Michael J. Leeson
American screenwriter
Michael J. Leeson | |
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| Born | Michael Jon Leeson United States |
| Died | (aged 69) |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
Michael Jon Leeson (died July 27, 2016)[1] was an American screenwriter.[2][3]
Filmography
- Love, American Style (1972–1973) (TV)
- All in the Family (1973) (TV)
- The Partridge Family (1973–1974) (TV)
- The Odd Couple (1972–1974) (TV)
- Happy Days (1974) (TV)
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1975) (TV)
- Phyllis (1975–1976) (TV)
- Rhoda (1975–1976) (TV)
- Mixed Nuts (1977) (TV)
- Fast Lane Blues (1978) (TV)
- The Associates (1979) (TV)
- Taxi (1978–1980) (TV)
- Best of the West (1981) (TV)
- Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again (with Monica Johnson, Harvey Miller and Jerry Belson) (1982)
- The Survivors (1983)
- When Your Lover Leaves (1983) (TV)
- The Tracey Ullman Show (1987) (TV)
- I Married Dora (1987–1988) (TV)
- The War of the Roses (1989)
- Grand (1990) (TV)
- Davis Rules (1992) (TV)
- The Cosby Show (1984–1992) (TV)
- I.Q. (with Andy Breckman) (1994)
- What Planet Are You From? (with Garry Shandling) (2000)
- The Tuxedo (2002)
- Twenty Good Years (2006) (TV)
- The Bill Engvall Show (2007–2009) (TV)
Accolades
| Year | Association | Category | Work | Result |
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| 1979 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing for a Comedy or Comedy-Variety or Music Series | Taxi: "Blind Date" | Nominated |
| Humanitas Prize | 30 Minute Network or Syndicated Television | Won | ||
| Writers Guild of America Awards | Episodic Comedy | Nominated | ||
| 1980 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series | The Associates: "The First Day" | Nominated |
| 1981 | Taxi: "Tony's Sister and Jim" | Won | ||
| 1982 | Writers Guild of America Awards | Episodic Comedy | Nominated | |
| 1985 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series | The Cosby Show: "Pilot" | Won |
| 1990 | BMI Film & TV Awards | Grand | Won | |
| 1991 | British Academy of Film and Television Arts | Best Adapted Screenplay | The War of the Roses | Nominated |
References
- ^ @WGAWest (August 8, 2016). "RIP 'Cosby Show' co-creator/writer Michael Leeson ('The War of the Roses,' 'The Tuxedo'), who died on 7/27 at age 69" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Hollywood.com
- ^ Maslin, Janet (December 8, 1989). "Review/Film; 'The War of the Roses' (Published 1989)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 8, 2023.
External links
- Michael J. Leeson at IMDb
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- James Allardice & Jack Douglas & Hal Kanter & Harry Winkler for The George Gobel Show (1955)
- Arnold M. Auerbach & Barry Blitzer & Vincent Bogert & Nat Hiken & Coleman Jacoby & Harvey Orkin & Arnold Rosen & Terry Ryan & Tony Webster for The Phil Silvers Show (1956)
- No Award (1957)
- Billy Friedberg & Nat Hiken & Coleman Jacoby & Arnold Rosen & A.J. Russell & Terry Ryan & Phil Sharp & Tony Webster & Sydney Zelinka for The Phil Silvers Show (1958)
- George Balzer & Hal Goldman & Al Gordon & Sam Perrin for The Jack Benny Show (1959)
- George Balzer & Hal Goldman & Al Gordon & Sam Perrin for The Jack Benny Show (1960)
- Dave O'Brien & Martin Ragaway & Sherwood Schwartz & Al Schwartz & Red Skelton for The Red Skelton Show (1961)
- Carl Reiner for The Dick Van Dyke Show (1962)
- Carl Reiner for The Dick Van Dyke Show (1963)
- No Award (1964)
- No Award (1965)
- Sam Denoff & Bill Persky for "Coast to Coast Big Mouth" (1966)
- Buck Henry & Leonard B. Stern for "Ship of Spies: Parts 1 and 2" (1967)
- Allan Burns & Chris Hayward for "The Coming Out Party" (1968)
- No Award (1969)
- No Award (1970)
- James L. Brooks & Allan Burns for "Support Your Local Mother" (1971)
- Burt Styler for "Edith's Problem" (1972)
- Lee Kalcheim & Michael Ross & Bernie West for "The Bunkers and the Swingers" (1973)
- Treva Silverman for "The Lou and Edie Story" (1974)
- Stan Daniels & Ed. Weinberger for "Will Mary Richards Go to Jail?" (1975)
- David Lloyd for "Chuckles Bites the Dust" (1976)
- James L. Brooks & Allan Burns & Stan Daniels & Bob Ellison & David Lloyd & Ed. Weinberger for "The Last Show" (1977)
- Harve Brosten & Barry Harman & Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf for "Cousin Liz" (1978)
- No Award (1979)
- R.J. Colleary for "The Photographer" (1980)
- Michael J. Leeson for "Tony's Sister and Jim" (1981)
- Ken Estin for "Elegant Iggy" (1982)
- Glen Charles and Les Charles for "Give Me a Ring Sometime" (1983)
- David Angell for "Old Flames" (1984)
- Ed. Weinberger & Michael J. Leeson for "Pilot" (The Cosby Show) (1985)
- Barry Fanaro & Mort Nathan for "A Little Romance" (1986)
- Gary David Goldberg & Alan Uger for "A, My Name is Alex" (1987)
- Hugh Wilson for "The Bridge" (1988)
- Diane English for "Pilot" (Murphy Brown) (1989)
- Bob Brush for "Good-bye" (1990)
- Gary Dontzig & Steven Peterman for "Jingle Hell, Jingle Hell, Jingle All the Way" (1991)
- Elaine Pope & Larry Charles for "The Fix-Up" (1992)
- Larry David for "The Contest" (1993)
- David Angell & Peter Casey & David Lee for "The Good Son" (1994)
- Chuck Ranberg & Anne Flett-Giordano for "An Affair to Forget" (1995)
- Joe Keenan & Christopher Lloyd & Rob Greenberg & Jack Burditt & Chuck Ranberg & Anne Flett-Giordano & Linda Morris & Vic Rauseo for "Moon Dance" (1996)
- Ellen DeGeneres & Mark Driscoll & Dava Savel & Tracy Newman & Jonathan Stark for "The Puppy Episode" (1997)
- Peter Tolan & Garry Shandling for "Flip" (1998)
- Jay Kogen for "Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz" (1999)
- Linwood Boomer for "Pilot" (Malcolm in the Middle) (2000)
- Alex Reid for "Bowling" (2001)
- Larry Wilmore for "Pilot" (The Bernie Mac Show) (2002)
- Tucker Cawley for "Baggage" (2003)
- Mitchell Hurwitz for "Pilot" (Arrested Development) (2004)
- Mitchell Hurwitz & Jim Vallely for "Righteous Brothers" (2005)
- Greg Garcia for "Pilot" (My Name Is Earl) (2006)
- Greg Daniels for "Gay Witch Hunt" (2007)
- Tina Fey for "Cooter" (2008)
- Matt Hubbard for "Reunion" (2009)
- Steven Levitan & Christopher Lloyd for "Pilot" (Modern Family) (2010)
- Steven Levitan & Jeffrey Richman for "Caught in the Act" (2011)
- Louis C.K. for "Pregnant" (2012)
- Tina Fey & Tracey Wigfield for "Last Lunch" (2013)
- Louis C.K. for "So Did the Fat Lady" (2014)
- Simon Blackwell & Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche for "Election Night" (2015)
- Aziz Ansari & Alan Yang for "Parents" (2016)
- Aziz Ansari & Lena Waithe for "Thanksgiving" (2017)
- Amy Sherman-Palladino for "Pilot" (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) (2018)
- Phoebe Waller-Bridge for "Episode 1" (2019)
- Dan Levy for "Happy Ending" (2020)
- Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs and Jen Statsky for "There Is No Line" (2021)
- Quinta Brunson for "Pilot" (Abbott Elementary) (2022)
- Christopher Storer for "System" (2023)
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