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John Wells (III)

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Elected president of Writer's Guild of America, west (WGAw). [1999] See more trivia »

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John M. Wells
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???? Love & Mercy (producer) (pre-production)
 
2013 Boomerang (TV movie) (executive producer) (post-production)
 
2013 Electric Slide (executive producer) (post-production)
 
2009-2013 Southland (TV series) (executive producer - 43 episodes)
– Reckoning (2013) (executive producer)
– Chaos (2013) (executive producer)
– The Felix Paradox (2013) (executive producer)
– Heroes (2013) (executive producer)
– Bleed Out (2013) (executive producer)
See all 43 episodes »
 
2011-2013 Shameless (TV series) (executive producer - 29 episodes)
– The Sins of My Caretaker (2013) (executive producer)
– The Helpful Gallaghers (2013) (executive producer)
– May I Trim Your Hedges? (2013) (executive producer)
– The American Dream (2013) (executive producer)
– El Gran Cañon (2013) (executive producer)
See all 29 episodes »
 
2012 Prodigy Bully (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2012 Bad Girls (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2011 Mildred Pierce (TV mini-series) (executive producer - 5 episodes)
– Part Five (2011) (executive producer)
– Part Four (2011) (executive producer)
– Part Three (2011) (executive producer)
– Part One (2011) (executive producer)
– Part Two (2011) (executive producer)
 
2010 Dirty Girl (executive producer)
 
2010 The Company Men (producer)
 
2010 Gimme Shelter (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2009/I Cracks (executive producer)
 
2009 Previously On: E.R. (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1994-2009 ER (TV series) (executive producer - 329 episodes)
– And in the End... (2009) (executive producer)
– I Feel Good (2009) (executive producer)
– Shifting Equilibrium (2009) (executive producer)
– Old Times (2009) (executive producer)
– What We Do (2009) (executive producer)
See all 329 episodes »
 
2009/I Motherhood (executive producer)
 
2008 Gigantic (executive producer)
 
2007 Then She Found Me (executive producer)
 
2007 I'm Not There. (executive producer)
 
2007 Savage Grace (executive producer)
 
2006-2007 Smith (TV series) (executive producer - 2 episodes)
– Seven (2007) (executive producer)
– Pilot (2006) (executive producer)
 
2007 An American Crime (executive producer)
 
2006 Infamous (executive producer)
 
1999-2006 The West Wing (TV series) (executive producer - 154 episodes)
– Tomorrow (2006) (executive producer)
– Institutional Memory (2006) (executive producer)
– The Last Hurrah (2006) (executive producer)
– Transition (2006) (executive producer)
– Requiem (2006) (executive producer)
See all 154 episodes »
 
2006 The Evidence (TV series) (producer)
 
2006 Prodigy/Bully (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2005 Doom (producer)
 
2005 Mrs. Harris (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2005 The Notorious Bettie Page (executive producer)
 
2005 Dark Shadows (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2005 Nearing Grace (executive producer)
 
1999-2005 Third Watch (TV series) (executive producer - 132 episodes)
– Goodbye to Camelot (2005) (executive producer)
– End of Tour (2005) (executive producer)
– How Do You Spell Belief? (2005) (executive producer)
– Welcome Home (2005) (executive producer)
– Too Little, Too Late (2005) (executive producer)
See all 132 episodes »
 
2005 Duma (producer)
 
2005 Jonny Zero (TV series) (executive producer)
 
2004 A Dirty Shame (executive producer)
 
2004 A Home at the End of the World (producer)
 
2003 The Company (executive producer)
 
2003 Camp (executive producer)
 
2003 Party Monster (executive producer)
 
2002 The Big Time (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2002 Presidio Med (TV series) (executive producer)
 
2002 White Oleander (producer)
 
2002/I The Good Thief (producer)
 
2002 Far from Heaven (executive producer)
 
2002 The West Wing Documentary Special (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
2002 One Hour Photo (executive producer)
 
2001 The Grey Zone (executive producer)
 
2000 Citizen Baines (TV series) (executive producer)
 
1998 Trinity (TV series) (executive producer)
 
1998 The Adversaries (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1997 The Peacemaker (co-executive producer)
 
1995 Mystery Dance (TV series) (producer - 1 episode)
– Episode #1.1 (1995) (producer)
 
1992 Angel Street (TV series) (executive producer)
 
1992 The Nightman (TV movie) (co-executive producer)
 
1992 Angel Street (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
China Beach (TV series) (supervising producer - 22 episodes, 1989-1990) (producer - 17 episodes, 1988-1989) (co-executive producer - 16 episodes, 1990-1991)
– Hello Goodbye (1991) (co-executive producer)
– Through and Through (1991) (co-executive producer)
– Rewind (1991) (co-executive producer)
– Quest (1991) (co-executive producer)
– The Always Goodbye (1991) (co-executive producer)
See all 55 episodes »
 
1988 CBS Summer Playhouse (TV series) (producer - 1 episode)
– Roughhouse (1988) (producer)
 
1987 Nice Girls Don't Explode (producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (18 titles)
2011-2013 Shameless (TV series)
– Survival of the Fittest (2013) (developer)
– Order Room Service (2013) (developer)
– Civil Wrongs (2013) (developer)
– Frank the Plumber (2013) (developer)
– Where There's a Will (2013) (developer)
See all 36 episodes »
 
2012 Prodigy Bully (TV movie) (creator)
 
2010-2011 Southland (TV series)
– Graduation Day (2011) (teleplay)
– Let It Snow (2011) (written by)
– Phase Three (2010) (written by)
 
2010 The Company Men (written by)
 
1994-2009 ER (TV series)
– And in the End... (2009) (written by)
– Shifting Equilibrium (2009) (excerpts written by - uncredited)
– Old Times (2009) (written by)
– Cañon City (2005) (writer)
– Carter est Amoureux (2005) (writer)
See all 32 episodes »
 
2006-2007 Smith (TV series)
– Seven (2007) (creator)
– Three (2006) (writer)
– Two (2006) (writer)
– Pilot (2006) (writer)
 
2003-2006 The West Wing (TV series)
– Tomorrow (2006) (written by)
– Requiem (2006) (written by)
– Election Day: Part 2 (2006) (written by)
– 2162 Votes (2005) (writer)
– King Corn (2005) (writer)
See all 10 episodes »
 
2006 Prodigy/Bully (TV movie) (creator)
 
1999-2005 Third Watch (TV series)
– Goodbye to Camelot (2005) (creator)
– End of Tour (2005) (creator)
– How Do You Spell Belief? (2005) (creator)
– Welcome Home (2005) (creator)
– Too Little, Too Late (2005) (creator)
See all 132 episodes »
 
2002 Presidio Med (TV series)
– Do No Harm (2002) (writer)
 
2000 Citizen Baines (TV series)
 
1998 Trinity (TV series)
 
1998 The Adversaries (TV movie) (written by)
 
1996 Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story (written by)
 
1992 The Nightman (TV movie) (written by)
 
1992 Angel Street (TV movie)
 
1988-1991 China Beach (TV series)
– Hello Goodbye (1991) (story / teleplay)
– Rewind (1991) (writer)
– One Small Step (1990) (writer)
– One Giant Leap (1990) (story)
– Juice (1990) (story)
See all 18 episodes »
 
1988 CBS Summer Playhouse (TV series)
– Roughhouse (1988) (writer)
 
Show ShowDirector (5 titles)
2013 August: Osage County (post-production)
 
2011-2012 Shameless (TV series)
– Fiona Interrupted (2012)
– Summer Loving (2012)
– Frank the Plank (2011)
 
2010 The Company Men
 
1998-2009 ER (TV series)
– Old Times (2009)
– 300 Patients (2007)
– Jigsaw (2006)
– The Show Must Go On (2005)
– On the Beach (2002)
See all 9 episodes »
 
2003 The F.B.I. Files (TV series documentary)
– Broken Trust (2003)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1992 Driving Miss Daisy (TV movie) (executive consultant)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2006 Hide & Seek (short) (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (16 titles)
2012 Shameless Season 3 Sneak Peek: Even More Shameless (video short)
Himself
 
2012 Shameless: The Complicated Life of Fiona Gallagher (video short)
Himself
 
2012 Shameless: The Art of Acting Drunk (video short)
Himself
 
2012 Writing the Shameless Version (video short)
Himself
 
2011 Shameless: Season 2 Sneak Peak - One Hot Summer (video short)
Himself
 
2011 Shameless: Bringing the Fun to Dysfunctional (video short)
Himself
 
2011 Bringing Shameless to America (video short)
Himself
 
2011 2011 Writers Guild Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
2011 The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Made in Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #6.9 (2010) … Himself
 
2009 Previously On: E.R. (TV movie)
Himself
 
2007 Tube Tales: TV's Real Stories (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Golden Girls/The West Wing/ER (2007) … Himself
 
2003 Dateline NBC (TV series documentary)
Himself
– ER's 200th Episode Special (2003) … Himself
 
2002 The Perfect Pitch (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1996 48th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Drama Series & Nominee: Best Writing for a Drama Series
 
1995 The 21st Annual People's Choice Awards (TV special)
Himself - Accepting Award for Favorite Television Dramatic Series/New Dramatic Television Series
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2008 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
 

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[on 'The Company Men"] One of the great things and one of the horrible things about the American character is this extraordinary optimism and arrogance that everything will continue to be great and keep looking up. People were living much closer to the edge than they had any right to be living. A large... See more »

Trivia:

Elected president of Writer's Guild of America, west (WGAw). [1999] See more »