Walon Green | |
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Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | Film and television writer and producer |
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Children | Darwin Green, Collin Green |
Walon Green (born December 15, 1936) is an American documentary film director and screenwriter, for both television and film.
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Green produced and directed documentaries for National Geographic and David Wolper, including The Hellstrom Chronicle , for which he was accorded the Oscar and the BAFTA in 1972, and The Secret Life of Plants in 1979. Among his screenwriting credits are the films The Wild Bunch , Sorcerer , The Brink's Job , Solarbabies , Eraser , The Hi-Lo Country and RoboCop 2 . On television, he wrote and produced episodes of Hill Street Blues , Law & Order , ER and NYPD Blue for which he received a 1995 Edgar Award. He was a Creative Consultant for the Chris Carter science fiction TV series Millennium , where he co-wrote the episode "Paper Dove" with Ted Mann. He is also notable for allowing a millipede to crawl over his face in the tunnel scene of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory .
In fall 2008, he assumed the post of executive producer for the Vincent D'Onofrio-Kathryn Erbe episodes of Law & Order: Criminal Intent , he took over as show runner/executive producer for all episodes in the series' ninth season. In 2008, Green was the Head Writer/Showrunner of the television pilot Bunker Hill, starring Donnie Wahlberg and Bridget Moynahan and directed by Jon Avnet. The pilot was not picked up for a series.
Green wrote the 2015 miniseries adaptation of Killing Jesus: A History .
Walon Green was nominated in 1970 for an Oscar for best original screenplay for The Wild Bunch . He was awarded an Oscar in 1972 for his pseudo-documentary The Hellstrom Chronicle , for which he also won The Technical Grand Prize at Cannes in 1971 and the Flaherty Documentary Award. [1]
He was nominated for Primetime Emmys in 1986 for Hill Street Blues , in 1993 and 1994 for his work on Law & Order and won an Emmy in 1995 for his writing on NYPD Blue .
Green was nominated for an Emmy Award for co-writing (with Robert Nathan) the 1993 Law & Order episode "Manhood". [2] The episode won a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Dramatic Television Episode. [3]
Green was nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award in 1993 for an episode of Law & Order and won the same award in 1995 which he shared with David Milch and Steven Bochco for their NYPD Blue episode "Simone Says."
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Walon Green was born in Baltimore, Maryland on December 15, 1936. He is the father of Darwin Green, a writer and film editor, and Collin Green, a teacher and photographer.
As writer - films
Television