David Milch
In 1982, DAVID MILCH, a lecturer in English literature at Yale University, wrote a script for Hill Street Blues. The episode, "Trial By Fury," premiered Hill Street’s third season and won the Emmy, the Writers Guild Award, and the Humanitas Prize for that season.
Milch was born in Buffalo, New York, in 1945. His father was a prominent surgeon and his mother was head of the Board of Education.
Milch graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude from Yale, where he won the Tinker Prize for highest achievement in English. He then earned an MFA, with distinction, from the Writer's Workshop at Iowa University.
He spent five seasons with Hill Street Blues, first as Executive Story Editor and subsequently as Executive Producer. During that time, Milch earned two more Writers Guild Awards, a second Humanitas prize, and another Emmy.
In 1987, Milch created and Executive Produced the Hill Street Blues spin-off Beverly Hills Buntz and in 1989, Milch served as Executive Producer of the ABC series Capital News, starring Lloyd Bridges.
Milch co-created the police drama NYPD Blue in 1992. The highly-rated series set a record by garnering 26 Emmy Nominations its premier season, winning the award for Best Drama Series in 1994-1995. Milch took home Emmys for Best Writing in a Drama for the 1996-1997 and 1997-1998 seasons. The first season of NYPD Blue also earned Milch a Humanitas Prize and an Edgar Award for his screenwriting.
While still at the helm of NYPD Blue, Milch created another police drama, Brooklyn South, co-authored, along with NYPD Blue producer Bill Clark, True Blue: The Real Stories Behind NYPD Blue, and served as creative consultant for Steven Bochco's Murder One and Total Security.
Since forming Redboard Productions, Milch co-created Big Apple, a one-hour drama set in New York City's FBI field office.
In 2004 he created, the hit HBO series Deadwood, where he is executive producer and head writer. The show has received six Emmy awards, a Peabody and a Best Actor Golden Globe for actor Ian McShane.
Milch is married to Emmy-award winning documentarian, Rita Stern. They have two daughters, Elizabeth and Olivia, and a son, Benjamin.
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