David W. Rintels Biography (1939-)

Born in 1939, in Boston, MA; son of Jonathan (a lawyer) and Ruth (maiden name, Wyzanski) Rintels.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Writer, producer
Birth Details: 1939; Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Work
Associate Producer; Series
The Invaders, ABC, 1967-68
Producer; Miniseries
(Supervising producer with Eric Bercovici) Washington: Behind Closed Doors, ABC, 1977
World War II: When Lions Roared (also known as Then There WereGiants and World War II ... Then There Were Giants), NBC, 1994
Andersonville, TNT, 1996
Executive Producer; Movies
All the Way Home, 1981
Producer; Movies
Gideon's Trumpet, CBS, 1980
Choices of the Heart (also known as In December the Roses WillBloom Again and Roses), NBC, 1983
Day One, CBS, 1989
The Last Best Year (also known as The Last Best Year of My Life), ABC, 1990
Member of the Wedding, USA Network, 1997
Producer; Specials
"The Execution of Raymond Graham," ABC Theatre, ABC, 1985
WRITINGS
Stage Plays

Clarence Darrow (based on Clarence Darrow for the Defense,a novel by Irving Stone), Helen Hayes Theatre, New York City, 1974, then Minskoff Theatre, New York City, 1975, published by Doubleday (New York City), 1975
Screenplays
(With Gerald Wilson) Scorpio (based on a story by Rintels), UnitedArtists, 1973
Not without My Daughter (based on the novel by Betty Mahmoody andWilliam Hoffer), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Pathe, 1991
Teleplays
Miniseries
(With Eric Bercovici) Washington: Behind Closed Doors (based on the novel The Company, by John Ehrlichman), ABC, 1977
(As David Rintels) World War II: When Lions Roared (also known asThen There Were Giants and World War II ... Then There Were Giants), NBC, 1994
Andersonville, TNT, 1996, published by Harvest Moon, 2000
Nuremberg (based on the book by Joseph E. Persico), TNT, 2000
Movies
IBM Presents Clarence Darrow, NBC, 1974
Fear on Trial (based on an autobiography by John Henry Faulk), CBS, 1975
The Supreme Court and Civil Liberties, 1976
Gideon's Trumpet (based on a book by Anthony Lewis), CBS, 1980
All the Way Home, 1981
Sakharov, HBO, 1984, published by Harvest Moon, 2000
Day One, CBS, 1989
The Last Best Year (also known as The Last Best Year of My Life; based on a story by Rintels), ABC, 1990, published by Harvest Moon, 2000
Member of the Wedding, USA Network, 1997
Also wrote Mister Roberts and The Oldest Living Graduate.
Episodic
(As David Rintels) The Defenders, between 1961 and 1965
"The Trial," The Invaders, ABC, 1967
"The Peacemaker," The Invaders, ABC, 1968
"A Continual Roar of Musketry: Parts 1 & 2," The Senator (alsoknown as The Bold Ones: The Senator), NBC, 1970
Also wrote episodes of Slattery's People, CBS; and The Young Lawyers, ABC.
Pilots
The Cliff Dwellers (broadcast as a segment of Preview Tonight), ABC, 1966

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