Dick Wolf
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
- Once stated that Roman Polanski's "Repulsion" was the scariest movie he had ever seen
- While Cardinal Spellman was Archbishop, he was an altar boy at New York's St․ Patrick's Cathedral
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
- 1995PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television: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 EdgarWinner
- 2006Banff Rockie Award - Best Continuing Series:Nominated
- 2006Best Series or SerialNominated
- 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