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Douglas Schwartz is an American television screenwriter and series creator who, along with Michael Berk, worked as a writer on the television series Manimal, and multiple made for television movies. He is most famous for creating co-producing, and writing The Wizard, as well as creating and writing the earlier scripts of Baywatch, a series which exceeded a global audience of 1 billion people. He also developed Sheena, based on the comic book of the same name.
Douglas Schwartz is a nephew of Sherwood Schwartz, who created the TV show Gilligan's Island.
Screenwriting credits
Television
- Manimal (1983)
- The Wizard (1986-1987)
- Baywatch (1989-1992)
- Thunder in Paradise (1994)
- Sheena (2000)
Film
- The Peace Killings (1971)
- Your Three Minutes Are Up
- Goldie and the Boxer (1979)
- The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel (1979)
- The Last Song (1980)
- The Wild and the Free (1980)
- The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd (1980)
- The Haunting Passion (1983)
- Crime of Innocence (1985)
- Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier (1989)
- Assault on Devil's Island (1997)
- Steel Chariots (1997)
- Assault on Death Mountain (1999)
- Cabin Pressure (2002)
- Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding (2003)
- Soul Surfer (2011)
Co-creator
- The Wizard (1986-1987)
- Baywatch (1989-2001)
- Thunder in Paradise (1994)
- Baywatch Nights (1995-1997)
- Sheena (2000-2002)
Producer
Television
- Manimal (1983)
- The Wizard (1986-1987)
- Baywatch (1989-1999)
- Thunder in Paradise (1994)
- Baywatch Nights (1995)
- Higher Ground (2000)
- Sheena (2000-2001)
Film
- The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd (1980)
- The Wild and the Free (1980)
- The Haunting Passion (1983)
- Crime of Innocence (1985)
- Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier (1989)
- Steel Chariots (1997)
- Assault on Devil’s Island (1997)
- Shadow Warriors II: Hunt for the Death Merchant (1999)
- Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding (2003)
- Soul Surfer (2011)
- Baywatch (2017)
References
- "How a 15-Year-Old Leonardo DiCaprio Almost Ended Up on 'Baywatch,' and 6 Other Show Secrets". The Hollywood Reporter. July 2016. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
- Observer, Culver City. "Baywatch Is Coming Back". Culver City Observer. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
- "Sherwood Schwartz Obituary". The Times-Picayune. 2011-07-12. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
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