David Zabel
David Zabel | |
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| Born | David Breitel Zabel New York City,New York,U.S. |
| Alma mater | Princeton University(BA) New York University(MFA) |
| Occupation(s) | Television producer,writer |
David Breitel Zabelis an American television producer and writer. He has worked extensively onER,becoming an executive producer and the series'showrunner.He has won aHumanitas Prizefor his writing forER.He was also the showrunner/executive producer of the PBS seriesMercy Street.
Early life
[edit]Zabel was raised in New York City. He attended Princeton University andNew York University'sGraduate Acting Programat theTisch School of the Arts.[1]
Career
[edit]Zabel began his scriptwriting career with episodes forJAGandStar Trek: Voyager.He then became the story editor for the first season ofDark Angelin 2000 while continuing to write teleplays. In 2001, Zabel joined the crew ofERas an executive story editor and was promoted to co-executive producer later that season.[2]He was made executive producer partway through the tenth season and took on the role of showrunner for the eleventh season.[2]As a credited writer, Zabel contributed to over 45 scripts forER.
Zabel andR. Scott Gemmillwere awarded theHumanitas Prizein the 60 minutes category in 2007 for their script for the season 12 episode "There Are No Angels Here",which followed doctors from the Chicago-set series performing aid work in a refugee camp in Darfur. Humanitas stated that the prize was awarded for the episode's" unflinching look at the brutality inherent in civil wars and its belief that heroism is complex, complicated and multi-layered. "[3]
Zabel led the show through the2007 Writers Guild of America Strikeand picketed along with the rest of the writing team. Thirteen episodes were written prior to the strike, and new episodes were written once the strike was resolved, so Zabel was able to deliver a shortened 19 episode season.[4]
Zabel was the showrunner/executive producer of "ER" through the end of its run, after 15 seasons, in 2009. He was nominated for a second Humanitas Prize for writing the episode "Heal Thyself," which he also directed. He was the showrunner ofDetroit 1-8-7in 2010-2011, for which he also wrote and directed numerous episodes.
In 2013, he had two pilots that he wrote and produced go to series on ABC -Lucky 7(co-written with Jason Richman) andBetrayal.He served as executive producer and showrunner on both shows.
In 2016, the first season of his PBS seriesMercy Streetaired. The second season was released on January 22, 2017, being cancelled on March 9 of that year.
In 2022, Zabel replacedAngela Kangas showrunner ofThe Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon,a spin-off series inThe Walking Dead franchise.Zabel wrote or co-wrote three episodes in its first season.[5]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 1998–1999 | JAG | 2 episodes |
| 1999 | Star Trek: Voyager | "Pathfinder" |
| 2000–2001 | Dark Angel | 5 episodes |
| 2001–2009 | ER | Executive producer 150 episodes; writer 44 episodes |
| 2008 | Keith | Feature film |
| 2010–2011 | Detroit 1-8-7 | Executive producer; writer 6 episodes |
| 2013–2014 | Betrayal | Executive producer; writer 13 episodes |
| 2013–2014 | Lucky 7 | Executive producer; writer 6 episodes |
| 2014 | Red Band Society | 1 episode |
| 2015 | The Adversaries | Television movie |
| 2016–2017 | Mercy Street | 12 episodes |
| 2019 | Stumptown | Executive producer |
| 2023–present | The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon | Showrunner; writer 6 episodes |
References
[edit]- ^"NYU Graduate Acting Alumni".2011. Archived fromthe originalon 2013-05-16.Retrieved2011-12-08.
- ^ab"Biographies - Executive Producer David Zabel".NBC. 2007. Archived fromthe originalon 2008-05-09.Retrieved2008-05-12.
- ^"33rd Humanitas Prize Winners Announced"(PDF).Humanitas. 2007.Retrieved2008-05-12.[dead link]
- ^Fred Topel (2007)."David Zabel on Writers Strike".CanMag. Archived from the original on 2008-03-17.Retrieved2008-05-12.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^Rosy Cordero, Dominic Patten (April 29, 2022)."Norman Reedus 'Walking Dead' Spinoff Adds David Zabel As New Showrunner; Angela Kang To Remain As EP".Deadline.RetrievedMay 1,2022.
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