David Zabel

David Zabel is an American television producer and writer. He was born and raised in New York City. He attended Princeton University and New York University's Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts. Zabel began his scriptwriting career with episodes for JAG and Star Trek: Voyager. He then became the story editor for the first season of Dark Angel in 2000 while continuing to write teleplays. He has worked extensively on ER, becoming an executive producer and the series showrunner. He has won a Humanitas Prize for his writing for ER. He was also the showrunner/executive producer of the PBS series Mercy Street.