Doug Molitor

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Doug Molitor
Born8 July 1952
Los Angeles, California, USA
Occupationscreenwriter
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican

Doug Molitor (born 8 July 1952) is an American television screenwriter.

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He has written for TV programs including Adventure Inc. , Sliders , F/X: The Series , Lucky Luke , Police Academy: The Series , You Can't Take It with You , Sledge Hammer! , Young Hercules , Ritas Welt (Rita's World), Dinosaucers , James Bond Jr. and Deepwater Black (U.S. title: Mission Genesis).

He has won the American Accolades TV & Shorts Competition for "Farewell to Tuvalu", an episode of The West Wing, [1] and was nominated for a Humanitas Prize for his work on the Captain Planet and the Planeteers episode "The Ark". [2]

He wrote for the Italian television series Lucky Luke . [3] He was selected by the Writers Guild of America to participate in Writers Access Project. [4]

In 1987 he was a four-time Jeopardy! winner and competed in the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions, and a semifinalist in the Jeopardy! 10th Anniversary Tournament.

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References

  1. Haddad, Michael (2005). The Screenwriter's Sourcebook: A Comprehensive Marketing Guide for Screen and Television Writers . Chicago Review Press. p.  9. ISBN   978-1-55652-550-6 . Retrieved 18 November 2010.
  2. "'Fly Away' Writers in the Running for Humanitas Prizes". Los Angeles Times . 26 June 1992. p. 24. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
  3. Green, Paul; Hoffman, Mike (2009). Encyclopedia of Weird Westerns: Supernatural and Science Fiction Elements in Novels, Pulps, Comics, Films, Television and Games. McFarland. pp. 138–139. ISBN   978-0-7864-4390-1 . Retrieved 18 November 2010.
  4. McNary, Dave (13 April 2010). "WGA taps 20 for Writer Access Project". Variety . Retrieved 18 November 2010.