User:Bill Nuss

=Bill Nuss= Bill Nuss is a TV writer and producer, who also writes for feature films and Broadway. He is President of Confidential Pictures, a Los Angeles based production company that supplies primetime series to network and cable broadcasters. With Dusty Kay (“Entourage”), he has written the book and is currently producing “The Honeymooners”, a Broadway musical based on the classic CBS television series.

Bill has produced, written or created over 300 hours of network primetime series. In addition to the new “Hawaii Five-0”, he worked with his mentor, the late Stephen J. Cannell, on Fox's first hit “21 Jump Street”, starring Johnny Depp, Renegade” starring Lorenzo Lamas, “Booker”, “The A-Team”, “Riptide” as well as the NBC TV Movie “Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A.” starring Fred Dryer and Miguel Ferrer. He has also written and developed pilots for NBC, CBS, Fox, and USA Network, directed episodic television, and has had cameos in several series.

As an independent producer, Bill negotiated side-letter deals with the Directors Guild of America, the Teamsters and IATSE. His company, Confidential Pictures, produced “North Shore” for 20th Century Fox where he was involved in changing the production tax credits in the state of Hawaii. On the creative side of the table, he is a member of the Writers Guild, the Directors Guild, the Screen Actors Guild, and Actors Equity Association.

Bill was the Creator and Executive Producer of “Pacific Blue”, USA Network’s highest rated drama series during its reign. The series starring Mario Lopez reached one hundred episodes and is currently being released for downloads and on DVDs.

An avid tournament poker player, Bill created and produced The Real Deal, the world’s first live interactive poker show, staged at the Venetian Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. The show featured poker stars Doyle Brunson, Phil Helmuth Jr., Daniel Negreanu, Antonio Esfandiari, and Scotty Nguyen.

As the youngest executive in the history of NBC, Bill worked with legendary programmer Brandon Tartikoff, in developing “Hill Street Blues”, “Fame”, and “St. Elsewhere”.

Originally from New York and Atlanta, Bill graduated from Northwestern University where he co-created the long running improvisational comedy review, “The Mee-ow Show”. He is married to Bonnie Geller Nuss and lives in Santa Monica with their two young daughters.

Writer/producer

 * The Real Deal - Producer – Venetian, Las Vegas (2008)
 * North Shore – Producer (21 eps) – Confidential/20th/Fox (2004-2005)
 * Pacific Blue – Creator/Exec. Producer (101 eps) – North Hall Productions/USA Network (1995-2002)
 * Renegade – Exec. Producer (44 eps) – Cannell/Synd. (1993-1995)
 * Return of Hunter – Exec. Producer – MOW – Cannell/NBC (1994)
 * Greyhounds – Exec. Producer – MOW – Cannell/CBS (1994)
 * The Hat Squad – Exec. Producer (12 eps) – Cannell/CBS (1993)
 * Raven – Co-Exec. Producer (7 eps) – Columbia/CBS (1992)
 * NYPD Mounted – Exec. Producer – MOW – Orion (1991)
 * Booker – Exec. Producer (18 eps) – Cannell/Fox (1989-1990)
 * 21 Jump Street – Exec. Prod./Supv. Prod./Prod. (81 eps) – Cannell/Fox (1987-1990)
 * The A-Team – Story Editor (28 eps) – Cannell/NBC (1985-1986)

Pilots/MOWs

 * Shanghai – Fox 21
 * Macao – Fox 21
 * Stevi Faith
 * The Fixer – ESPN
 * Las Vegas High – Fox
 * The Return of Hunter – Cannell/NBC
 * Carrick O’Quinn – Cannell/CBS

Series

 * Hawaii Five-0 (1) – CBS Productions/CBS
 * Pacific Blue (9) – North Hall Productions/USA Network
 * Renegade (11) – Cannell/Synd.
 * The Hat Squad (2) – Cannell
 * Raven (2) – Columbia/CBS
 * 21 Jump Street (14) – Cannell/FBC
 * Booker (6) – Cannell/FBC
 * The A-Team (9) – Cannell/NBC
 * Riptide – Cannell/NBC

Theatre

 * The Honeymooners Broadway Musical – Writer/Producer (Current)

Director

 * Renegade

Actor

 * The A-Team
 * Raven

Awards

 * NAACP Image Award – (21 Jump Street)
 * Asian-American Pacific Award – (21 Jump Street)
 * NCCJ Imagen Award – (21 Jump Street)
 * California Governor Media Access Award – (21 Jump Street)
 * Gold Hugo Award – Chicago Film Festival – (21 Jump Street)
 * Scott Newman Foundation Award – (21 Jump Street)

Education

 * The Westminster Schools – Atlanta, GA
 * Northwestern University – B.S. – Evanston, IL