Wolf, Dick 1946- (Richard Wolf, Richard A. Wolf)

PERSONAL

Full name, Richard A. Wolf; born December 20, 1946, in New York, NY; son of George (an advertising executive) and Marie G. (a homemaker; maiden name, Gaffney) Wolf; married Susan Scranton, September 5, 1970 (divorced, 1981); married Christine Marburg, June 29, 1983 (divorced, 2005); married Noelle Lippman, June 17, 2006; children: (second marriage) Olivia Iselin, Sarina Granger, Elliot Granger. Education: University of Pennsylvania, B.A., 1969.

Addresses:

Office—Wolf Films, Inc., 100 Universal City Plaza, Bldg. 2252, Universal City, CA 91608. Agent—United Talent Agency, 9560 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500, Beverly Hills, CA 90212. Publicist—Lippin Group, 6100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 400, Los Angeles, CA 90048.

Career:

Producer and writer. Worked in advertising as the creator of more than one hundred commercials, 1969-76; Wolf Films, Inc., founder, 1988, president and executive producer, 1988—. Monte Carlo Television Festival, Monte Carlo, Monaco, president of award jury, beginning in 1999.

Member:

National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Writers Guild of America West.

Awards, Honors:

Clio Awards for advertising excellence, Clio Enterprises, 1971, 1973, and 1975; Gold Medals, best print advertisement and best advertising campaign, Advertising Club of New York, 1974; Writers Guild of America Award and Emmy Award nomination, outstanding writing for a single episode of a drama series, 1986, both for "What Are Friends For?," Hill Street Blues; Edgar Allan Poe Award nomination, best motion picture, Mystery Writers of America, 1989, for Masquerade; Emmy Award nominations (with others), outstanding drama series, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, Emmy Award (with others), outstanding drama series, 1997, and Golden Laurel Award, television producer of the year (episodic), Producers Guild of America, 1997, all for Law & Order; Governor's Award, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, New York chapter, 1995; Prism Commendation, Prism Awards, Entertainment Industries Council, c. 1997, for New York Undercover; Achievement Award, Caucus for Producers, Writers, and Directors, 1997; Distinguished Entertainment Industry Award, Anti-Defamation League, 1997; Larry Stewart Leadership and Inspiration Award, Prism Awards, Entertainment Industries Council, 1997; International Monitor Award (with others), best achievement in a film-originated television series, 1999, for "Agony" episode of Law & Order; named honorary consul, Principality of Monaco, 1999; Golden Laurel Award nomination (with others), television producer of the year (episodic), 2000, for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit; Career Achievement Award nomination, Television Critics Association, 2000; Award of Excellence, Banff Television Festival, 2000; Creative Achievement Award, National Association of Television Program Executives, 2002; Special Edgar Allan Poe Award, 2003; Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award, 2005; Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, 2007; Emmy Award (with others), outstanding made for television movie, 2007, Television Producer of the Year Award in Longform, Producers Guild of America, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award, best picture made for television, 2008, all for Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee; Lifetime Achievement Award in Television, Producers Guild of America, 2008; George Foster Peabody Broadcasting Award, Henry W. Grady School of Journalism, University of Georgia; Crystal Apple Award, New York City Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre, and Broadcasting.

CREDITS

Film Work:

(As Richard A. Wolf) Producer, Skateboard (also known as Skateboard: The Movie), Universal, 1978.

(As Richard Wolf) Producer, Gas, Paramount, 1981.

(With Joseph Stern) Producer, No Man's Land, Orion, 1986.

Producer, Presented By, Orion, 1986.

Executive producer, Dying for Love, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1987.

Executive producer, Masquerade, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1988.

Producer, The Last Plane from Coramaya, 1989.

Producer, Twin Towers (short), 2003.

Film Appearances:

Sedgewick, Masquerade, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1988.

Himself, "Law & Order: The Beginning (documentary short; also known as The Creation of "Law & Order" with Dick Wolf), Universal Studios Home Video, 2002.

Himself, SVU: The Beginning (short), Universal Studios Home Video, 2003.

Himself, Criminal Intent: The Beginning (short), Universal Studios Home Video, 2003.

Television Work; Series:

Executive script consultant, Hill Street Blues, NBC, c. 1985-86.

Executive producer, showrunner, and story editor, Miami Vice, NBC, 1989.

Creator and executive producer, Christine Cromwell, ABC, 1989-90.

Creator and executive producer, H.E.L.P. (also known as 911), ABC, 1990.

Creator and executive producer, Nasty Boys, NBC, 1990.

Creator and executive producer, Law & Order, NBC, 1990—.

Creator and executive producer, Mann & Machine, NBC, 1992.

Executive producer, The Human Factor, CBS, 1992.

Creator and executive producer, Crime & Punishment, CBS, 1993.

Creator and executive producer, South Beach, NBC, 1993.

Creator and executive producer, New York Undercover (also known as Uptown Undercover), Fox, 1994-98.

Creator and executive producer, The Wright Verdicts, CBS, 1995.

Creator and executive producer, Swift Justice, UPN, 1996.

Creator and executive producer, Feds, CBS, 1997.

Creator and executive producer, Players, NBC, 1997-98.

Creator and executive producer, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order: SVU), NBC, 1999—.

(With John August) Creator and executive producer, D.C., The WB, 2000.

Creator and executive producer, Deadline, NBC, 2000-2001.

Creator and executive producer, Arrest & Trial, syndicated, 2000.

Executive producer, Trial & Error, NBC, 2001.

Creator and executive producer, Law & Order: Criminal Intent (also known as Law & Order: CI), NBC, 2001-2007.

Creator, Crime & Punishment (also known as Law & Order: Crime & Punishment), 2002.

Creator and executive producer, Dragnet (also known as L.A. Dragnet), ABC, 2003-2004.

Executive producer, Law & Order: Trial by Jury, NBC, 2005-2006.

Creator and executive producer, Conviction, NBC, 2006.

Creator and artistic advisor, Paris enquetes criminelles (also known as Paris Criminal Inquiries), 2007.

Television Work; Movies:

Executive producer and creator, Kill or Be Killed (also known as Nasty Boys II: Lone Justice), NBC, 1990.

Executive producer and character creator, Exiled (also known as Exiled: A Law & Order Movie), NBC, 1998.

Executive producer, The Invisible Man, 1998.

Executive producer, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, HBO, 2007.

Television Work; Pilots:

Executive producer, Nasty Boys, NBC, 1989.

Executive producer, Johnny Dynamite, 2008.

Television Work; Episodic:

Executive producer, "Sleep Well, Professor Oliver," Gideon Oliver (also known as By the Rivers of Babylon), ABC, 1989.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Today at Night, NBC, 1994.

Intimate Portrait: Jaclyn Smith, Lifetime, 1998.

NY TV: By the People Who Made It—Parts I & II, PBS, 1998.

Miami Vice: The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television, 2001.

TV's Most Censored Moments, Trio and USA Network, 2002.

Inside TV Land: Cops on Camera, TV Land, 2002.

TV Land Moguls, TV Land, 2004.

Forbes Celebrity 100: Who Made Bank?, E! Entertainment Television, 2006.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

"The Cast of ‘Law & Order,’" Inside the Actors Studio, Bravo, 2006.

Tavis Smiley, PBS, 2007.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

(As Richard A. Wolf; story only) Skateboard (also known as Skateboard: The Movie), Universal, 1978.

(As Richard Wolf) Gas, Paramount, 1981.

(With Jack Behr and Sandy Kroopf) No Man's Land, Orion, 1986.

Dying for Love, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1987.

Masquerade, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1988.

(With Darryl Ponicsan) School Ties, Paramount, 1992.

Television Episodes:

Hill Street Blues, NBC, 1985-86.

Miami Vice, NBC, 1986-88.

Blue Lightning, 1987.

"Sleep Well, Professor Oliver," Gideon Oliver (also known as By the Rivers of Babylon), ABC, 1989.

"Things That Go Bump in the Night," an episode of "Christine Cromwell," The ABC Saturday Mystery Movie, ABC, 1989.

H.E.L.P. (also known as 911), ABC, 1990.

Nasty Boys, NBC, 1990.

Law & Order, NBC, 1990.

Mann & Machine, NBC, 1992.

Crime & Punishment, CBS, 1993.

New York Undercover (also known as Uptown Undercover), 1995-98.

Swift Justice, UPN, 1996.

Players, 1997.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order: SVU), NBC, 1999.

Deadline, NBC, 2000.

Arrest & Trial, syndicated, 2000.

Law & Order: Criminal Intent, NBC, 2001.

Crime & Punishment (also known as Law & Order: Crime & Punishment), NBC, 2002.

"The Abominable Showman," Law & Order: Trial by Jury, NBC, 2005.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Contemporary Authors, Volume 139, Gale, 1993.

Periodicals:

Broadcasting & Cable, January 8, 2007, p. 5.

Fortune, March 21, 2005, p. 186.

Newsweek, February 20, 2006, p. 64.

Variety, January 24, 2005, p. A11.