soap opera ''Central Park West''. Michele also had a role as Malik Yoba's love interest on the police drama ''New York Undercover''. She later joined the cast of NBC police drama '' Homicide: Life on the Street'' (1998–99) playing Det. Rene Sheppard, and from 1999 to 2002 played Dr. Cleo Finch in the NBC medical drama '' ER''. She also has appeared in the films '' The 6th Man'' (1997), '' The Substitute 2: School's Out'' (1998), ''Ali'' (2001), '' Dark Blue'' (2002) and ''How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days'' (2003). From 2017 to 2018, Michele starred as Ayanna Floyd in the Fox prime time soap opera ''Star'', and in 2019 she joined The CW prime time soap oper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toni Lewis
Toni Lewis is an American actress best known for playing Terri Stivers on '' Homicide: Life on the Street''. The role led to her receiving a nomination for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She is also known for playing Valerie Murphy on ''As the World Turns''. She is married to music editor Chris Tergesen, brother of Lee Tergesen Lee Allen Tergesen (; born July 8, 1965) is an American actor. He is known for his portrayals of Chett Donnelly on USA Network's '' Weird Science'' (1994–1998), Tobias Beecher on HBO's '' Oz'' (1997–2003), Peter McMillan on the second seas ..., who played Officer Chris Thormann in seven episodes over three seasons of ''Homicide: Life on the Street''. References External links * Living people American television actresses Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century African-American actresses 21st-century American actresses {{US-tv-actor-stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
