John Wells Biography (1956-)

Full name, John Marcum Wells; born May 28, 1956, in Alexandria, VA; son of Llewellyn Wallace, Jr. (a minister) and Marjorie Elizabeth (maiden name, Risberg) Wells; brother of Llewellyn Wells (a producer); married Belinda Casas, December 30, 1978 (divorced); married; wife's name, Marilyn; children: two. Addresses: Office: John Wells Productions, 4000 Warner Blvd., Building 1,First Floor, Burbank, CA 91522.; Agent: Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Producer, director, writer
Birth Details: May 28, 1956; Alexandria, Virginia, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Work
Creator; Series
Angel Street, CBS, 1992
Third Watch, NBC, 1999-
Presidio Med, CBS, 2002-
Executive Producer; Series
(With others) China Beach, ABC, 1988-1991
Angel Street, CBS, 1992
(With others) ER (also known as Emergency Room), NBC, 1994-
Trinity, NBC, 1998
Third Watch, NBC, 1999-
The West Wing, NBC, 1999-
Citizen Baines, CBS, 2001
Presidio Med, CBS, 2002-
Executive Producer; Movies
(With others) The Nightman (also known as The Watchman), NBC, 1992
The Big Time, TNT, 2002
Director; Episodic
"The Healers," ER (also known as Emergency Room), NBC, 1996
"Faith," ER (also known as Emergency Room), NBC, 1997
"Carter's Choice," ER (also known as Emergency Room), NBC,1998
(With Christopher Chulak) "The Storm: Parts 1 & 2," ER (also known as Emergency Room), NBC, 1999
"Such Sweet Sorrow," ER (also known as Emergency Room), NBC, 2000
"A Walk in the Woods," ER (also known as Emergency Room), NBC, 2001
"On the Beach," ER (also known as Emergency Room), NBC, 2002
Also directed episodes of China Beach, ABC, and Third Watch, NBC.
Executive Producer; Pilots
Angel Street, 1992
ER (also known as Emergency Room), NBC, 1994
Mystery Dance, ABC, 1995
(And creator) The Adversaries, NBC, 1998
Other
(Executive story editor) Just in Time (miniseries), ABC, 1988
(Executive consultant) Driving Miss Daisy (pilot), CBS, 1992
Television Appearances
Episodic
Intimate Portrait: Holly Hunter, Lifetime, 2000
Film Work
Executive Producer
(With others) The Peacemaker, DreamWorks, 1997
Far from Heaven, USA Films, 2002

The Grey Zone, Lions Gate Films, 2002
One Hour Photo, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2002
Party Monster, ContentFilm, 2003
Producer
(With others) Nice Girls Don't Explode, New World, 1987
The Good Thief, Fox Searchlight, 2002
White Oleander, Warner Bros., 2002
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, DreamWorks, 2003
Stage Work
Producer of Balm in Gilead, Battery, Femme Fatale, Ground Zero, Judgement, She Also Dances, Steaming,and Tanzi.
WRITINGS
Teleplays
Episodic
Shell Game, CBS, 1987
"Hello-Goodbye," China Beach, ABC, 1991
Angel Street, CBS, 1992
"Chicago Heat," ER (also known as Emergency Room), NBC, 1994
"Day One," ER (also known as Emergency Room), NBC, 1994
"The Birthday Party," ER (also known as Emergency Room), NBC, 1995
"Everything Old Is New Again," ER (also known as Emergency Room), NBC, 1995
"Feb. 5, '95," ER (also known as Emergency Room), NBC, 1995
"Welcome Back, Carter!," ER (also known as Emergency Room),NBC, 1995
"Dead of Winter," ER (also known as Emergency Room), NBC, 1996
"Dr. Carter, I Presume," ER (also known as Emergency Room),NBC, 1996
"The Healers," ER (also known as Emergency Room), NBC, 1996
"John Carter, M.D.," ER (also known as Emergency Room), NBC, 1996
"Faith," ER (also known as Emergency Room), NBC, 1997
"Fathers and Sons," ER (also known as Emergency Room), NBC,1997
"One More for the Road," ER (also known as Emergency Room),NBC, 1997
"Carter's Choice," ER (also known as Emergency Room), NBC,1998
"In a Yellow Wood," Trinity, NBC, 1998
"The Peace of Wild Things," ER (also known as Emergency Room), NBC, 1999
"The Storm: Parts 1 & 2," ER (also known as Emergency Room), NBC, 1999
"Sunny, Like Sunshine," Third Watch, NBC, 1999
(With Edward Allen Bernero) "Welcome to Camelot," Third Watch, NBC, 1999
"Spring Forward, Fall Back," Third Watch, NBC, 2000
"Such Sweet Sorrow," ER (also known as Emergency Room), NBC, 2000
"This Band of Brothers," Third Watch, NBC, 2000
"The Visit" (also known as "I Loved You, God, How I Loved You"), ER (also known as Emergency Room), NBC, 2000
"Young Men and Fire," Third Watch, NBC, 2000
"Adam 55-3," Third Watch, NBC, 2001
"September Tenth," Third Watch, NBC, 2001
"Three Days in November," Citizen Baines, CBS, 2001
"A Walk in the Woods," ER (also known as Emergency Room), NBC, 2001
"Do No Harm," Presidio Med, CBS, 2002
"On the Beach," ER (also known as Emergency Room), NBC, 2002
"Secrets and Lies," ER (also known as Emergency Room), NBC,2002
"Two Hundred and Thirty-Three Days," Third Watch, NBC, 2002
Movies
The Nightman (also known as The Watchman), NBC, 1992
Pilots
Roughhouse, CBS, 1988
Mystery Dance, ABC, 1995
Third Watch, NBC, 1999
Stories for Series
Third Watch, NBC, 1999-
Presidio Med, CBS, 2002-
Screenplays
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story, Paulist Pictures, 1996
Deep Impact, DreamWorks, 1998
Stage Plays
Author of Balm in Gilead, Battery, Femme Fatale, Ground Zero, Judgement, She Also Dances, Steaming, and Tanzi.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Entertainment Weekly, December 29, 1995, pp. 36-37
Life, October, 1995, pp. 24-26
Variety, June 25, 2001, p. 4

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