R. Scott Gemmill is a Canadian-American television writer and producer born in Fort Erie, Ontario Canada. He worked extensively on ''
JAG'' and ''
ER.'' Since its eighth season, he was the
showrunner of ''
NCIS: Los Angeles''.
Gemmill worked on ''
JAG'' as an executive story editor and writer. He joined the crew in the first season and remained until the fourth season, writing a total of 18 episodes. He was nominated for a
Humanitas Prize
The Humanitas Prize is an American award for film and television writing, presented to writers whose work explores the human condition in a nuanced and meaningful manner. It began in 1974 with Father Ellwood "Bud" Kieser—also the founder of ...
in the 60-minute category for his work on the ''JAG'' episode ''
Angels 30''.
He joined the crew of ''
ER'' in its sixth season as a supervising producer and regular writer. Alongside his fellow ''ER'' producers, he was twice nominated for an
Emmy Award
The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the year, each with their own set of rules and award categor ...
for Best Drama Series for his work on the sixth and seventh seasons of the show. He worked on the series until the thirteenth season and wrote a total of thirty-two episodes. In 2007, he won a Humanitas Prize in the 60-minute category for his work on the ''ER'' season 12 episode "There Are No Angels Here." The award was shared with his co-writer
David Zabel. The episode followed doctors from County General who traveled overseas to provide aid work in a refugee camp in Darfur. Humanitas stated that the prize was awarded for the episode's "unflinching look at the brutality inherent in civil wars and its belief that heroism is complex, complicated and multi-layered."
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He went on to work on the short-lived series ''
Smith'' as a writer and executive producer. After the cancellation of ''Smith'' he worked as a writer and executive producer on ''
Women's Murder Club''. When that series also proved short-lived, he took a position as a consulting producer and writer on ''
The Unit''. After that program ended he became a writer and executive producer on the fall 2009 series ''
NCIS: Los Angeles''. Gemmill created, showran, and executive produced the medical drama series ''
The Pitt
''The Pitt'' is an American medical procedural drama television series created by R. Scott Gemmill, and executive produced by John Wells and Noah Wyle. It is Gemmill, Wells and Wyle's second collaboration, having previously worked together o ...
''.
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Living people
American television producers
American male screenwriters
Year of birth missing (living people)
American showrunners