David Angell
Birth Name:
David Lawrence Angell
Birth Place:
West Barrington, Rhode Island, United States
Profession
Writer, Producer, Actor, Soundtrack
Fast Facts
- Joined the U․S․ Army after graduating from college and served in the Pentagon for several years
- Was awarded a posthumous Valentine Davies Award from the Writers Guild of America in 2002
- Won a Producers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television for "Frasier" in 1996
- Graduated from Providence College with a degree in English Literature
- Joined David Lee and Peter Casey as a writer on the TV series "Cheers" in 1985, after which they formed Grub Street Productions
- Worked at an engineering company and an insurance firm before moving to Los Angeles to become a television writer in 1977
- Best known as the co-creator and co-executive producer of "Wings" and "Frasier" with Peter Casey and David Lee
- Initially reluctant to create a spin-off of "Cheers," they first envisioned a show for Kelsey Grammar as a multi-millionaire publisher who was paralyzed from the waist down with a street smart live-in nurse
- The concept for "Frasier" came about in 1993, when he, Peter Casey, and David Lee were approached by Kelsey Grammar with the idea of creating a new TV series with him as the star
- The original setting for "Frasier" was Denver, but after a Colorado law passed that was unfavorable toward gay people, he and the other writers chose Seattle instead
Awards
- 1984Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series:Winner
- 1985WGA Award (TV) - Episodic Comedy:Nominated
- 1986Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Nominated
- 1987Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Nominated
- 1988Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Nominated
- 1989Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Winner
- 1994Humanitas Prize - 30 Minute Network or Syndicated Television:Nominated
- 1994Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Winner
- 1994Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Comedy Series:Winner
- 1995PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television:Nominated
- 1995Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Winner
- 1996PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television:Winner
- 1996Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Winner
- 1997Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Winner
- 1998Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Winner
- 1999Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2000Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2001Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Nominated