David Rupel
Encyclopedia
David Rupel is an American
television
soap opera
script writer
. Rupel is a graduate of Indiana University
, with a BA in Communications, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude.
Guiding Light
Homicide: Life on the Street
In the Heat of the Night
Moloney
Producer on Meet My Folks
, American Princess, The Real Housewives of Orange County
, The Real World
, Big Brother 2
and Temptation Island.
Writers Guild of America Award
People's Choice Awards – Best Reality Series – Temptation Island – 2000
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
script writer
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
. Rupel is a graduate of Indiana University
Indiana University
Indiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000...
, with a BA in Communications, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude.
Positions held
General HospitalGeneral Hospital
General Hospital is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running American soap opera currently in production and the third longest running drama in television in American history after Guiding Light and As the World Turns....
- Breakdown Writer: 1998 - 2001
Guiding Light
Guiding Light
Guiding Light is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running drama in television and radio history, running from 1937 until 2009...
- Writer: July 24, 2007–present
- Associate Head Writer: August 11, 2006 - July 23, 2007
- Script Writer: 2002
Homicide: Life on the Street
Homicide: Life on the Street
Homicide: Life on the Street is an American police procedural television series chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Homicide Unit. It ran for seven seasons on NBC from 1993 to 1999, and was succeeded by a TV movie, which also acted as the de-facto series finale...
- Writer
In the Heat of the Night
In the Heat of the Night (TV series)
In the Heat of the Night is a television series based on the motion picture and novel of the same name. It was broadcast on NBC from 1988 until 1992, and then on CBS until 1995...
- Writer
Moloney
- Writer
Producer on Meet My Folks
Meet My Folks
Meet My Folks is a comedy reality television series which aired on NBC from 2002–2003 and aired in re-runs on MyNetworkTV from 2007-2008...
, American Princess, The Real Housewives of Orange County
The Real Housewives of Orange County
The Real Housewives of Orange County is a reality television program on the Bravo network. It is the first and seminal installation in the The Real Housewives of... series...
, The Real World
The Real World
The Real World is a reality television program on MTV originally produced by Mary-Ellis Bunim and Jonathan Murray. First broadcast in 1992, the show, which was inspired by the 1973 PBS documentary series An American Family, is the longest-running program in MTV history and one of the...
, Big Brother 2
Big Brother 2
Big Brother 2 can refer to:*Big Brother , the 2002 Australian edition of Big Brother*Gran Hermano Argentina , the second 2001 Argentinian edition of Big Brother...
and Temptation Island.
Awards and nominations
Daytime Emmy AwardDaytime Emmy Award
The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming...
- Win, 2007, Best Writing, Guiding Light
- Nomination, 2003, Best Writing, Guiding Light
- Nomination, 2000, Best Writing, General Hospital
Writers Guild of America Award
Writers Guild of America Award
The Writers Guild of America Award for outstanding achievements in film, television, and radio has been presented annually by the Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild of America, West since 1949...
- Nomination, 2002 & 2006, Best Writing, Guiding Light
People's Choice Awards – Best Reality Series – Temptation Island – 2000