Berk, Michael

PERSONAL

Full name, Michael J. Berk; married Michele (a producer, writer, and actress; also known as Michelle Berk and Michelle Rogers), 1986.

Career: Producer, writer, and director. Worked as an executive consultant and creative consultant. World Entertainment, Ltd., founder (with David Hasselhoff), 1998; Players Network, Inc., member of the board of directors.

Member: Directors Guild of America, Writers Guild of America, West.

Awards, Honors: Edgar Allan Poe Award nomination (with Douglas Schwartz), best television feature or miniseries, Mystery Writers of America, 1981, for The Last Song.

CREDITS

Television Work; Series:

Producer, Manimal, NBC, 1983.

Creator, The Wizard, CBS, 1986–87.

Creator, executive producer, and executive consultant, Baywatch (also known as Baywatch Hawaii and Baywatch Hawai'i), NBC, 1989–90, syndicated, 1991–97.

Executive producer, Thunder in Paradise, syndicated, 1994–95.

Creator, executive producer, executive consultant, and creative consultant, Baywatch Nights (also known as Detectives on the Beach, Malibu Club, Mitch Buchannon, Baywatch—A remuelet ejszakai, Los vigilantes de la noche, and Un prive a Malibu), syndicated, 1995–97.

Executive producer, Hotlines, Spike TV, 2003–2004.

Television Work; Movies:

Executive producer, The Wild and the Free, CBS, 1980

Producer, The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd, CBS, 1980.

Executive producer,The Haunting Passion, NBC, 1983.

Coproducer, Crime of Innocence, CBS, 1985.

Executive producer, Assault on Devil's Island (also known as Attack on Devil's Island and Shadow Warriors), TNT, 1997.

Co–executive producer, Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding, Fox, 2003.

Television Work; Episodic:

Director and second unit director, Baywatch (also known as Baywatch Hawaii and Baywatch Hawai'i), syndicated, multiple episodes, 1993–97.

Executive producer, "Heal the Bay," California Dreams (also known as Dreams), NBC, 1995.

Television Work; Pilots:

Executive producer,Daytona Beach, ABC, 1996.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Himself, "Baywatch,"The E! True Hollywood Story (also known as Baywatch: The E! True Hollywood Story and THS), E! Entertainment Television, 2001.

Himself, "Carmen Electra," The E! True Hollywood Story (also known as Carmen Electra: The E! True Hollywood Story and THS), E! Entertainment Television, 2001.

Himself, "Pamela Anderson," The E! True Hollywood Story (also known as Pamela Anderson: The E! True Hollywood Story and THS), E! Entertainment Television, 2004.

Film Executive Producer:

Thunder in Paradise, Trimark Pictures, 1993, broadcast as the pilot for the television series Thunder in Paradise, syndicated, 1994.

Baywatch: Forbidden Paradise, Trimark Pictures, 1995.

Baywatch: White Thunder at Glacier Bay, Trimark Pictures, 1998, other editions also released.

Film Producer:

Tranced, Hypnovision Productions/Lotus Pictures/Sylver Enterprises, 2008.

WRITINGS

Teleplays; Movies:

(With Douglas Schwartz and Joe Fineman) The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel, CBS, 1979.

(With Schwartz) The Last Song, CBS, 1980.

(With Schwartz) The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd, CBS, 1980.

(With Schwartz; and story with Schwartz and Jack Couffer) The Wild and the Free, CBS, 1980.

(With Schwartz) The Haunting Passion, NBC, 1983.

(With Schwartz) Crime of Innocence, NBC, 1985.

(Author of story with Schwartz, Steven McKay, and Calvin Clements, Jr.) Assault on Devil's Island (also known as Attack on Devil's Island and Shadow Warriors), TNT, 1997.

(With Schwartz) Steel Chariots, Fox, 1997.

(Author of story with Schwartz) Shadow Warriors II: Hunt for the Death Merchant (also known as Assault on Death Mountain), TNT, 1998.

(And story with Schwartz) Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding, Fox, 2003.

Teleplays; Episodic:

"Female of the Species,"Manimal, NBC, 1983.

"High Stakes," Manimal, NBC, 1983.

"Scrimshaw," Manimal, NBC, 1983.

The Wizard, CBS, multiple episodes, 1986–87.

Baywatch (also known as Baywatch Hawaii and Bay-watch Hawai'i), multiple episodes, NBC, 1989–90, syndicated, 1991–97.

Thunder in Paradise, syndicated, multiple episodes, 1994.

"Bad Blades," Baywatch Nights (also known as Detectives on the Beach, Malibu Club, Mitch Buchannon, Baywatch—A remuelet ejszakai, Los vigilantes de la noche, and Un prive a Malibu), syndicated, 1995.

"Pursuit," Baywatch Nights (also known as Detectives on the Beach, Malibu Club, Mitch Buchannon, Baywatch—A remuelet ejszakai, Los vigilantes de la noche, and Un prive a Malibu), syndicated, 1995.

"Silent Witness," Baywatch Nights (also known as Detectives on the Beach, Malibu Club, Mitch Buchannon, Baywatch—A remuelet ejszakai, Los vigilantes de la noche, and Un prive a Malibu), syndicated, 1995.

"Herculaneum Uncovered," Secrets of the Dead, PBS, 2004.

"Battle for the Bible," Secrets of the Dead, PBS, 2007.

Teleplays; Pilots:

(With Douglas Schwartz; and story with Schwartz and Gregory J. Bonann) "Panic at Malibu Pier," Bay-watch (also known as Baywatch Hawaii, Baywatch Hawai'i, and Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier), NBC, 1989.

(And story with Schwartz) "Thunder in Paradise," Thunder in Paradise, syndicated, 1994, originally released as a feature film, Thunder in Paradise, Tri-mark Pictures, 1993.

(With Schwartz) Daytona Beach, ABC, 1996.

Screenplays:

The Peace Killers (also known as The Peacekillers), Transvue Pictures, 1971.

(And story with Douglas Schwartz; also lyricist for song "Kissed by a Hurricane") Thunder in Paradise, Tri-mark Pictures, 1993.

(With others) Baywatch: White Thunder at Glacier Bay, Trimark Pictures, 1998, other editions also released.