David Milch
Birth Name:
David S. Milch
Birth Place:
Buffalo, New York, United States
Profession
Writer, Producer, Script department, Actor
Fast Facts
- In 1992, he was the winner of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile
- Was the owner of the horse who won the 2001 Breeders' Cup Mile
- Won the 1995 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Television Episode
- 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