Scott A. Williams
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Scott A. Williams is an American television writer
and producer
. He has worked on the NBC
crime dramas Brooklyn South
and Third Watch
. He worked as a co-executive producer and writer for the Fox procedural Bones
from 2006 to 2009. He was nominated for an Edgar Award
for his work on the series Brooklyn South.
).
police drama Brooklyn South
in 1997. The series was created by Steven Bochco
, William M. Finkelstein
, David Milch
and retired police officer Bill Clark
. Bochco, Finkelstein and Milch served as executive producers for the series along with Michael S. Chernuchin
. The show focused on a single precinct of patrol officers in New York. Williams wrote the teleplay for the episode "Clown Without Pity" based on a story from Clark and Milch. Williams co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Love Hurts" with Finkelstein based on a story by Clark, Milch and Bochco. He co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Fisticuffs" with retired Chicago police officer Edward Allen Bernero
based on a story by Finkelstein, Clark and Milch. He co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Fools Russian" with Allen Edwards and Matt Olmstead
from a story by Bochco, Clark, Finkelstein and Milch. The series was canceled after completing a 22 episode season. Williams contributed to four episodes as a writer. Williams and his co-writers were nominated for an Edgar Award
for best television episode in 1999 for their work on "Fools Russian".
Williams also worked as a writer for the ABC
drama NYPD Blue
in 1998. The series was created by Milch and Bochco and focused on a single unit of homicide detectives in New York. Williams wrote the fifth season finale "Honeymoon at Viagra Falls".
Williams became an executive story editor for the series Brimstone
in 1999. The series followed a dead police detective whose mission (assigned by the Devil) is to return to Hell 113 spirits who have escaped to Earth. He wrote the episode "Encore". The series was canceled mid-way through its first season.
in 2000. The series was a comedy drama that focused on an undercover FBI agent and his family. Williams wrote the episode "Where Have You Gone, Sandy Koufax?" The series was canceled after airing only four episodes. He became a co-producer and writer for the first season of The District
later in 2000 following the cancellation of Cover Me. The show followed the work and personal life of the chief of Washington, D.C.'s Police Department played by Craig T. Nelson
. Williams wrote the episodes "The Santa Wars", "Vigilante" and "Fools Russian: Part 1". The "Fools Russian" two part episode was the season finale and marked the second time Williams had used the pun as a title.
In 2001, he co-wrote the screenplay for the film The Unsaid
with Miguel Tejada-Flores based on a story by Christopher Murphey
. The film follows a psychiatrist (played by Andy García
) who is struggling to cope with his son's suicide and his attempts to rehabilitate a patient who reminds him of his son.
In Fall 2001 he joined the crew of NBC emergency services drama Third Watch
as a writer and producer for the series third season. The series was co-created by his Brooklyn South colleague Edward Allen Bernero alongside producer John Wells
. The show focused on the police, firefighters and paramedics who worked the same shift in an area of New York. Williams wrote five episodes for the third season. He began writing alongside Bernero on "The Relay"; he next worked with other series creator Wells on "Adam 55-3"; he wrote his first solo episode "Act Brave" next. He was promoted to supervising producer mid-season. After the mid-season break he wrote two further episodes "Cold Front" and "The Unforgiven" (co-written with Jorge Zamacona
and Julie Hébert
). After the mid-season break he wrote two further episodes "Cold Front" and "The Unforgiven". Williams returned as a supervising producer for the fourth season in 2002. He wrote five episodes for the fourth season; "The Chosen Few", "Firestarter", "Snow Blind", "Last Call" (his second collaboration with Bernero) and "Closing In". He was promoted to co-executive producer for the fifth season in 2003. He wrote four episodes for the fifth season; "My Opening Farewell", "Surrender", "Blessed and Bewildered" and "Higher Calling". Williams left the crew at the end of the fifth season. He wrote eleven episodes for the series in total.
He returned as a supervising producer for the fourth season in 2002 and wrote five more episodes: "The Chosen Few"; "Firestarter"; "Snow Blind"; "Last Call" (his second collaboration with Bernero); and "Closing In". He returned as a supervising producer in 2003 and wrote four more episodes. He wrote "My Opening Farewell" and "Surrender" in 2003 and was then promoted to co-executive producer mid-season. He went on to write "Blessed and Bewildered" and "Higher Calling" in 2004 and left the series with the end of the fifth season having written fourteen episodes in total.
He joined the crew of legal drama Crossing Jordan
as a co-executive producer and writer for the fourth season in 2004. The series followed a medical examiner's cases. Williams wrote or co-wrote five episodes for the season. He wrote the season premiere "After Dark" and the episode "Skin and Bone". He co-wrote the episode "Fire in the Sky" with the series creator and executive producer Tim Kring
. He co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Blue Moon" with Jon Cowan
and Robert L. Rowner from a story by Kring and Linda Gase. He co-wrote the story for the episode "Forget Me Not" with Kring and Steve Valentine
and co-wrote the teleplay with Kring. Williams left the series at the end of the fourth season.
Williams was hired as a co-executive producer and writer for the fourth season of Without a Trace
in 2005. The show focuses on an FBI unit who specialise in missing persons cases. He wrote three episodes for the season; "Viuda Negra", "Rage" and "More Than This". Williams left the series at the end of the fourth season.
Also in 2005 he co-created the series Ice Diaries
with Dan Marinelli. The series was a documentary that followed olympic hopeful skaters through the 2005-2006 season. Williams served as an executive producer for the project which aired in 2006.
He became a co-executive producer and writer for the second season of Bones
in 2006. He wrote the episodes "The Truth in the Lye" and "The Girl in the Gator" for the second season. He remained a co-executive producer for the third season in 2007 and wrote the episodes "Mummy in the Maze" and "The Santa in the Slush". He returned as a co-executive producer for the fourth season in 2008 and wrote the season opener "Yanks in the U.K.: Parts 1 and 2" and the episodes "Fire in the Ice" and "The Beaver in the Otter". Williams left the series at the end of the fourth season.
He became a co-executive producer for the drama series Miami Medical which aired as a mid-season replacement in 2010.
Screenwriter
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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 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...
crime dramas Brooklyn South
Brooklyn South
Brooklyn South is an American ensemble police drama series that aired on CBS for only one season during the 1997-98 television season. The series was co-created by Steven Bochco, Bill Clark, David Milch and William M. Finkelstein. Bochco is the creator of many well-known police dramas such as Hill...
and 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 worked as a co-executive producer and writer for the Fox procedural Bones
Bones (TV series)
Bones is an American crime drama television series that premiered on the Fox Network on September 13, 2005. The show is based on forensic anthropology and forensic archaeology, with each episode focusing on an FBI case file concerning the mystery behind human remains brought by FBI Special Agent...
from 2006 to 2009. He was nominated for an Edgar Award
Edgar Award
The Edgar Allan Poe Awards , named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America...
for his work on the series Brooklyn South.
Biography
Scott was born and raised in Yonkers NY, graduated Gorton High School and received a BA in English from Cortland State (SUNY CortlandState University of New York at Cortland
The State University of New York College at Cortland, also officially called SUNY Cortland or informally known as Cortland State, is a coeducational university located in Cortland, New York...
).
1990s
Williams' writing career began in 1994, working on unproduced projects for the likes of Ron Howard, Kevin Costner and Ray Liotta. Williams began working in television as a writer for NBCNBC
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 Brooklyn South
Brooklyn South
Brooklyn South is an American ensemble police drama series that aired on CBS for only one season during the 1997-98 television season. The series was co-created by Steven Bochco, Bill Clark, David Milch and William M. Finkelstein. Bochco is the creator of many well-known police dramas such as Hill...
in 1997. 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....
, William M. Finkelstein
William M. Finkelstein
William M. Finkelstein is an American screenwriter, television producer, actor and television director. He has worked as a writer and producer on Law & Order, Brooklyn South, Murder One, L.A. Law, Cop Rock and NYPD Blue. He co-created Brooklyn South with frequent collaborators David Milch, Steven...
, 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 retired police officer 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...
. Bochco, Finkelstein and Milch served as executive producers for the series along with Michael S. Chernuchin
Michael S. Chernuchin
Michael S. Chernuchin is an American television writer and producer. He has worked on the NBC crime dramas Law & Order and Brooklyn South...
. The show focused on a single precinct of patrol officers in New York. Williams wrote the teleplay for the episode "Clown Without Pity" based on a story from Clark and Milch. Williams co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Love Hurts" with Finkelstein based on a story by Clark, Milch and Bochco. He co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Fisticuffs" with retired Chicago police officer Edward Allen Bernero
Edward Allen Bernero
Edward Allen Bernero is an American television writer, producer and director. He co-created the series Third Watch and has worked as an executive producer on Criminal Minds...
based on a story by Finkelstein, Clark and Milch. He co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Fools Russian" with Allen Edwards and 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...
from a story by Bochco, Clark, Finkelstein and Milch. The series was canceled after completing a 22 episode season. Williams contributed to four episodes as a writer. Williams and his co-writers were nominated for an Edgar Award
Edgar Award
The Edgar Allan Poe Awards , named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America...
for best television episode in 1999 for their work on "Fools Russian".
Williams also worked as a writer for the 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...
drama 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 1998. The series was created by Milch and Bochco and focused on a single unit of homicide detectives in New York. Williams wrote the fifth season finale "Honeymoon at Viagra Falls".
Williams became an executive story editor for the series Brimstone
Brimstone (TV series)
Brimstone was a short-lived Fox television series, featuring a dead police detective whose mission is to return to Hell 113 spirits who have escaped to Earth. The series ran for only one partial season....
in 1999. The series followed a dead police detective whose mission (assigned by the Devil) is to return to Hell 113 spirits who have escaped to Earth. He wrote the episode "Encore". The series was canceled mid-way through its first season.
2000s
Williams was a co-producer and writer for the series Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI FamilyCover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family
Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family is an American television series which ran from March 5, 2000 to March 24, 2001 on the USA Network.-Premise:...
in 2000. The series was a comedy drama that focused on an undercover FBI agent and his family. Williams wrote the episode "Where Have You Gone, Sandy Koufax?" The series was canceled after airing only four episodes. He became a co-producer and writer for the first season of The District
The District
The District is a television police drama which aired on CBS from October 7, 2000 to May 1, 2004. The show followed the work and personal life of the chief of Washington, D.C.'s Police Department .-Premise:...
later in 2000 following the cancellation of Cover Me. The show followed the work and personal life of the chief of Washington, D.C.'s Police Department played by Craig T. Nelson
Craig T. Nelson
Craig Theodore Nelson is an American actor. He is probably best known for his Emmy-winning roles as Hayden Fox on the TV series Coach, and as Steve Freeling in the 1982 film Poltergeist. He also starred in The Incredibles in 2004 as Mr...
. Williams wrote the episodes "The Santa Wars", "Vigilante" and "Fools Russian: Part 1". The "Fools Russian" two part episode was the season finale and marked the second time Williams had used the pun as a title.
In 2001, he co-wrote the screenplay for the film The Unsaid
The Unsaid
The Unsaid is a 2001 thriller/drama film directed by Tom McLoughlin and starring Andy García that was released in 2001. It is also known under the name The Ties That Bind and its working title Sins of the Father...
with Miguel Tejada-Flores based on a story by Christopher Murphey
Christopher Murphey
Christopher Murphey is an American writer and producer, creator ABC Medical drama Body of Proof .- Television work :* 2004 Dead Lawyers* 2011 Body of Proof* 2011 Untitled Ben Affleck/Matt Damon Project- External links:...
. The film follows a psychiatrist (played by Andy García
Andy García
Andrés Arturo García Menéndez , professionally known as Andy García, is a Cuban American actor. He became known in the late 1980s and 1990s, having appeared in several successful Hollywood films, including The Godfather: Part III, The Untouchables, Internal Affairs and When a Man Loves a Woman...
) who is struggling to cope with his son's suicide and his attempts to rehabilitate a patient who reminds him of his son.
In Fall 2001 he joined the crew of NBC emergency services drama 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....
as a writer and producer for the series third season. The series was co-created by his Brooklyn South colleague Edward Allen Bernero alongside producer John Wells
John Wells (TV producer)
John Marcum Wells is an American theater and television producer, writer and director. He is best known for his role as executive producer and show runner of the television series ER, Third Watch, and The West Wing. His company, John Wells Productions, is currently based at Warner Bros. studios in...
. The show focused on the police, firefighters and paramedics who worked the same shift in an area of New York. Williams wrote five episodes for the third season. He began writing alongside Bernero on "The Relay"; he next worked with other series creator Wells on "Adam 55-3"; he wrote his first solo episode "Act Brave" next. He was promoted to supervising producer mid-season. After the mid-season break he wrote two further episodes "Cold Front" and "The Unforgiven" (co-written with Jorge Zamacona
Jorge Zamacona
Jorge Zamacona is an American television writer and producer. He worked extensively on the police drama Homicide: Life on the Street and wrote the series cross-over episodes with the crime drama Law & Order...
and Julie Hébert
Julie Hebert
Julie Hébert is a television writer, director and producer. She worked on the John Wells-produced series Third Watch, ER, and The West Wing. She was also a co-executive producer and regular writer and director for Numb3rs.-Biography:In 1996 she adapted the novel Female Perversions into a...
). After the mid-season break he wrote two further episodes "Cold Front" and "The Unforgiven". Williams returned as a supervising producer for the fourth season in 2002. He wrote five episodes for the fourth season; "The Chosen Few", "Firestarter", "Snow Blind", "Last Call" (his second collaboration with Bernero) and "Closing In". He was promoted to co-executive producer for the fifth season in 2003. He wrote four episodes for the fifth season; "My Opening Farewell", "Surrender", "Blessed and Bewildered" and "Higher Calling". Williams left the crew at the end of the fifth season. He wrote eleven episodes for the series in total.
He returned as a supervising producer for the fourth season in 2002 and wrote five more episodes: "The Chosen Few"; "Firestarter"; "Snow Blind"; "Last Call" (his second collaboration with Bernero); and "Closing In". He returned as a supervising producer in 2003 and wrote four more episodes. He wrote "My Opening Farewell" and "Surrender" in 2003 and was then promoted to co-executive producer mid-season. He went on to write "Blessed and Bewildered" and "Higher Calling" in 2004 and left the series with the end of the fifth season having written fourteen episodes in total.
He joined the crew of legal drama Crossing Jordan
Crossing Jordan
Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that aired on NBC from September 24, 2001 to May 16, 2007. It stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan Cavanaugh, M.D., a crime-solving forensic pathologist employed in the Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Medical Examiner's Office...
as a co-executive producer and writer for the fourth season in 2004. The series followed a medical examiner's cases. Williams wrote or co-wrote five episodes for the season. He wrote the season premiere "After Dark" and the episode "Skin and Bone". He co-wrote the episode "Fire in the Sky" with the series creator and executive producer Tim Kring
Tim Kring
Richard Timothy "Tim" Kring is an American screenwriter and television producer, best known for his creation of the television series Strange World, Crossing Jordan, and Heroes.Kring is Jewish...
. He co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Blue Moon" with Jon Cowan
Jon Cowan
Jon Cowan is an American television producer and writer, best known for his work on TV shows Crossing Jordan and Private Practice.Cowan joined the Private Practice writing staff in the second season...
and Robert L. Rowner from a story by Kring and Linda Gase. He co-wrote the story for the episode "Forget Me Not" with Kring and Steve Valentine
Steve Valentine
Steven John Valentine is a Scottish actor, singer and magician who has performed on stage and screen, but is best known for his role as the eccentric Nigel Townsend on NBC's crime drama Crossing Jordan...
and co-wrote the teleplay with Kring. Williams left the series at the end of the fourth season.
Williams was hired as a co-executive producer and writer for the fourth season of Without a Trace
Without a Trace
Without a Trace is an American television drama which originally ran on CBS from September 26, 2002 to May 19, 2009. The series was set in New York City and concerned a fictitious FBI Missing Persons Unit.-Premise:...
in 2005. The show focuses on an FBI unit who specialise in missing persons cases. He wrote three episodes for the season; "Viuda Negra", "Rage" and "More Than This". Williams left the series at the end of the fourth season.
Also in 2005 he co-created the series Ice Diaries
Ice Diaries
Ice Diaries was a show on the TLC network that followed four up-and-coming American figure skaters through the 2005/2006 Olympic season as each tried to make the 2006 Olympic team. The four skaters were Beatrisa "Bebe" Liang, Alissa Czisny, Danielle Kahle, and Sandra Rucker...
with Dan Marinelli. The series was a documentary that followed olympic hopeful skaters through the 2005-2006 season. Williams served as an executive producer for the project which aired in 2006.
He became a co-executive producer and writer for the second season of Bones
Bones (TV series)
Bones is an American crime drama television series that premiered on the Fox Network on September 13, 2005. The show is based on forensic anthropology and forensic archaeology, with each episode focusing on an FBI case file concerning the mystery behind human remains brought by FBI Special Agent...
in 2006. He wrote the episodes "The Truth in the Lye" and "The Girl in the Gator" for the second season. He remained a co-executive producer for the third season in 2007 and wrote the episodes "Mummy in the Maze" and "The Santa in the Slush". He returned as a co-executive producer for the fourth season in 2008 and wrote the season opener "Yanks in the U.K.: Parts 1 and 2" and the episodes "Fire in the Ice" and "The Beaver in the Otter". Williams left the series at the end of the fourth season.
He became a co-executive producer for the drama series Miami Medical which aired as a mid-season replacement in 2010.