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James D. Parriott (born November 14, 1950, in Denver, Colorado) is an American writer, director, and producer, with his own self named production company.
He created the series: Voyagers! , Misfits of Science , Forever Knight , Educating Matt Waters , The American Embassy and Defying Gravity .
In addition to numerous awards won by series he has created or produced, Parriott himself has been nominated for a number of awards, and has won three; the Writers Guild of America TV Award (2006 & 2007), and the Producers Guild of America Television Producer of the Year Award in Episodic series (2007).
| Film | Writer | Director | Executive producer |
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| Heart Condition (1990) |  | | |
| Rag and Bone (1997) | | | |
| Good (1998) | | ||
| Transylvanian Curse (2015) | |
| Television | Creator | Writer | Director | Producer | Supervising producer | Executive producer | Coexecutive producer | Show runner | Special Thanks |
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| The Six Million Dollar Man (1975) | | ||||||||
| The Invisible Man (1975–1976) | | ||||||||
| Gemini Man (1976) | | ||||||||
| The Bionic Woman (1976–1978) | | | |||||||
| The American Girls (1978) | | | |||||||
| The Incredible Hulk (1977–1978) | | | | | |||||
| The Legend of the Golden Gun (1979) | | | |||||||
| From Here to Eternity (1980) | | ||||||||
| Nick and the Dobermans (1980) | | | |||||||
| Alex and the Doberman Gang (1980) | | | |||||||
| The Seal (1981) | | | |||||||
| Fitz and Bones (1981) | | ||||||||
| Voyagers! (1982–1983) | | | | ||||||
| Hawaiian Heat (1984) | | ||||||||
| Voyager from the Unknown (1985) | | | | | |||||
| Misfits of Science (1985–1986) | | | | ||||||
| Island Sons (1987) | | | |||||||
| Nick Knight (1989) | | | |||||||
| Elvis (1990) | | ||||||||
| Forever Knight (1992–1996) | | | |||||||
| Staying Afloat (1993) | | ||||||||
| Bodyguards (1995 pilot) | | | | ||||||
| The Invaders (1995) | | ||||||||
| Educating Matt Waters (1996) | | | |||||||
| Dark Skies (1996–1997) | | | |||||||
| Rag and Bone (1998 pilot) | | | |||||||
| Action (1999) | | ||||||||
| Tucker (2001) | | ||||||||
| Push, Nevada (2002) | | | |||||||
| MDs (2002) | | | |||||||
| The American Embassy (2002) | | | | ||||||
| The Partners (2003) | | ||||||||
| Threat Matrix (2003) | | | |||||||
| Grey's Anatomy (2005–2015) | | | | ||||||
| Ugly Betty (2006–2007) | | | |||||||
| Sons of Anarchy (2008) | | | |||||||
| Defying Gravity (2009) | | | |||||||
| Covert Affairs (2010–2012) | | | |||||||
| Missing (2012) | | | |||||||
| Patriot (2017–2018) | |
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