Stan Daniels
Stan Daniels | |
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Born | Stanley Edwin Daniels (1934-07-31)July 31, 1934 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Died | April 6, 2007(2007-04-06) (aged 72) Encino, California, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, producer and director |
Spouse | Alene Kamins (1957–2007; his death) |
Children | 4 |
Stanley Edwin Daniels (July 31, 1934 – April 6, 2007) was a Canadian-American screenwriter, producer and director, who won eight Emmy Awards for his work on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Taxi.
Early life
Born in Toronto to Jewish parents involved in vaudeville, Daniels earned a bachelor's degree and master's degree from the University of Toronto, then began studying for a doctorate from Oxford University.[1] His first television writing job was for The Dean Martin Show in 1965. There, he met his writing partner Ed. Weinberger.
Career
Daniels's influence in comedy is noted by the joke setup that is credited to him ("Stan Daniels turn") wherein "a character says something and then does an immediate 180-degree shift on what he just said," according to The Simpsons producer Al Jean.[2] Daniels composed the music and wrote the lyrics for the 1976 musical So Long, 174th Street.
Death
Daniels was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia a few years prior to his death. He died of a heart attack in Encino, California.[3]
Filmography
Director
- Best of the West (1 episode, 1981)
- Taxi (1 episode, 1982)
- Mr. Smith (Unknown episodes, 1983)
- Dear John (5 episodes, 1988–1989)
- Flying Blind (2 episodes, 1993)
- Almost Perfect (Unknown episodes, 1995)
- High Society (1 episode, 1995)
- Partners (1 episode, 1996)
- Sparks (3 episodes, 1996–1997)
- Good News (4 episodes, 1997)
Producer
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show (Unknown episodes, 1970)
- Doc (Executive producer, 1 episode, 1976)
- The Betty White Show (Executive producer, unknown episodes, 1977)
- Cindy (1978)
- Taxi (Executive producer, unknown episodes)
- The Associates (Executive producer, unknown episodes)
- Glory! Glory! (1989)
- For Richer, for Poorer (Supervising producer, 1992)
- The Kid (Executive producer, 2001)
Writer
- The Dean Martin Show (1 episode, 1965)
- The Bill Cosby Show (1 episode, 1970)
- Gene Kelly's Wonderful World of Girls (1970)
- Lily (1970)
- Phyllis (Unknown episodes)
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show (12 episodes, 1973–1977)
- Cindy (1978)
- Taxi (3 episodes, 1978)
- The Associates (13 episodes, 1979)
- Mr. Smith (5 episodes, 1983)
- The Lonely Guy (1984)
- Glory! Glory! (1989)
- Getting There (1990)
- Roc (1 episode, 1991)
- Daniels wrote Roc's pilot episode, and was credited throughout the series' three-season run as creator.
- Faith (1991)
- For Richer, for Poorer (1992)
- The Substitute Wife (1994)
- The Kid (2001)
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Title | Shared with | Result |
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1975 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Comedy Series | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | James L. Brooks, Allan Burns, Ed. Weinberger | Won |
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series | The Mary Tyler Moore Show: "Will Mary Richards Go to Jail?" | Ed. Weinberger | Won | ||
Writers Guild of America Awards | Episodic Comedy | Nominated | |||
1976 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Comedy Series | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | James L. Brooks, Allan Burns, Ed. Weinberger | Won |
1977 | Won | ||||
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series | The Mary Tyler Moore Show: "The Last Show" | James L. Brooks, Allan Burns, Bob Ellison, David Lloyd, Ed. Weinberger | Won | ||
1978 | Writers Guild of America Awards | Episodic Comedy | Nominated | ||
1979 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Comedy Series | Taxi | James L. Brooks, Glen Charles, Les Charles, David Davis, Ed. Weinberger | Won |
1980 | Won | ||||
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series | The Associates: "The Censors" | Ed. Weinberger | Nominated | ||
1981 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Comedy Series | Taxi | James L. Brooks, Glen Charles, Les Charles, David Davis, Ed. Weinberger | Won |
Writers Guild of America Awards | Episodic Comedy | The Associates: "The Censors" | Ed. Weinberger | Nominated | |
1982 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Comedy Series | Taxi | James L. Brooks, Glen Charles, Les Charles, Ken Estin, Howard Gewirtz, Ian Praiser, Richard Sakai, Ed. Weinberger | Nominated |
1983 | James L. Brooks, Ken Estin, Richard Sakai, Sam Simon, Ed. Weinberger | Nominated | |||
1989 | Gemini Awards | Best Dramatic Mini-Series | Glory! Glory! | Bonny Dore, Jonathan Goodwill, Michael MacMillan, Seaton McLean | Nominated |
Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series | Jacqueline Lefèvre | Nominated | |||
1992 | CINE Competition | CINE Golden Eagle | Monkey House | Bruce Campbell, Jonathan Goodwill, Allan King, Gordon Mark, Michael MacMillan, Harold Tichenor, Max E. Youngstein | Won |
1993 | CableACE Award | Dramatic or Theatrical Special | Monkey House: "Fortitude" | Chris Bailey, Michael MacMillan, Jonathan Goodwill, Wayne Tourell | Won |
Writing in a Dramatic Series | Won | ||||
Gemini Awards | Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series | Monkey House | Nominated |
References
- ^ Nelson, Valerie J. (April 12, 2007). Stan Daniels, 72; TV writer and producer co-created "Taxi". Los Angeles Times
- ^ Stewart, Susan (April 14, 2007). Stan Daniels, 72, a Writer of Emmy-Winning Sitcoms, Dies. The New York Times
- ^ Associated Press (April 11, 2007). Heart Attack Kills TV Legend Stan Daniels.
External links
- Stan Daniels at IMDb
- Stan Daniels at Find a Grave
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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)
- Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky for "Bulletproof" (2024)