David Jacobs Biography (1939-)

Born August 12, 1939, in Baltimore, MD; son of Melvin and Ruth (maiden name,Levenson) Jacobs; married Diana Pietrocarli, February 12, 1977; children: Aaron Michael, Molly Sarah, Albyn Leah.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Producer, director, writer
Birth Details: August 12, 1939; Baltimore, Maryland

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Work
Series
Story editor, Family, ABC, 1977-1978
Creator and executive story consultant, Dallas, CBS, 1978
Producer and creator, Married: The First Year, CBS, 1979
(With Lee Rich and Michael Filerman) Executive producer and creator, Knots Landing, CBS, 1979-1983
(With Rich and Filerman) Executive producer and creator, Secrets of Midland Heights, CBS, 1980-1981
(With Filerman) Executive producer, Behind the Screen, CBS, 1981-1982
Producer and creator, Berrengers, NBC, 1985
Executive producer and creator, Paradise (also known as Guns ofParadise), CBS, 1988-1991
Executive producer, Homefront (also known as 1945), ABC, 1991
Executive producer, Bodies of Evidence, 1992
Producer, Four Corners, 1998
Television Executive Producer
Movies
(With Lee Rich) A Perfect Match, CBS, 1980
(With Malcolm Stuart) Dallas: The Early Years, CBS, 1986
Miniseries
(With Gary Adelson) Lace, ABC, 1984
Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac, 1997

Television Director
Episodic
Knots Landing, CBS, 1981-1983
Pilots
Paradise (also known as Guns of Paradise), CBS, 1988
WRITINGS
Television Episodes
The Blue Knight, CBS, 1976
Knots Landing, CBS, 1979-1983
Secrets of Midland Heights, CBS, 1980-1981
Behind the Screen, CBS, 1981-1982
Bodies of Evidence, 1992
Television Movies
Dallas: The Early Years, CBS, 1986
Television Pilots
Paradise (also known as Guns of Paradise), CBS, 1988
Nonfiction
with the Editors of Horizon Magazine:
Master Builders of the Middle Ages, American Heritage Publishing,1969
Constantinople: City on the Golden Horn, American Heritage Publishing, 1969
Beethoven, American Heritage Publishing, 1970
Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire, Cassell, 1971
Other
(With Anthony E. Neville) Bridges, Canals and Tunnels, American Heritage Publishing, 1968
Master Painters of the Renaissance, Viking, 1968
An American Conscience: Woodrow Wilson's Search for World Peace, Harper, 1973
Architecture, Newsweek Books, 1974
Chaplin, the Movies, and Charlie, Harper, 1975
Disney's America on Parade: A History of the U.S.A. in a Dazzling, Fun-Filled Pageant, Abrams, 1975
(With Sara Ann Friedman) Police!: A Precinct at Work, Harcourt, 1975

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