Career

Gentile graduated with a BA degree in psychology from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. He was a medical student at New York Medical College and completed his residency in the emergency room at Maine Medical Center in Portland. He later moved to Los Angeles, and practiced emergency medicine at several community hospitals, including the San Dimas Community Hospital and the Santa Monica Hospital Medical Center. In 1986 Gentile entered the MFA program at USC Film School. He wrote and directed STAT, an autobiographical film about his life in a hospital emergency room. The film received many awards, including the Cine Colden Eagle and Nissan Focus Awards for best documentary. He graduated in 1990 and went on to direct music videos and documentaries before working in television.

Gentile began working in television as a technical advisor because of his experience as a medical professional. He wrote, co-produced and served as the technical advisor for a television movie called State of Emergency. Gentile was nominated for a Humanitas Prize

Humanitas Prize

The Humanitas Prize is an award for film and television writing intended to promote human dignity, meaning, and freedom. It began in 1974 with Father Ellwood "Bud" Kieser — also the founder of Paulist Productions — but is generally not seen as specifically directed toward religious...

 in 1994 for his work on State of Emergency. This led to technical advisor positions on another television movie named Donor and on Wes Craven's film New Nightmare.

Gentile was technical advisor for the pilot episode of ER

ER (TV series)

ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television...

and had a cameo in the episode. He became technical advisor for the first season of and wrote several episodes. He was made medical consultant before the end of the season. Gentile's episode "Love's Labor Lost" won him an Emmy Award

Emmy Award

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 for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series

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 at the 1995 ceremony

47th Primetime Emmy Awards

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. Gentile also won a Writer's Guild of America Award for his work on the episode.

Gentile became a story editor

Story editor

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 for the second season of ER and continued to write episodes and serve as medical consultant. He was promoted to executive story editor mid-season. Gentile made his television directing debut with a second season episode of ER. Gentile became a co-producer on the third season and retained his writing and medical consultant responsibilities. The third season of ER was 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...

 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 1997 awards

49th Primetime Emmy Awards

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. The producers shared the nomination for their work on the season. Gentile was promoted to producer for the fourth season and continued to write and direct episodes and serve as the season's medical consultant. The season was again nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series at the 1998 awards

51st Primetime Emmy Awards

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 and Gentile shared the nomination for a second time.

Gentile left the crew of ER following the fourth season and became a supervising producer and writer on the first season of Providence

Providence (TV series)

Providence is an American drama series that aired on NBC starring Melina Kanakaredes. The show ran for five seasons from January 8, 1999 until December 20, 2002.-Synopsis:The show revolves around Dr...

. Gentile also worked as a consulting producer and writer for the first and second seasons of Third Watch

Third Watch

Third Watch is an American television drama series which first aired on NBC from 1999 to 2005 for a total of 132 episodes, broadcast in 6 seasons of 22 episodes each....

. He was a producer for the short-lived medical drama Dr. Vegas

Dr. Vegas

Dr. Vegas is a television drama starring Rob Lowe and Joe Pantoliano that ran on CBS in 2004. It aired in Ireland on TG4, and on Challenge in the UK as part of its "Player" gambling strand. In Slovakia, Markíza began airing the show on February 20, 2008....

and wrote two episodes for that series.

Gentile served as a medical technical advisor for the pilot of House, M.D. and has recently completed writing and executive producing a television movie entitled Austin Golden Hour.

Writer

Year	Show	Episode	Notes
1994	State of Emergency	N/A	Television movie
	ER ER (TV series) ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television...	"Another Perfect Day"	Story - season 1 ER (season 1) The first season of the American fictional drama television series ER aired from 1994–1995 with 25 episodes.The 2-hour pilot episode aired on September 19, 1994 and was followed by 24 other episodes, including the season finale that aired on May 18, 1995.-Plot:In ERs first season, the core cast... , episode 7
		"Blizzard"	Season 1, episode 10
1995		"Love's Labor Lost"	Season 1, episode 19
1996		"True Lies"	Season 2 ER (season 2) The second season of the American fictional drama television series ER first aired on September 21, 1995 and concluded on May 16, 1996... , episode 12
		"Fear of Flying"	Season 3 ER (season 3) The third season of the American fictional drama television series ER first aired on September 26, 1996 and concluded on May 15, 1997. The third season consists of 22 episodes.- Plot :... , episode 6
1997		"Tribes"	Season 3, episode 17
		"Obstruction of Justice"	Season 4 ER (season 4) The fourth season of the American fictional drama television series ER first aired on September 25, 1997 and concluded on May 14, 1998. The fourth season consists of 22 episodes.- Plot :... , episode 9
1999	Providence Providence (TV series) Providence is an American drama series that aired on NBC starring Melina Kanakaredes. The show ran for five seasons from January 8, 1999 until December 20, 2002.-Synopsis:The show revolves around Dr...	"Sisters"	Season 1, episode 4
		"Taste of Providence"	Season 1, episode 9
	Third Watch Third Watch Third Watch is an American television drama series which first aired on NBC from 1999 to 2005 for a total of 132 episodes, broadcast in 6 seasons of 22 episodes each....	"Impulse"	Season 1, episode 7
2000		"Men"	Season 1, episode 18
		"Jimmy's Mountain"	Season 2, episode 4
		"History"	Season 2, episode 10
2004	Dr. Vegas Dr. Vegas Dr. Vegas is a television drama starring Rob Lowe and Joe Pantoliano that ran on CBS in 2004. It aired in Ireland on TG4, and on Challenge in the UK as part of its "Player" gambling strand. In Slovakia, Markíza began airing the show on February 20, 2008....	"Limits"	Season 1, episode 5
2005		"Babe in the Woods"	Season 1, episode 9
2008	Austin Golden Hour	N/A	Television movie

Technical advisor

Year	Production	Season	Notes
1990	Donor	Television movie	Technical advisor
1994	State of Emergency	Television movie	Technical advisor
	New Nightmare	Film	Medical technical advisor
1994	ER ER (TV series) ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television...	Season 1 ER (season 1) The first season of the American fictional drama television series ER aired from 1994–1995 with 25 episodes.The 2-hour pilot episode aired on September 19, 1994 and was followed by 24 other episodes, including the season finale that aired on May 18, 1995.-Plot:In ERs first season, the core cast...	Technical advisor
1995			Medical Consultant
		Season 2
1996
		Season 3
1997
		Season 4
1998
2003	Something's Gotta Give Something's Gotta Give (film) Something's Gotta Give is a 2003 American romantic comedy film written, produced and directed by Nancy Meyers for both Columbia Pictures and Warner Bros. It stars Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton as a successful 60-something and 50-something, who find love for each other at a different time of life,...	Film	Technical Advisor
2004	House, M.D.	Season 1, episode 1	Medical technical advisor

Director

Year	Show	Episode	Notes
1996	ER ER (TV series) ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television...	"A Shift in the Night"	season 2 ER (season 2) The second season of the American fictional drama television series ER first aired on September 21, 1995 and concluded on May 16, 1996... , episode 18
1998		"Shades of Gray"	season 4 ER (season 4) The fourth season of the American fictional drama television series ER first aired on September 25, 1997 and concluded on May 14, 1998. The fourth season consists of 22 episodes.- Plot :... , episode 19

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