Jeff Lewis (writer)
Jeffrey Jeff Lewis is an American screenwriter, best known for his work with Hill Street Blues. He earned 8 Emmy Award nominations as a writer and one win as well as 8 Writers Guild of America Award nominations, including 1 win as a writer, all for Hill Street Blues.[1] He was a Yale University roommate with David Milch and recruited him to join Hill Street Blues staff.[2]
Awards
The following is an award summary for Lewis.[1] Primetime Emmy Award (All for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series)
Year | Show | Episode | Writer(s) | Network |
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1982 | Hill Street Blues | "Freedom's Last Stand" | Steven Bochco, Michael Kozoll, Jeff Lewis, Michael I. Wagner, Anthony Yerkovich | NBC |
Hill Street Blues | "Personal Foul" | Steven Bochco, Jeff Lewis, Michael I. Wagner, Anthony Yerkovich | NBC | |
1983 | Hill Street Blues | "Eugene's Comedy Empire Strikes Back" | Steven Bochco, Karen Hall, Jeff Lewis, David Milch, Anthony Yerkovich | NBC |
"A Hair of the Dog" | Steven Bochco, Jeff Lewis, Anthony Yerkovich | |||
"No Body's Perfect" | Steven Bochco, Jeff Lewis, David Milch, Michael I. Wagner, Anthony Yerkovich | |||
1984 | Hill Street Blues | "Doris in Wonderland" | Steven Bochco, Jeff Lewis, David Milch, Peter Silverman | NBC |
"Grace Under Pressure" | Steven Bochco, Mark Frost, Karen Hall, Jeff Lewis, David Milch, Michael I. Wagner | |||
1987 | Hill Street Blues | "It Ain't Over Till It's Over" | Jeff Lewis, David Milch, John Romano | NBC |
Also credited for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series nominations in 1984, 1985, 1986, with 1984 being a win.
Humanitas Prize for 60 Minute Network or Syndicated Television
1985 Ceremony (11th annual): Hill Street Blues - Teleplay by David Milch & Roger Director Story by Steven Bochco, Jeffrey Lewis, David Milch for "Watt a Way to Go" - Nominee
Writers Guild of America Award (all Best Screenplay – Episodic Drama)
1982: Hill Street Blues - Jeffrey Lewis for "Fruits of the Poisonous Tree" - Nominee
1983: Hill Street Blues - Teleplay by Anthony Yerkovich, David Milch, Karen Hall Story by Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich, Jeffrey Lewis for "Eugene's Comedy Empire Strikes Back" - Nominee
1983: Hill Street Blues - David Milch, Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Wagner for "Gung Ho!" - Nominee
1984: Hill Street Blues - Teleplay by Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Wagner, Karen Hall, Mark Frost Story by Steven Bochco, Jeffrey Lewis, David Milch for "Grace Under Pressure"
1984: Hill Street Blues - Teleplay by Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Wagner, David Milch, Mark Frost Story by Steven Bochco, Jeffrey Lewis, David Milch for "Parting Is Such Sweep Sorrow" - Nominee
1985: Hill Street Blues - Teleplay by David Milch & Roger Director Story by Steven Bochco, Jeffrey Lewis, David Milch for "Watt a Way to Go" - Nominee
1986: Hill Street Blues - Teleplay by Walon Green Story by Jeffrey Lewis, David Milch, Walon Green for "Remembrance of Hits Past" - Nominee
1987: Hill Street Blues - Teleplay by Jeffrey Lewis Story by Jeffrey Lewis & Jerry Patrick Brown for "Fathers and Guns" - Nominee
Notes
- 1 2 "The Writers Guild Foundation Library Catalog". Writers Guild of America. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
- ↑ Champlin, Charles (February 25, 1988). "Passing Along His 'Street' Luck". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 19, 2012.