Will Scheffer
Encyclopedia
Will Scheffer is an American playwright
and co-creator and executive producer
of Big Love
with longtime life-partner Mark V. Olsen
.
His writing credits include Big Love: In the Beginning, Ellis Island
, Duck Town, Easter (film), In the Gloaming
, The Pact
and Citizen Baines.
In 1997, Scheffer was honored with the Variety
magazine award "One of the Rising Writers to Watch". He has also taught and lectured at Baruch College, Lewis and Clark College and the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan.
Scheffer is openly
gay
; since the early 1990s, he and professional partner Olsen have also been married to each other.
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
and co-creator and executive producer
Executive producer
An executive producer is a producer who is not involved in any technical aspects of the film making or music process, but who is still responsible for the overall production...
of Big Love
Big Love
Big Love is an American television drama that aired on HBO between March 2006 and March 2011. The show is about a fictional fundamentalist Mormon family in Utah that practices polygamy...
with longtime life-partner Mark V. Olsen
Mark V. Olsen
Mark V. Olsen is a U.S. TV producer and screenwriter. He is the co-creator and executive producer of the HBO series Big Love along with writing and life partner Will Scheffer. In 2007, Olsen and Scheffer won a TV Writers Guild of America Award for the pilot and first episode of Big...
.
His writing credits include Big Love: In the Beginning, Ellis Island
Ellis Island
Ellis Island in New York Harbor was the gateway for millions of immigrants to the United States. It was the nation's busiest immigrant inspection station from 1892 until 1954. The island was greatly expanded with landfill between 1892 and 1934. Before that, the much smaller original island was the...
, Duck Town, Easter (film), In the Gloaming
In the Gloaming
In the Gloaming is a 1997 HBO film directed by Christopher Reeve based on a story written by Alice Elliott Dark. Starring Glenn Close, Bridget Fonda, Whoopi Goldberg and Robert Sean Leonard. The film borrows its title from the popular 1877 song "In the Gloaming" by Annie Fortescue Harrison and Meta...
, The Pact
The Pact
The Pact is a novel by bestselling author Jodi Picoult about a possible suicide pact between two teenage lovers.-Plot summary:"Chris and Emily, teenagers from the same neighborhood and very close families, have been as close as siblings since birth, but as teenagers their relationship develops...
and Citizen Baines.
In 1997, Scheffer was honored with the Variety
Variety (magazine)
Variety is an American weekly entertainment-trade magazine founded in New York City, New York, in 1905 by Sime Silverman. With the rise of the importance of the motion-picture industry, Daily Variety, a daily edition based in Los Angeles, California, was founded by Silverman in 1933. In 1998, the...
magazine award "One of the Rising Writers to Watch". He has also taught and lectured at Baruch College, Lewis and Clark College and the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan.
Scheffer is openly
Coming out
Coming out is a figure of speech for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people's disclosure of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity....
gay
Gay
Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
; since the early 1990s, he and professional partner Olsen have also been married to each other.