David W. Zucker

David W. Zucker is a television executive and executive producer, most famous for The Good Wife. He is currently Chief Creative Officer for Scott Free Productions. He is also the executive producer of such shows as of Noah Hawley’s forthcoming series-turn of Ridley Scott’s classic, Alien for FX; Steven Knight’s adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic, Great Expectations for FX/BBC, Eric Garcia’s inventive heist anthology series, Jigsaw for Netflix; HBO Max’s sci-fi epic, Raised By Wolves, currently shooting its 2nd season; the critically-acclaimed CBS All Access/Paramount+ drama, The Good Fight, which recently ordered for its 6th season; the investigative revenge series The Beast Must Die, starring Jared Harris, now airing on AMC & Britbox; and The Hot Zone: Anthrax, a second cycle of the highest-rated scripted series in National Geographic channel’s history to release this fall.

David W. Zucker
NationalityAmerican
OccupationTelevision executive
Executive producer
Notable work
The Good Wife

Career

Zucker worked as a story editor on the CBS television series Judging Amy, wrote pilot scripts for CBS and ABC, as well as various stage plays. he served as Vice President of Drama Series for CBS and Vice President of Drama Series and Current Programs at Warner Bros. Television.

During his tenure as President of Television, Scott Free Productions has produced a steady stream of highly acclaimed programs, including a stellar 4-season run of Amazon’s alt-history of Philip K. Dick’s The Man in the High Castle; Guy Pearce headlining A Christmas Carol for FX & BBC; two seasons of the AMC psychological horror series, The Terror; Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated, Peabody-winning drama, The Good Wife, which ran on CBS for seven seasons; the network series adaptation of Justin Cronin’s The Passage, for Fox network; the summer satire Braindead for CBS network; two seasons of the eponymous series adaptation of George Pendle’s book Strange Angel on CBS All-Access; Jean-Claude Van Damme’s action-comedy half-hour for Amazon, Jean-Claude Van Johnson; two seasons of the esteemed PBS Civil War medical drama, Mercy Street; Numb3rs, which ran for six successful seasons on CBS; and the acclaimed Emmy-nominated National Geographic channel series of Killing telefilms (which include Killing Reagan, Killing Kennedy and Killing Lincoln). Other notable long form programs include Klondike for Discovery Channel; the Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated The Pillars of the Earth for Starz, World Without End for Reelz, Emmy-nominated Into the Storm for HBO, The Andromeda Strain and Coma for A&E, Golden Globe-nominated The Company at TNT, and a feature-length digital series for Xbox/Microsoft, Halo: Nightfall. Scott Free also produced non-fiction programs including Crimes of the Century; I am Dying, directed by Dan Lindsay and TJ Martin for National Geographic, and the Emmy-winning longform documentary special Gettysburg for History Channel.

Credits

These are David W. Zucker's credits according to IMDB:[1]

Title Role Date
Jigsaw Executive producer TBA
The Passage[2]Executive producer2019
Perfect Citizen (pilot)[3]Executive producer2017
3001: The Final Odyssey[4]Executive producerUnknown
The Terror[5]Executive producer2018–present
Jean-Claude Van Johnson[6]Executive producer2017
The Good Fight[7] Executive producer 2017
Mercy Street[8]Executive producer2015–2017
The Man in the High CastleExecutive producer2015–2017
Killing ReaganExecutive producer2016
BrainDeadExecutive producer2016
Killing JesusExecutive producer2015
The Good WifeExecutive producer2009–2015
Halo: NightfallExecutive producer2014
KlondikeExecutive producer2014
The Vatican (pilot)Executive producer2014
Killing KennedyExecutive producer2013
Crimes of the CenturyExecutive producer2013
Killing LincolnExecutive producer2013
World Without EndExecutive producer2012
ComaExecutive producer2012
Prophets of Science FictionExecutive producer2011–2012
GettysburgExecutive producer2011
The Pillars of the EarthExecutive producer2010
The Real Robin HoodExecutive producer2010
Nomads (pilot)Executive producer2010
NUMB3RSExecutive producer2005–2010
Into the StormExecutive producer2009
The Andromeda StrainExecutive producer2008
The CompanyCo-executive producer2007
Law Dogs (pilot)Executive producer2007
Orpheus (pilot)Executive producer2006
Judging AmyWriter - 2 episodes1999

Awards and non-fiction series

During his tenure, Scott Free has produced several acclaimed programs including Starz's eight-hour limited series, Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth, an Emmy and Golden Globe nominee, starring Ian McShane, Rufus Sewell and Donald Sutherland, and the subsequent World Without End, featuring Cynthia Nixon and Ben Chaplin for Reelz, which won one of show's two Emmy nominations.[9] Other shows include HBO's Into the Storm, an Emmy winning sequel to the Emmy-winning telefilm, The Gathering Storm;[10] A&E Emmy-nominated mini-series, Michael Crichton's The Andromeda Strain, starring Benjamin Bratt;[11] and Robin Cook's medical thriller, Coma, with Geena Davis, James Woods, Richard Dreyfus, and Ellen Burstyn.[12] TNT's six-hour spy thriller, The Company was a Golden Globe nominee, with Michael Keaton and Alfred Molina.[13] CBS's drama The Good Wife has been nominated for two Golden Globe Best Drama awards.

Scott Free has also produced non-fiction such as two broadcasts in 2013, adaptations of Bill O’Reilly's books Killing Kennedy and Killing Lincoln both delivered good ratings for National Geographic channel, and documentary series, Crimes of the Century, which was featured on CNN. Emmy-winning documentary special, Gettysburg, was also produced for the History Channel.[14]

References

  1. "David W. Zucker". IMDb. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  2. Andreeva, Nellie (11 November 2016). "Fox Nabs 'The Passage' Vampire Drama From Liz Heldens, Matt Reeves & Scott Free With Big Commitment". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  3. Andreeva, Nellie (22 September 2016). "CBS Buys Legal Drama 'Perfect Citizen' From 'The Good Wife' EP Craig Turk". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  4. Michael Ausiello. "Scoop: 2001: A Space Odyssey Sequel Blasts Off at Syfy". Retrieved 3 Nov 2014.
  5. Andreeva, Nellie (2 March 2016). "AMC Orders 'The Terror' Anthology Drama Series From Scott Free". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  6. Petski, Denise (27 September 2016). "'I Love Dick', 'Jean-Claude Van Johnson' & 'The Tick' Picked Up To Series By Amazon". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  7. Baranski, Christine; Bartha, Justin; Jumbo, Cush; Leslie, Rose (2017-02-19), The Good Fight, retrieved 2017-03-21
  8. "Mercy Street (TV Series 2016–2017)". IMDb. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  9. "World Without End". IMDb. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  10. "Into the Storm". IMDb. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  11. "The Andromeda Strain". IMDb. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  12. "Coma". IMDb. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  13. "The Company". IMDb. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  14. "Gettysburg". IMDb. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
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