Jody Worth
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Jody Worth is an American television writer
and producer
. He has worked in both capacities on Deadwood
and has been nominated for an Emmy Award
and a Writers Guild of America Award
for his work on the series.
in 1980.
He made his television writing debut on the NBC
police drama Hill Street Blues
. He wrote the seventh season episode "The Runner Falls on His Kisser" in 1987. The series was created by Steven Bochco
and Michael Kozoll. It marked Worth's first collaboration with David Milch
- then an executive producer on Hill Street Blues.
Worth became a writer for the first season of ABC
police procedural NYPD Blue
in 1994. The series was created by Steven Bochco
and David Milch
and centered on a homicide unit in New York. Worth wrote the story and co-wrote the teleplay (with producer Ted Mann
) for the first season finale "Rockin' Robin". Worth returned to NYPD Blue as a writer for the fifth season in 1998. Worth wrote the episodes "You're Under a Rasta" and "Speak for Yourself, Bruce Clayton". He remained a writer for the sixth season in 1999. Worth wrote the teleplay for the episode "Don't Meth with Me" from a story by Milch and retired police detective Bill Clark
.
Worth was a music supervisor for the television feature Gia
in 1998.
in 2000. He wrote the teleplay for four episodes - "A Hole in Juan", "Along Came Jones", "Little Abner" and "Goodbye Charlie" - all from stories by David Milch
and Bill Clark
. Worth became a producer for the eighth season in January 2001 and wrote or co-wrote a further four episodes for the season. He co-wrote the season premiere "Daveless in New York" with Matt Olmstead
. He also wrote the episodes "Waking Up Is Hard to Do", "Russellmania" and "Nariz a Nariz". Worth became a supervising producer for the ninth season in fall 2001 and wrote a further five episodes; "Two Clarks in a Bar", "Puppy Love", "Oh, Mama!", "A Little Dad'll Do Ya" and "Dead Meat in New Deli". Worth remained a supervising producer for the tenth season in 2002 and wrote or co-wrote a further three episodes. Worth wrote the episode "One in the Nuts". Olmstead and Nicholas Wootton
co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Healthy McDowell Movement" from a story Worth co-wrote with Clark. Worth and Clark also wrote the story for the episode "Marine Life". He left the crew at the end of the season having contributed as a writer to twenty episodes in total.
Worth joined the crew of HBO Western drama Deadwood
as a writer and producer for the first season in 2004. The series was created by Milch and focuses on the growth of a settlement in the American West. Worth wrote the episodes "Reconnoitering the Rim" and "Bullock Returns to the Camp". He became a supervising producer for the second season in 2005. He wrote the episodes "A Lie Agreed Upon: Part II" and "E.B. Was Left Out". Worth left the crew at the end of the second season. Worth and the production staff were nominated for the Emmy Award
for Outstanding Drama Series
at the 57th Primetime Emmy Awards
in 2005 for their work on the second season. Worth and the writing staff were also nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award
for Outstanding Drama Series at the February 2006 ceremony
for their work on the second season.
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:...
and producer
Television producer
The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...
. He has worked in both capacities on Deadwood
Deadwood (TV series)
Deadwood is an American Western drama television series created, produced and largely written by David Milch. The series aired on the premium cable network HBO from March 21, 2004, to August 27, 2006, spanning three 12-episode seasons. The show is set in the 1870s in Deadwood, South Dakota, before...
and has been nominated for an Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
and a 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...
for his work on the series.
1980s
Worth worked as a music supervisor for the film Up the AcademyUp the Academy
MAD Magazine Presents Up the Academy is an American teen comedy film released in 1980, with a plot about the outrageous antics of a group of misfits at a military school.-Production:...
in 1980.
He made his television writing debut on the NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
police drama Hill Street Blues
Hill Street Blues
Hill Street Blues is an American serial police drama that was first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987. Chronicling the lives of the staff of a single police precinct in an unnamed American city, the show received critical acclaim and its production innovations ...
. He wrote the seventh season episode "The Runner Falls on His Kisser" in 1987. The series was created by Steven Bochco
Steven Bochco
Steven Ronald Bochco is a US television producer and writer. He has developed a number of popular television hits including Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, and NYPD Blue, as well as some notable flops such as Cop Rock....
and Michael Kozoll. It marked Worth's first collaboration with David Milch
David Milch
David S. Milch is an American writer and producer of television series. He has created several television shows, including NYPD Blue and Deadwood.-Biography:...
- then an executive producer on Hill Street Blues.
1990s
He was a music supervisor for the film Flashback in 1990.Worth became a writer for the first season of ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
police procedural NYPD Blue
NYPD Blue
NYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan...
in 1994. The series was created by Steven Bochco
Steven Bochco
Steven Ronald Bochco is a US television producer and writer. He has developed a number of popular television hits including Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, and NYPD Blue, as well as some notable flops such as Cop Rock....
and David Milch
David Milch
David S. Milch is an American writer and producer of television series. He has created several television shows, including NYPD Blue and Deadwood.-Biography:...
and centered on a homicide unit in New York. Worth wrote the story and co-wrote the teleplay (with producer Ted Mann
Ted Mann (writer)
Ted Mann is an Canadian borntelevision writer and producer. He has worked in both capacities on the series NYPD Blue, Deadwood and Crash. In 1995 he won the Emmy Award for best drama series for his work on the second season of NYPD Blue....
) for the first season finale "Rockin' Robin". Worth returned to NYPD Blue as a writer for the fifth season in 1998. Worth wrote the episodes "You're Under a Rasta" and "Speak for Yourself, Bruce Clayton". He remained a writer for the sixth season in 1999. Worth wrote the teleplay for the episode "Don't Meth with Me" from a story by Milch and retired police detective Bill Clark
Bill Clark
Clark joined the New York City Police Department in 1969. He worked a special undercover assignment for two years before entering the Police Academy. In 1972 he earned his gold detective shield. On December 31, 1994, Clark retired from the Queens Homicide Detective Squad as a First Grade...
.
Worth was a music supervisor for the television feature Gia
Gia
Gia is a 1998 biographical television film about the life of model Gia Marie Carangi starring Angelina Jolie, Faye Dunaway, Mercedes Ruehl, and Elizabeth Mitchell. It was directed by Michael Cristofer and written by Cristofer and Jay McInerney...
in 1998.
2000s
Worth became a regular writer for the seventh season of NYPD BlueNYPD Blue
NYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan...
in 2000. He wrote the teleplay for four episodes - "A Hole in Juan", "Along Came Jones", "Little Abner" and "Goodbye Charlie" - all from stories by David Milch
David Milch
David S. Milch is an American writer and producer of television series. He has created several television shows, including NYPD Blue and Deadwood.-Biography:...
and Bill Clark
Bill Clark
Clark joined the New York City Police Department in 1969. He worked a special undercover assignment for two years before entering the Police Academy. In 1972 he earned his gold detective shield. On December 31, 1994, Clark retired from the Queens Homicide Detective Squad as a First Grade...
. Worth became a producer for the eighth season in January 2001 and wrote or co-wrote a further four episodes for the season. He co-wrote the season premiere "Daveless in New York" with Matt Olmstead
Matt Olmstead
Matt Olmstead is an American writer and producer for television shows.-Early life:Olmstead graduated from California State University, Chico. He is an alumnus of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts. He went to Hollywood in hopes of being a script writer. Olmstead eventually worked with an...
. He also wrote the episodes "Waking Up Is Hard to Do", "Russellmania" and "Nariz a Nariz". Worth became a supervising producer for the ninth season in fall 2001 and wrote a further five episodes; "Two Clarks in a Bar", "Puppy Love", "Oh, Mama!", "A Little Dad'll Do Ya" and "Dead Meat in New Deli". Worth remained a supervising producer for the tenth season in 2002 and wrote or co-wrote a further three episodes. Worth wrote the episode "One in the Nuts". Olmstead and Nicholas Wootton
Nicholas Wootton
Nicholas Wootton is an American Emmy Award-winning writer for and producer for television.He has written to various TV shows, including Chuck, Prison Break, Law & Order, NYPD Blue.- External links :...
co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Healthy McDowell Movement" from a story Worth co-wrote with Clark. Worth and Clark also wrote the story for the episode "Marine Life". He left the crew at the end of the season having contributed as a writer to twenty episodes in total.
Worth joined the crew of HBO Western drama Deadwood
Deadwood (TV series)
Deadwood is an American Western drama television series created, produced and largely written by David Milch. The series aired on the premium cable network HBO from March 21, 2004, to August 27, 2006, spanning three 12-episode seasons. The show is set in the 1870s in Deadwood, South Dakota, before...
as a writer and producer for the first season in 2004. The series was created by Milch and focuses on the growth of a settlement in the American West. Worth wrote the episodes "Reconnoitering the Rim" and "Bullock Returns to the Camp". He became a supervising producer for the second season in 2005. He wrote the episodes "A Lie Agreed Upon: Part II" and "E.B. Was Left Out". Worth left the crew at the end of the second season. Worth and the production staff were nominated for the Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
for Outstanding Drama Series
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series
This page lists the winners and nominees for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, since its institution in 1951. The award is often cited as one of the "main awards" at the Emmys ceremonies, and has changed names many times in its history. It was first called Best Dramatic Show...
at the 57th Primetime Emmy Awards
57th Primetime Emmy Awards
The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held on September 18, 2005, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres. The 2005 Primetime Emmy Awards show was broadcast on CBS....
in 2005 for their work on the second season. Worth and the writing staff were also nominated for a 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...
for Outstanding Drama Series at the February 2006 ceremony
Writers Guild of America Awards 2005
The 58th Writers Guild of America Awards, given on 4 February 2006, honored the best film and television writers of 2005.-Adapted Screenplay: Brokeback Mountain - Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana*Capote - Dan Futterman...
for their work on the second season.
Television
Production staff| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Deadwood | Supervising producer | Season 2 |
| 2004 | Consulting producer | Season 1 | |
| 2003 | NYPD Blue | Supervising producer | Season 10 |
| 2002 | |||
| Season 9 | |||
| 2001 | |||
| Producer | Season 8 | ||
Writer
| Year | Show | Season | Episode title | Episode | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Deadwood | 2 | "E.B. Was Left Out" | 7 | |
| "A Lie Agreed Upon: Part II" | 2 | ||||
| 2004 | 1 | "Bullock Returns to the Camp" | 7 | ||
| "Reconnoitering the Rim" | 3 | ||||
| 1987 | Hill Street Blues | 7 | "The Runner Falls on His Kisser" | 20 | |