Lance Gentile

Lance Gentileis an American doctor, and television technical advisor, writer and producer.

Career

Gentile graduated with a BA degree in psychology from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. He was a medical student at New York Medical College and completed his residency in theemergency departmentat Maine Medical Center in Portland. He later moved to Los Angeles, and practiced emergency medicine at several community hospitals, including the San Dimas Community Hospital and the Santa Monica Hospital Medical Center. In 1986, Gentile entered the MFA program at USC Film School. He wrote and directedSTAT,an autobiographical film about his life in a hospital emergency department. The film received many awards, including the Cine Colden Eagle and Nissan Focus Awards for best documentary. He graduated in 1990 and went on to direct music videos and documentaries before working in television.

Gentile began working in television as a technical advisor because of his experience as a medical professional. He wrote, co-produced and served as the technical advisor for a television movie calledState of Emergency.Gentile was nominated for aHumanitas Prizein 1994 for his work onState of Emergency.This led to technical advisor positions on another television movie namedDonorand on Wes Craven's filmNew Nightmare.

Gentile was technical advisor for the pilot episode ofERand had a cameo in the episode. He became technical advisor for the first season of and wrote several episodes. He was made medical consultant before the end of the season. Gentile's episode "Love's Labor Lost"won him anEmmy AwardforOutstanding Writing for a Drama Seriesat the1995 ceremony.Gentile also won aWriters Guild of America Awardfor his work on the episode.

Gentile became astory editorfor the second season ofERand continued to write episodes and serve as medical consultant. He was promoted to executive story editor mid-season. Gentile made his television directing debut with a second-season episode ofER.Gentile became a co-producer on the third season and retained his writing and medical consultant responsibilities. The third season ofERwas nominated for anEmmy AwardforOutstanding Drama Seriesat the1997 awards.The producers shared the nomination for their work on the season. Gentile was promoted to producer for the fourth season and continued to write and direct episodes and serve as the season's medical consultant. The season was again nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series at the1998 awardsand Gentile shared the nomination for a second time.

Gentile left the crew ofERfollowing the fourth season and became a supervising producer and writer on the first season ofProvidence.Gentile also worked as a consulting producer and writer for the first and second seasons ofThird Watch.He was a producer for the short-lived medical dramaDr. Vegasand wrote two episodes for that series.

Gentile served as a medical technical advisor for the pilot ofHouse M.D.and has recently completed writing and executive producing a television movie entitledAustin Golden Hour.

Filmography

Writer

Year	Show	Episode	Notes
1994	State of Emergency	N/A	Television movie
	ER	"Another Perfect Day"	Story -season 1,episode 7
		"Blizzard"	Season 1, episode 10
1995		"Love's Labor Lost"	Season 1, episode 19
1996		"True Lies"	Season 2,episode 12
1996		"Fear of Flying"	Season 3,episode 6
1997		"Tribes"	Season 3, episode 17
1997		"Obstruction of Justice"	Season 4,episode 9
1999	Providence	"Sisters"	Season 1, episode 4
	Providence	"Taste of Providence"	Season 1, episode 9
	Third Watch	"Impulse"	Season 1, episode 7
2000		"Men"	Season 1, episode 18
		"Jimmy's Mountain"	Season 2, episode 4
		"History"	Season 2, episode 10
2004	Dr. Vegas	"Limits"	Season 1, episode 5
2005	Dr. Vegas	"Babe in the Woods"	Season 1, episode 9
2008	Austin Golden Hour	N/A	Television movie

Technical advisor

Year	Production	Season	Notes
1990	Donor	Television movie	Technical advisor
1994	State of Emergency	Television movie	Technical advisor
1994	New Nightmare	Film	Medical technical advisor
1994	ER	Season 1	Technical advisor
1995		Season 1	Medical Consultant
1995		Season 2
1996		Season 2
1996		Season 3
1997		Season 3
1997		Season 4
1998		Season 4
2003	Something's Gotta Give	Film	Technical Advisor
2004	House M.D.	Season 1, episode 1	Medical technical advisor

Director

Year	Show	Episode	Notes
1996	ER	"A Shift in the Night"	season 2,episode 18
1998	ER	"Shades of Gray"	season 4,episode 19

References

External links

Lance GentileatIMDb

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1950s	Reginald RoseforTwelve Angry Men(1955)
1960s	Rod SerlingforThe Twilight Zone(1960) Rod SerlingforThe Twilight Zone(1961) Reginald RoseforThe Defenders(1962) Robert Thom &Reginald Rosefor "The Madman" (1963) Ernest Kinoyfor "Blacklist" /Rod Serlingfor "It's Mental Work" (1964) David Karpfor "The 700 Year Old Gang" (1965) Millard Lampellfor "Eagle in a Cage" (1966) Bruce Gellerfor "Mission: Impossible" (1967) Loring Mandelfor "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" (1968) JP Millerfor "The People Next Door" (1969)
1970s	Richard Levinson&William Linkfor "My Sweet Charlie"(1970) Joel Oliansky for "To Taste of Death But Once" (1971) Richard Levinson&William Linkfor "Death Lends a Hand" (1972) John McGreeveyfor "The Scholar" (1973) Joanna Leefor "The Thanksgiving Story" (1974) Howard Fastfor "Benjamin Franklin: The Ambassador" (1975) Sherman Yellenfor "John Adams: Lawyer" (1976) William Blinn&Ernest Kinoyfor "Show #2" (1977) Gerald Greenfor "Holocaust"(1978) Michele Gallery for "Dying" (1979)
1980s	Seth Freeman for "Cop" (1980) Michael Kozoll&Steven Bochcofor "Hill Street Station"(1981) Steven Bochco& Michael Kozoll &Jeff Lewis&Michael Wagner&Anthony Yerkovichfor "Freedom's Last Stand" (1982) David Milchfor "Trial by Fury" (1983) John Ford Noonan,John Masius&Tom Fontanafor "The Women" (1984) Patricia Greenfor "Who Said It's Fair, Part 2" (1985) Tom Fontana,John Masius&Joe Tinkerfor "Time Heals, Parts I & II" (1986) Steven Bochco&Terry Louise Fisherfor "The Venus Butterfly" (1987) Paul Haggis&Marshall Herskovitzfor "Business as Usual" (1988) Joseph Doughertyfor "First Day/Last Day" (1989)
1990s	David E. Kelleyfor "Blood, Sweat, and Fears" (1990) David E. Kelleyfor "On the Toad Again" (1991) Diane Frolov&Andrew Schneiderfor "Seoul Mates" (1992) Tom Fontanafor "Three Men and Adena"(1993) Ann Bidermanfor "Steroid Roy" (1994) Lance A. Gentilefor "Love's Labor Lost"(1995) Darin Morganfor "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose"(1996) David Milch,Stephen GaghanandMichael R. Perryfor "Where's Swaldo?" (1997) David Milch,Nicholas WoottonandBill Clarkfor "Lost Israel: Part II" (1998) James Manos Jr.andDavid Chasefor "College"(1999)
2000s	Rick Cleveland&Aaron Sorkinfor "In Excelsis Deo"(2000) Mitchell Burgess&Robin Greenfor "Employee of the Month"(2001) Joel SurnowandRobert Cochranfor "12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m."(2002) Mitchell Burgess&David Chase&Robin Greenfor "Whitecaps"(2003) Terence Winterfor "Long Term Parking"(2004) David Shorefor "Three Stories"(2005) Terence Winterfor "Members Only"(2006) David Chasefor "Made in America"(2007) Matthew Weinerfor "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"(2008) Kater Gordon&Matthew Weinerfor "Meditations in an Emergency"(2009)
2010s	Erin Levy&Matthew Weinerfor "Shut the Door. Have a Seat."(2010) Jason Katimsfor "Always" (2011) Alex Gansa&Howard Gordon&Gideon Rafffor"Pilot" (Homeland)(2012) Henry Bromellfor "Q&A"(2013) Moira Walley-Beckettfor "Ozymandias"(2014) David Benioff&D. B. Weissfor "Mother's Mercy"(2015) David Benioff&D. B. Weissfor "Battle of the Bastards"(2016) Bruce Millerfor "Offred"(2017) Joel Fields andJoe Weisbergfor "START"(2018) Jesse Armstrongfor "Nobody Is Ever Missing"(2019)
2020s	Jesse Armstrongfor "This Is Not for Tears"(2020) Peter Morganfor "War" (2021) Jesse Armstrongfor "All the Bells Say"(2022) Jesse Armstrongfor "Connor's Wedding"(2023)