David Jacobs (writer)
Encyclopedia
David Jacobs in Baltimore, Maryland is a writer for television
, most memorable for being the creator of the two dramas Dallas
and Knots Landing
.
David Jacobs was born and raised the elder of two children (with a younger sister) in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. His parents were Jewish and of modest means. His father worked as a household appliance salesman. Jacobs was educated at Baltimore City College High School, and received a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art. Soon after graduation, he moved to New York City, where he worked as an illustrator and researcher for Grolier's Encyclopedia. However, he soon branched out as a freelance writer of nonfiction articles, the best known of which concerned the architect and inventor, Buckminster Fuller
. He also authored a historical work, written for children, on the great artists of the Renaissance.
His marriage to Lynn Pleshette produced one child, his daughter Alben, but ended in divorce. Jacobs moved to Los Angeles to be closer to his daughter, and tried his hand at screenwriting. His script for a proposed "Houston" later was adapted for the hit series, "Dallas."
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
, most memorable for being the creator of the two dramas Dallas
Dallas (TV series)
Dallas is an American serial drama/prime time soap opera that revolves around the Ewings, a wealthy Texas family in the oil and cattle-ranching industries. Throughout the series, Larry Hagman stars as greedy, scheming oil baron J. R. Ewing...
and Knots Landing
Knots Landing
Knots Landing is an American primetime television soap opera that aired from December 27, 1979 to May 13, 1993 on CBS. Set in a fictitious coastal suburb of Los Angeles in California, the show centered on the lives of four married couples living in a cul-de-sac, Seaview Circle...
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David Jacobs was born and raised the elder of two children (with a younger sister) in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. His parents were Jewish and of modest means. His father worked as a household appliance salesman. Jacobs was educated at Baltimore City College High School, and received a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art. Soon after graduation, he moved to New York City, where he worked as an illustrator and researcher for Grolier's Encyclopedia. However, he soon branched out as a freelance writer of nonfiction articles, the best known of which concerned the architect and inventor, Buckminster Fuller
Buckminster Fuller
Richard Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller was an American systems theorist, author, designer, inventor, futurist and second president of Mensa International, the high IQ society....
. He also authored a historical work, written for children, on the great artists of the Renaissance.
His marriage to Lynn Pleshette produced one child, his daughter Alben, but ended in divorce. Jacobs moved to Los Angeles to be closer to his daughter, and tried his hand at screenwriting. His script for a proposed "Houston" later was adapted for the hit series, "Dallas."
Positions held
- Knots Landing Reunion: Together Again (co-executive producer)
- Four CornersFour Corners (US TV series)Four Corners is an American prime time television drama that ran from February 24, 1998 to March 3, 1998 on CBS. It was produced by David Jacobs of Dallas and Knots Landing fame.- Synopsis :...
(producer) - "Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-SacKnots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-SacKnots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac was a miniseries that served as a reunion show for the primetime soap opera Knots Landing. It aired in two two-hour parts on May 7 and May 9, 1997....
" (executive producer) - The Knots Landing Block Party (executive producer)
- "Bodies of Evidence" (executive producer)
- "Paradise" (executive producer)
- "Berrenger'sBerrenger'sBerrenger's is an American primetime television soap opera created by Lynn Marie Latham and Bernard Lechowick that aired on NBC in 1985. The series revolved around the Berrenger family, a New York dynasty which owned the glamorous department store which bore their name.Following in the tradition of...
" (producer) - LaceLaceLace is an openwork fabric, patterned with open holes in the work, made by machine or by hand. The holes can be formed via removal of threads or cloth from a previously woven fabric, but more often open spaces are created as part of the lace fabric. Lace-making is an ancient craft. True lace was...