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Dick Wolf

"Every show is born under a death sentence. They just don't tell you the date of execution."

Dick Wolf is one of television's most respected drama series creator/producers and the architect of one of the most successful brands in the history of television, "Law & Order." He is an Emmy Award and Grammy Award-winning producer who has been nominated for 13 Emmy Awards. Also, he is a New York Times bestselling author. Wolf continues to serve as creator and executive producer of all of the "Law & Order"-branded series from Wolf Entertainment and Universal Television, including "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," entering its record-tying 20th season as the longest-running scripted filmed series in the history of television. He has extended his branding expertise to the Windy City with his Chicago-based series "Chicago Fire," "Chicago P.D." and "Chicago Med."

Additionally, he expanded into non-fiction with Wolf Reality and is the executive producer of the critically acclaimed docu-series "Inside the FBI: New York," "Cold Justice," "Criminal Confessions" and "Nightwatch." Currently, he has several other high-profile projects in development.

His company has produced two award-winning documentaries: "Twin Towers," a short documentary about two brothers, one a policeman and the other a fireman, who lost their lives in the line of duty on Sept. 11, 2001, which won an Academy Award for Best Documentary, Short Subjects in 2003; and "When You're Strange," an Emmy-nominated documentary about the Doors, which won a Grammy Award for Outstanding Longform Video in February 2011.

In 2007 Wolf executive produced the critically acclaimed original movie "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee," which won six Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Made for Television Movie. Also, the film received the prestigious Broadcast Film Critics Association's Critic's Choice Award for Best Picture Made for Television.

In addition, he is an author and his debut novel, The Intercept, is a New York Times bestselling thriller about Jeremy Fisk, a new kind of hero for a new kind of enemy. The follow-up book, The Execution, debuted in January 2014 and, like its predecessor, was both popular and critically acclaimed. The Ultimatum, the third installment of the series, was released in June 2015 from Harper Collins.

Wolf's "Law & Order"-branded series continue to rewrite television history. "Law & Order," which ran for a remarkable 20 seasons, is tied with "Gunsmoke" as the longest-running drama series on television. It earned 11 consecutive Outstanding Drama Series Emmy nominations – the record for most consecutive series Emmy nominations in the history of television (tied with "Cheers" and "M*A*S*H") – and won the coveted Emmy in that category in 1997. Additional accolades include the highly coveted Peabody Award, the Crystal Apple Award from the New York City's Mayor's Office of Film, Theater and Broadcasting, the Writer's Guild Award for Television and numerous other high-ranking tributes.

"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" has been a top performer and is the longest-running current drama on television. Star Mariska Hargitay, who plays Detective Olivia Benson, has received seven Emmy nominations for Lead Actress in a Drama Series, winning in 2006, and the show has earned five Emmys for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series. "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" completed its successful 10-year run in 2011. Other branded series include "Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders," "Law & Order: Los Angeles," "Law & Order: Trial by Jury," "Crime & Punishment" and "Exiled: A Law & Order Movie."

Wolf Entertainment's feature film arm produced "77," directed by Jared Leto, and based on an original screenplay by James Ellroy, and "The Super," a psychological thriller written by John J. McLaughlin and starring Patrick Flueger. Also, Wolf wrote the screenplay for the hit film "School Ties," and he was writer and executive producer of "Masquerade" and writer and producer of "No Man's Land."

His personal accolades include the Television Academy Hall of Fame (inducted 2013); the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Lifetime Achievement Award; the 2002 Tribute from the Museum of Television and Radio (now the Paley Center for Media); the Producer's Guild of America's Norman Lear Showmanship Award; the DGA Honors; the Governor's Award by the New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences; the 1997 Achievement Award from the Caucus for Producers, Writers, and Directors; the 1998 Television Showman of the Year Award from the Publicist's Guild of America; the Award of Excellence from the Banff Television Festival; and NATPE's 2007 Brandon Tartikoff Award. In 2007 Wolf received a star on Hollywood's world-famous Walk of Fame.

Wolf is an Honorary Consul of Monaco, is actively involved in the principality's annual Monte Carlo Television Festival and is its primary liaison with the entertainment community. He is the founder (with Marcy Carsey) of the Carsey-Wolf Center for Media at the University of California, Santa Barbara. With his wife, Noelle, he is a benefactor to numerous philanthropic endeavors, including MOXI, the Wolf Museum of Exploration and Innovation, the Alliance for Children's Rights and the Princess Grace Foundation. He and Noelle, through their Wolf Family Foundation, have also endowed the new Wolf Theatre at the Television Academy.

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Homicide: New York (2024)
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Prosecuting Evil with Kelly Siegler (2023)
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LA Fire & Rescue (2023)
Show crew as Executive Producer (8 episodes)
Show crew as Creator (8 episodes)
Blood & Money (2023)
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Final Moments (2022)
Show crew as Executive Producer (8 episodes)
BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer (2022)
Show crew as Executive Producer (4 episodes)
FBI: International (2021)
Show crew as Creator (47 episodes)
Show crew as Executive Producer (47 episodes)
Episode crew as Story
  • Episode 1x01: Pilot (Sep 21, 2021)
Law & Order: Organized Crime (2021)
Show crew as Creator (26 episodes)
Show crew as Executive Producer (26 episodes)
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FBI: Most Wanted (2020)
Show crew as Executive Producer (77 episodes)
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  • Episode 3x01: Exposed (Sep 21, 2021)
First Responders Live (2019)
Show crew as Executive Producer (13 episodes)
Murder for Hire (2019)
Show crew as Executive Producer (20 episodes)
FBI (2018)
Show crew as Executive Producer (102 episodes)
Show crew as Creator (104 episodes)
Episode crew as Story (2 episodes)
Nightwatch Nation (2018)
Show crew as Executive Producer (10 episodes)
Criminal Confessions (2017)
Show crew as Executive Producer (38 episodes)
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Law & Order True Crime (2017)
Show crew as Executive Producer (8 episodes)
Inside the FBI: New York (2017)
Show crew as Executive Producer (6 episodes)
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Chicago Justice (2017)
Show crew as Executive Producer (13 episodes)
Show crew as Creator (13 episodes)
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Chicago Med (2015)
Show crew as Executive Producer (137 episodes)
Show crew as Creator (137 episodes)
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Cold Justice: Sex Crimes (2015)
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3AM (2015)
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Nightwatch (2015)
Show crew as Executive Producer (46 episodes)
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Dead Again (2014)
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Chicago P.D. (2014)
Show crew as Creator (214 episodes)
Show crew as Executive Producer (214 episodes)
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Cold Justice (2013)
Show crew as Executive Producer (98 episodes)
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Chicago Fire (2012)
Show crew as Executive Producer (246 episodes)
Episode crew as Story (7 episodes)
Stars Earn Stripes (2012)
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Law & Order: LA (2010)
Show crew as Creator (22 episodes)
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Law & Order: UK (2009)
Show crew as Creator (53 episodes)
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Paris Enquêtes Criminelles (2007)
Show crew as Creator (20 episodes)
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Закон и Порядок. Преступный умысел (2007)
Show crew as Executive Producer (84 episodes)
Show crew as Creator (84 episodes)
Закон и Порядок. Отдел оперативных расследований (2007)
Show crew as Creator (84 episodes)
Show crew as Executive Producer (84 episodes)
Conviction (2006)
Show crew as Creator (13 episodes)
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Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005)
Show crew as Creator (13 episodes)
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L.A. Dragnet (2003)
Show crew as Executive Producer (22 episodes)
Crime & Punishment (2002)
Show crew as Creator (25 episodes)
Show crew as Executive Producer (25 episodes)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
Show crew as Creator (195 episodes)
Show crew as Executive Producer (195 episodes)
Episode crew as Story (2 episodes)
  • Episode 2x03: Anti-Thesis (Oct 13, 2002)
  • Episode 1x01: One (Sep 30, 2001)
Arrest & Trial (2000)
Show crew as Executive Producer (195 episodes)
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Deadline (2000)
Show crew as Creator (13 episodes)
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Episode crew as Story (4 episodes)
Episode crew as Teleplay
  • Episode 1x01: Pilot (Oct 2, 2000)
D.C. (2000)
Show crew as Executive Producer (7 episodes)
  • Episode 1x07: Guns 'n' Roses ()
  • Episode 1x06: Trust ()
  • Episode 1x05: Party ()
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Show crew as Creator (513 episodes)
Show crew as Executive Producer (513 episodes)
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  • Episode 1x01: Payback (Sep 20, 1999)
Episode crew as Story (3 episodes)
Players (1997)
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Feds (1997)
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Swift Justice (1996)
Show crew as Creator (13 episodes)
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The Wright Verdicts (1995)
Show crew as Creator (7 episodes)
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New York Undercover (1994)
Show crew as Creator (89 episodes)
Show crew as Executive Producer (89 episodes)
Episode crew as Story (2 episodes)
  • Episode 2x20: Unis (Mar 7, 1996)
  • Episode 1x02: Pilot (Sep 15, 1994)
South Beach (1993)
Show crew as Creator (7 episodes)
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The Human Factor (1992)
Show crew as Executive Producer (8 episodes)
Mann & Machine (1992)
Show crew as Creator (9 episodes)
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Law & Order (1990)
Show crew as Creator (470 episodes)
Show crew as Executive Producer (468 episodes)
Episode crew as Writer (2 episodes)
Episode crew as Story (11 episodes)
H.E.L.P. (1990)
Show crew as Creator (6 episodes)
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Christine Cromwell (1989)
Show crew as Creator (4 episodes)
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Nasty Boys (1989)
Show crew as Creator (13 episodes)
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Gideon Oliver (1989)
Show crew as Creator (5 episodes)
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Miami Vice (1984)
Show crew as Co-Executive Producer (15 episodes)
Show crew as Co-Producer (20 episodes)
Episode crew as Writer (5 episodes)
Episode crew as Story (3 episodes)
Hill Street Blues (1981)
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On Call ()
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