James D. Parriott (born November 14, 1950 (1950-11-14) (age 59), in Denver, Colorado) is an award winning American writer, director, and producer, with his own self named production company.

He also 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).

[edit] Credits

Film

• Voyager from the Unknown (1982) Director
• Heart Condition (1990) Writer, and Director
• Rag and Bone (1997) Writer, Director, and Executive Producer
• Good (1998) Director

Television

• The Invisible Man (1975–1976) Writer
• The Six Million Dollar Man (1975) Writer
• Gemini Man (1976) Writer
• The Bionic Woman (1976–1978) Writer, and Producer
• The American Girls (1978) Writer, and Director
• The Incredible Hulk (1977–1978) Writer, Director, Producer, and Supervising Producer
• The Legend of the Golden Gun (1979) Writer, and Supervising Producer
• From Here to Eternity (1980) Director
• Nick and the Dobermans (1980) Writer, and Producer
• Alex and the Doberman Gang (1980) Writer, and Supervising Producer
• The Seal (1981) Writer, and Executive Producer
• Fitz and Bones (1981) Co-executive Producer
• Voyagers! (1982–1983) Creator, Writer, and Executive Producer
• Hawaiian Heat (1984) Executive Producer
• Misfits of Science (1985–1986) Creator, Writer, and Director
• Island Sons (1987) Writer, and Executive Producer
• Nick Knight (1989) Creator, and Writer
• Elvis (1990) Executive Producer
• Forever Knight (1992–1996) Creator, and Writer
• Staying Afloat (1993) Executive Producer
• Bodyguards (1995 pilot) Writer, Director, and Executive Producer
• The Invaders (1995) Executive Producer
• Educating Matt Waters (1996) Creator, and Executive Producer
• Dark Skies (1996–1997) Writer, and Executive Producer
• Rag and Bone (1998 pilot) Writer, and Executive Producer
• Action (1999) Director
• Tucker (2001) Director
• Push, Nevada (2002) Writer, and Co-executive Producer
• MDs (2002) Show runner, and Executive Producer
• The American Embassy (2002) Creator, Writer, and Executive Producer
• The Partners (2003) Executive Producer
• Threat Matrix (2003) Writer, Executive Producer
• Grey's Anatomy (2005–2006) Writer, Executive Producer, and "Special Thanks"
• Ugly Betty (2006–2007) Writer and Executive Producer
• Defying Gravity (2009) Creator

[edit] External links

• James D. Parriott at the Internet Movie Database
• James D. Parriott at FilmReference.com

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