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David Milch Biography

Birth Name:David S. Milch

Birth Place:Buffalo, New York, United States

Profession Writer, Producer, Script department, Actor

Fast Facts

  • Won the 1995 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Television Episode
  • In 1992, he was the winner of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile
  • Was the owner of the horse who won the 2001 Breeders' Cup Mile
  • Attended Yale University, where he graduated summa cum laude
  • Earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Iowa
  • Before becoming involved with television, he worked as an English literature lecturer at Yale
  • While in college, he was a fraternity brother with President George W․ Bush

Awards

  • 1983Humanitas Prize-60 Minute Category: winner
  • 1983Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series: winner
  • 1983Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series: nominated
  • 1983Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series: nominated
  • 1984Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series: nominated
  • 1984Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series: nominated
  • 1984WGA Award (TV)-Episodic Drama: winner
  • 1984WGA Award (TV)-Episodic Drama: nominated
  • 1984WGA Award (TV)-Episodic Drama: nominated
  • 1985Humanitas Prize-60 Minute Category: nominated
  • 1985Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
  • 1985WGA Award (TV)-Episodic Drama: nominated
  • 1985WGA Award (TV)-Episodic Drama: nominated
  • 1985WGA Award (TV)-Episodic Drama: winner
  • 1986Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
  • 1986WGA Award (TV)-Episodic Drama: nominated
  • 1987Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series: nominated
  • 1987WGA Award (TV)-Episodic Drama: nominated
  • 1994Edgar-Best Television Episode: winner
  • 1994Humanitas Prize-60 Minute Category: winner
  • 1994PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Television: winner
  • 1994Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Drama Series: nominated
  • 1994Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Drama Series: nominated
  • 1994Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
  • 1995Edgar-Best Television Episode: winner
  • 1995Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: winner
  • 1995Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series: nominated
  • 1995WGA Award (TV)-Episodic Drama: nominated
  • 1996Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
  • 1996Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series: nominated
  • 1997Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
  • 1997Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series: winner
  • 1997WGA Award (TV)-Episodic Drama: nominated
  • 1998Humanitas Prize-90 Minute Category: nominated
  • 1998Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
  • 1998Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series: nominated
  • 1998Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series: winner
  • 1999Edgar-Best Television Episode: nominated
  • 1999Edgar-Best Television Episode: nominated
  • 1999Humanitas Prize-90 Minute Category: winner
  • 1999Humanitas Prize-60 Minute Category: nominated
  • 1999Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series: nominated
  • 1999Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
  • 2004Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series: nominated
  • 2005Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
  • 2006WGA Award (TV)-Dramatic Series: nominated
  • 2007WGA Award (TV)-Dramatic Series: nominated
  • 2012INOCA TV-Best Episode of a Drama Series: nominated
  • 2019Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Television Movie: nominated
  • 2020PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Streamed or Televised Motion Pictures: nominated
  • 2020WGA Award (TV)-Long Form Original: nominated