FINKELSTEIN, William M. (Bill Finkelstein, William Finkelstein)

PERSONAL

Addresses: Agent— Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career: Writer, producer, director, and series creator. Sometimes credited as Bill Finkelstein or William Finkelstein.

Awards, Honors: Emmy Award nominations (with others), outstanding writing in a drama series, 1989, 1990, Emmy Award (with others), outstanding drama series, 1989, 1990, Edgar Award nomination, best television episode, Edgar Allan Poe Awards, 1990, all for L.A. Law; Edgar Award nominations (with others), best television episode, 1999, both for Brooklyn South; Emmy Award nomination (with others), outstanding drama series, 2001, for Law & Order.

CREDITS

Television Work; Series:

Executive story editor, story editor, coproducer, executive producer, and supervising producer, L.A. Law, NBC, 1986.

Executive producer, Law & Order, NBC, 1990–2000.

Creator and supervising producer, Cop Rock, ABC, 1990.

Creator and executive producer, Civil Wars, ABC, 1991.

Executive producer, Murder One, ABC, 1995.

Executive producer, Brooklyn South, CBS, 1997.

Television Work; Pilots:

Executive producer, On Seventh Avenue, NBC, 1996.

Executive producer, What Just Happened, HBO, 2003.

Also worked as executive producer, Ticket to Ride, The WB.

Television Director; Episodic:

"Finish Line," L.A. Law, 1994.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Steven Jacobs, On Seventh Avenue, NBC, 1996.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Appeared as Howard Hulse, L.A. Law; Howard Hulce, L.A. Law; male legal expert, Murder One, ABC; William, Ally McBeal, Fox.

WRITINGS

Television Movies:

L.A. Law: The Movie, NBC, 2002.

Television Pilots:

On Seventh Avenue, NBC, 1996.

(With others) Brooklyn South, NBC, 1997.

What Just Happened, HBO, 2003.

Also wrote Ticket to Ride, The WB.

Television Episodes:

"Sidney, the Dead–Nosed Reindeer," L.A. Law, NBC, 1986.

"The Douglas Fur Ball," L.A. Law, NBC, 1987.

"Becker on the Rox," L.A. Law, NBC, 1987.

"The Grace of Wrath," L.A. Law, NBC, 1987.

(With others) "Auld l'Anxiety," L.A. Law, NBC, 1987.

"Princess and the Pee," L.A. Law, NBC, 1988.

(With David E. Kelley) "Bounds for Glory," L.A. Law, NBC, 1990.

(With Kelley) "The Last Gasp," L.A. Law, NBC, 1990.

Cop Rock, 1990.

Civil Wars, ABC, 1991.

(With Julie Martin) "Rhyme and Punishment," L.A. Law, NBC, 1993.

(With Paul Manning) "Cold Cuts," L.A. Law, NBC, 1994.

(With Manning) "Three on a Patch," L.A. Law, NBC, 1994.

(With Roger Lowenstein) "Dead Issue," L.A. Law, NBC, 1994.

(With Martin and Paul Haggis) "How Am I Driving," L.A. Law, NBC, 1994.

(With Manning, Martin, and Peter Schneider) "Finish Line," L.A. Law, NBC, 1994.

(With Geoffrey Neigher) "Chapter Ten," Murder One, 1996.

(With Charles H. Eglee) "Chapter Nineteen," Murder One, 1996.

(With others) "Chapter Twenty–three," Murder One, 1996.

"Chapter Nine, Year Two," Murder One, 1997.

"Chapter Ten, Year Two," Murder One, 1997.

(Story only) "Chapter Eleven, Year Two," Murder One, 1997.

(With Eglee) "Chapter Twelve, Year Two," Murder One, 1997.

High Incident, ABC, 1996.

Brooklyn South, CBS, 1997–1998.

"Whose Monkey Is It Anyway?" (also known as "Curious George"), Law & Order, NBC, 2001.

"Sunday in the Park with Jorge," Law & Order, NBC, 2001.

"Swept Away—A Very Special Episode," Law & Order, NBC, 2001.