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Daniel Zelman | |
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| Born | Daniel Luke Zelman [1] June 16, 1967 New York, U.S. |
| Education | Harvard University (BFA) New York University (MFA) |
| Occupation(s) | Television producer, screenwriter, actor, television director |
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| Children | 1 |
| Relatives | Aaron Zelman (brother) |
Daniel Luke Zelman (born June 16, 1967) is an American actor, screenwriter, television producer, and director. [2]
Zelman was born in New York. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Harvard University in 1990 and a Master of Fine Arts from New York University Tisch School of the Arts in 1993. [3] [4] He is Jewish. [5]
Zelman is an executive producer on the FX drama series Damages , which he co-created with Todd A. Kessler and Glenn Kessler. [6] Todd Kessler, Glenn Kessler, and Zelman were nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for their work on the pilot episode of Damages , titled "Get Me A Lawyer". He also wrote They Nest , Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid , and Fool's Gold.
In 1990, Zelman met Debra Messing at New York University. Zelman and Messing married on September 3, 2000, and have a son, Roman Walker Zelman, who was born on April 7, 2004. On December 20, 2011, it was announced that Zelman and Messing were ending their eleven-year marriage. [7] Messing filed for divorce on June 5, 2012. [8] The divorce was officially completed on March 1, 2016. [9]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1995 | Let It Be Me | Gabriel's Friend | |
| 1996 | Milk & Money | Josh | |
| 2000 | What Lies Beneath | PhD Student #4 |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1993 | Law & Order | Bruce Abelson | Episode: "Black Tie" |
| 1995 | One Life to Live | Keith | Episode #1.6860 |
| 1996, 2017 | Ned and Stacey | Dave | 2 episodes |
| 1997 | Prison of Secrets | Prison Spokesman | Television film |
| 1997 | Weird Science | Soldier | Episode: "I, Chettus" |
| 2000 | The Practice | Kevin Macklin | Episode: "Friends and Ex-Lovers" |
Rosanna Lisa Arquette is an American actress. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for her performance in the TV film The Executioner's Song (1982) and won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for the film Desperately Seeking Susan (1985). Her other film roles include After Hours, The Big Blue (1988), Pulp Fiction (1994), and Crash (1996). She also directed the documentary Searching for Debra Winger (2002) and starred in the ABC sitcom What About Brian? from 2006 to 2007.
Debra Lynn Messing is an American actress. After graduating from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Messing starred in the shortlived television series, Ned and Stacey on Fox (1995–1997), and Prey on ABC (1998). She achieved her breakthrough role as Grace Adler, an interior designer, on the NBC sitcom Will & Grace, for which she received seven Golden Globe Award nominations and five Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, winning once, in 2003.
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Damages is an American legal thriller television series created by writing and production trio Daniel Zelman, Glenn Kessler, and Todd A. Kessler. It premiered on July 24, 2007, on FX and aired for three seasons before moving to the DirecTV channel Audience Network in 2010, airing for two further seasons, and concluding in 2012.
Todd A. Kessler is an American screenwriter, playwright, television producer and director.
Glenn Kessler is an American screenwriter, television producer, actor, and director.
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Ellen Parsons is a fictional character on the American legal thriller series Damages. The character was created by the writer trio of Glenn Kessler, Todd A. Kessler, and Daniel Zelman.
"Get Me a Lawyer" is the pilot episode of the legal drama series Damages, which first aired on July 24, 2007 on FX in the United States. It was written by series creators/executive producers Todd A. Kessler, Glenn Kessler, and Daniel Zelman, and was directed by producer Allen Coulter. In the episode, recent law school graduate Ellen Parsons is recruited to Hewes and Associates, a law firm headed by Patty Hewes, where she is assigned to the "Frobisher case". Billionaire Arthur Frobisher is being sued by his former employees, whom he advised to invest in his company while unloading his own stock, and while Frobisher's attorney Ray Fiske pleads for a settlement price, Patty insists on taking the case to court.
"There's Only One Way to Try a Case" is the first episode of the fourth season of the DirecTV legal drama series Damages and the show's fortieth episode overall. It was written by creators and executive producers Todd A. Kessler, Glenn Kessler and Daniel Zelman and directed by Todd A. Kessler. It originally premiered in the United States on DirecTV's Audience Network on July 13, 2011, and was the first episode of the series to air on DirecTV after the series moved from the FX network.
The fourth season of the legal drama series Damages premiered on the Audience Network, an entertainment channel owned by DirecTV, on July 13, 2011 and concluded on September 14, 2011. The season featured 10 episodes, bringing the series total to 49. The fourth season was released on DVD in region 1 on June 26, 2012.
The third season of the FX legal drama series Damages premiered on January 25, 2010 and concluded on April 19, 2010. It consisted of 13 episodes, bringing the series total to 39. Damages was created by brothers Todd and Glenn Kessler, along with Daniel Zelman, each of whom served as executive producer and contributed four scripts for the season, including the premiere and the finale.
The fifth and final season of the legal drama series Damages premiered July 11, 2012 on the DirecTV owned Audience Network concluding on September 12, 2012. The season has 10 episodes, making a series total of 59 episodes. The fifth season was released on DVD in region 1 on July 16, 2013.
The second season of the FX legal drama series Damages premiered on January 7, 2009 and concluded on April 1, 2009. It consisted of thirteen episodes, bringing the series total to 26. Damages was created by brothers Todd and Glenn Kessler along with Daniel Zelman, each of whom served as executive producers and contributed seven scripts for the season, including the premiere and the finale.
The first season of the FX legal drama series Damages premiered on July 24, 2007 and concluded on October 23, 2007. It consisted of thirteen episodes. Damages was created by brothers Todd and Glenn Kessler along with Daniel Zelman, each of whom served as executive producers and contributed seven scripts for the season, including the premiere and the finale.
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