Caron, Glenn Gordon 1954- (Glenn Caron)

PERSONAL

Born April 3, 1954 in Oceanside, NY; both parents were salespeople; married, wife's name Mary; children: two. Education: State University of New York College, Geneseo, graduated; trained in New York City with Del Close and in Chicago, IL, at Second City.

Addresses:

Office—Picturemaker Productions, 2000 West 57th St., Suite 1310, New York, NY 10019. Agent—Endeavor, 9601 Wilshire Blvd., 3rd Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; Paul Haas, Hollywood Radio and Television Society, 13701 Riverside Dr., Suite 205, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423.

Career:

Writer, producer, and director. Picturemaker Productions, New York City, founder and principal, 1985—. Also worked as an advertising copywriter, a gas station attendant, and a theater usher.

Member:

Writers Guild of America, Directors Guild of America.

Awards, Honors:

Emmy Award nominations, outstanding drama series (with others), 1986, 1987, and Writers Guild of America Award, all for Moonlighting; Emmy Award nomination, outstanding writing in a drama series, 1986, for "'Twas the Episode before Christmas," Moonlighting; Emmy Award nomination (with others), outstanding writing in a drama series, 1987, for "I Am Curious … Maddie," Moonlighting.

CREDITS

Television Work; Series:

Story editor, Good Time Harry, NBC, 1980.

Supervising producer, Breaking Away, CBS, 1980-81.

(As Glenn Caron) Supervising producer, Remington Steele, NBC, 1982-83.

Creator and executive producer, Moonlighting, ABC, 1985-88.

Creator and executive producer, Now and Again, CBS, 1999.

Creator and executive producer, Fling (also known as When I Grow Up), Fox, 2001.

Creator and executive producer, Medium, NBC, 2005-2007.

Television Work; Pilots:

Executive producer, Concrete Beat, ABC, 1984.

Producer, Moonlighting, ABC, 1985.

Director, Now and Again, CBS, 1999.

Director, Medium, NBC, 2005.

Television Director; Episodic:

"In Genes We Trust," Fling (also known as When I Grow Up), Fox, 2001.

Television Work; Movies:

Executive producer, Long Time Gone, ABC, 1986.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Hollywood Salutes Bruce Willis: An American Cinematheque Tribute, 2000.

Brilliant but Cancelled, Trio, 2002.

The Perfect Pitch (also known as Brilliant but Cancelled: The Perfect Pitch), Trio, 2002.

"Bruce Willis," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 2005.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Square Off, TV Guide Channel, 2006.

Film Director:

Clean and Sober, Warner Bros., 1988.

The Making of Me, 1989.

Wilder Napalm, TriStar, 1993.

Love Affair, Warner Bros., 1994.

Picture Perfect, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1997.

WRITINGS

Television Series:

Sweepstakes, CBS, 1979.

Good Time Harry, NBC, 1979.

Television Pilots:

Heaven on Earth, NBC, 1979.

Concrete Beat, ABC, 1984.

Moonlighting, ABC, 1985.

Now and Again, CBS, 1999.

Television Episodes:

Breaking Away, CBS, c. 1980.

"Alone in a Crowd," Fame, NBC, 1982.

(As Glenn Caron) "Signed, Steeled, and Delivered," Remington Steele, NBC, 1982.

(As Glenn Caron) "Hearts of Steele," Remington Steele, NBC, 1983.

(As Glenn Caron) "To Stop a Steele," Remington Steele, NBC, 1983.

"Brother, Can You Spare a Blonde?," Moonlighting, ABC, 1985.

"'Twas the Episode before Christmas," Moonlighting, ABC, 1985.

"The Straight Poop," Moonlighting, ABC, 1987.

"I Am Curious … Maddie," Moonlighting, ABC, 1987.

"In Genes We Trust," Fling (also known as When I Grow Up), Fox, 2001.

"Suspicions and Certainties," Medium, NBC, 2005.

"A Couple of Choices," Medium, NBC, 2005.

"When Push Comes to Shove: Part 2," Medium, NBC, 2005.

"Four Dreams: Part 2," Medium, NBC, 2006.

Also writer for episodes of Taxi, ABC.

Television Writing; Other:

Long Time Gone (movie), ABC, 1986.

(With others) The 58th Annual Academy Awards Presentation (special), ABC, 1986.

Screenplays:

Condorman, Walt Disney, 1981.

The Making of Me, 1989.

(With Robert Towne and Warren Beatty) Love Affair, Warner Bros., 1994.

(With others) Picture Perfect, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1997.

Some sources also credit Caron as screenplays Evita (based on the stage musical) and Knowing Damon.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Entertainment Weekly, November 26, 1999, p. 52.

Venice, April, 2000.