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He wrote and directed the 1996 film ''[[The Spitfire Grill]]'', which won the Audience Award at the [[Sundance Film Festival]] and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. |
He wrote and directed the 1996 film ''[[The Spitfire Grill]]'', which won the Audience Award at the [[Sundance Film Festival]] and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. |
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Zlotoff graduated from [[Brooklyn Technical High School]] in 1970. He then went on to [[St. John's College, U.S.|St. John's College]] in [[Annapolis, Maryland]].<ref>Rosemary Harty, [http://www.stjohnscollege.edu/user/MAG_W05_article12.aspx#macgyver "MacGyver Meets the Johnnies"], ''The [St. John's] College Magazine'', Winter 2005. Link dead. [http://web.archive.org/web/19960101-re_/http://www.stjohnscollege.edu/user/MAG_W05_article12.aspx#macgyver Archive.org link]</ref> |
Zlotoff graduated from [[Brooklyn Technical High School]] in 1970.<ref>Purdy, Kevin. [http://lifehacker.com/5480477/the-man-behind-macgyver-swiss-army-knife-or-duct-tape "The Man Behind MacGyver: Swiss Army Knife or Duct Tape?"], Lifehacker.com, February 26, 2010</ref> He then went on to [[St. John's College, U.S.|St. John's College]] in [[Annapolis, Maryland]].<ref>Rosemary Harty, [http://www.stjohnscollege.edu/user/MAG_W05_article12.aspx#macgyver "MacGyver Meets the Johnnies"], ''The [St. John's] College Magazine'', Winter 2005. Link dead. [http://web.archive.org/web/19960101-re_/http://www.stjohnscollege.edu/user/MAG_W05_article12.aspx#macgyver Archive.org link]</ref> |
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He contributes to ''[[Make (magazine)|Make]]'' magazine<ref>[http://www.makezine.com/pub/au/Lee_D_Zlotoff]Make page on Lee David Zlotoff</ref>. |
He contributes to ''[[Make (magazine)|Make]]'' magazine<ref>[http://www.makezine.com/pub/au/Lee_D_Zlotoff]Make page on Lee David Zlotoff</ref>. |
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Revision as of 01:41, 10 March 2010
Lee David Zlotoff is a producer, director and screenwriter best known as the creator of the TV series MacGyver. He started as a screenwriter writing for Hill Street Blues in 1981. He then became a producer of Remington Steele in 1982.
Zlotoff created MacGyver, which ran on ABC between 1985 and 1992 and was sold throughout the world. He then produced The Man from Snowy River TV series (Australian title: "Banjo Paterson's The Man from Snowy River" — American title: "Snowy River: The McGregor Saga"). The series was loosely based on the Banjo Patterson poem The Man from Snowy River.
He wrote and directed the 1996 film The Spitfire Grill, which won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize.
Zlotoff graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School in 1970.[1] He then went on to St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland.[2]
He contributes to Make magazine[3].
At the 2008 Maker Faire, Zlotoff announced his interest in a MacGyver movie.[4] Zlotoff said he had full control of the movie after obtaining the rights several years ago.
References
- ^ Purdy, Kevin. "The Man Behind MacGyver: Swiss Army Knife or Duct Tape?", Lifehacker.com, February 26, 2010
- ^ Rosemary Harty, "MacGyver Meets the Johnnies", The [St. John's] College Magazine, Winter 2005. Link dead. Archive.org link
- ^ [1]Make page on Lee David Zlotoff
- ^ [2]Gizmodo article