Schwartz, Douglas

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Schwartz, Douglas

(Douglas M. Schwartz, Douglas N. Schwartz)

PERSONAL

Nephew of Sherwood Schwartz (a producer and writer); cousin of Lloyd J. Schwartz (a producer, writer, and actor).

Addresses: Office—Baywatch Production Company (also known as Baywatch Productions), 5433 Beethoven St., Los Angeles, CA 90066.

Career: Producer, director, and writer. Affiliated with the Baywatch Production Company (also known as Baywatch Productions), Los Angeles, CA. StereoVision Entertainment, Inc. (multimedia company), Van Nuys, CA, chairman, 2004–05, chief creative officer, beginning 2005.

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

CREDITS

Television Executive Producer; Series:

The Wizard, CBS, 1986–87.

Baywatch (also known as Baywatch Hawaii and Baywatch Hawai'i), NBC, 1989 90, syndicated, 1991–99.

Thunder in Paradise, syndicated, 1994–95.

Baywatch Nights (also known as Detectives on the Beach), syndicated, 1995–97.

Higher Ground (also known as Cliffhangers), Fox Family Channel, 2000.

Sheena, syndicated, 2000–2002.

Television Creator; Series:

The Wizard, CBS, 1986–87.

Baywatch Nights (also known as Detectives on the Beach), syndicated, 1995–97.

Sheena, syndicated, 2000–2002.

Television Consultant; Series:

Executive consultant, Baywatch (also known as Baywatch Hawaii and Baywatch Hawai'i), NBC, 1989–90, syndicated, 1991–99.

Creative consultant, Baywatch Nights (also known as Detectives on the Beach), syndicated, 1995–97.

Television Director; Episodic:

"Old Friends," Baywatch (also known as Baywatch Hawaii and Baywatch Hawai'i), NBC, 1990.

Baywatch (also known as Baywatch Hawaii and Baywatch Hawai'i), syndicated, episodes c. 1991–99, episodes later released on video.

Thunder in Paradise, syndicated, episodes c. 1994–95.

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

"For Love or Money," Wildfire, ABC Family Channel, 2006.

Also a second unit director for Baywatch (also known as Baywatch Hawaii and Baywatch Hawai'i), NBC and syndicated.

Television Director; Movies:

Baywatch: River of No Return, syndicated, 1992.

Second unit director, Assault on Devil's Island (also known as Shadow Warriors), TNT, 1997.

Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding, Fox, 2003.

Television Executive Producer; Movies:

(As Douglas N. Schwartz) The Wild and the Free, CBS, 1980.

(As Douglas N. Schwartz) The Haunting Passion, NBC, 1983.

Baywatch: River of No Return, syndicated, 1992.

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

Steel Chariots, Fox, 1997.

Cabin Pressure (also known as Hijack'd), PAX TV, 2001.

(With others) Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding, Fox, 2003.

Television Producer; Movies:

The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd, CBS, 1980.

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

Shadow Warriors II: Hunt for the Death Merchant (also known as Assault on Death Mountain), TNT, 1999.

Television Executive Producer; Pilots:

"Panic at Malibu Pier," Baywatch (also known as Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier), NBC, 1989.

Thunder in Paradise, syndicated, 1994.

Daytona Beach, ABC, 1996.

Executive producer of other pilots, including Firestorm, USA Network; and of Hawaiian Tropic Undercover and Who Wants to Date a Hooters Girl?, both syndicated.

Television Director; Pilots:

Thunder in Paradise, syndicated, 1994.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

(Uncredited) Connor's father, "Short Sighted," Baywatch (also known as Baywatch Hawaii and Baywatch Hawai'i), syndicated, 1994.

Film Director:

The Peace Killers, Transvue Pictures, 1971.

(As Douglas M. Schwartz) Your Three Minutes Are Up, Cinerama, 1973.

Thunder in Paradise II (originally broadcast as the television episodes "Sealed with a Kismet: Parts 1 & 2," Thunder in Paradise, syndicated, 1994, Vidmark Entertainment, 1994.

Thunder in Paradise 3 (originally broadcast as the television episodes "Deadly Lessons: Parts 1 & 2," Thunder in Paradise, syndicated, 1994, Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment, 1995.