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Dick Wolf Biography

Birth Name:Richard Anthony Wolf

Birth Place:New York City, New York, United States

Profession Producer, Writer, Actor, Script department

Fast Facts

  • Was made an Honorary Consul general of Monaco, a position that entails involvement with the principality's annual Television Festival and service as its liaison with the entertainment community
  • Was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 2013
  • Began work as an advertising copywriter at Benton & Bowles, writing commercials for Crest toothpaste at work and screenplays at home
  • Dislikes the use of establishing shots in his television shows, as he feels this gets in the way of fitting a good story into a single episode
  • Many of his shows are crime dramas, often based on events that really happened
  • While Cardinal Spellman was Archbishop, he was an altar boy at New York's St․ Patrick's Cathedral
  • Once stated that Roman Polanski's "Repulsion" was the scariest movie he had ever seen

Awards

  • 1986Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series: nominated
  • 1987WGA Award (TV)-Episodic Drama: nominated
  • 1989Edgar-Best Motion Picture: nominated
  • 1992Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
  • 1992WGA Award (TV)-Episodic Drama: nominated
  • 1993Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
  • 1994Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
  • 1995Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
  • 1996Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
  • 1997PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television: winner
  • 1997Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: winner
  • 1998Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
  • 1999Monitor-Film Originated Television Series - Best Achievement: winner
  • 1999Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
  • 2000PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television: nominated
  • 2000Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
  • 2001Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
  • 2002Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
  • 2002Prism Commendation-TV Drama Series Episode: nominated
  • 2002Prism Commendation-TV Drama Series Episode: nominated
  • 2003Special Edgar-: winner
  • 2006Banff Rockie Award-Best Continuing Series: nominated
  • 2006Best Series or Serial-: nominated
  • 2007Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Made for Television Movie: winner
  • 2008PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television: winner
  • 2009TV Quick Award-Best New Drama: nominated
  • 2010Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Nonfiction Series: nominated
  • 2011Grammy-Best Long Form Music Video: winner