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Rick Cleveland | |
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| Occupation | Television writer,consulting producer,screenwriter,playwright,monologist |
| Education | University of Iowa(MFA) |
| Notable works | Six Feet Under,The West Wing,Mad Men |
Rick Cleveland is an American television writer, playwright, and monologist, best known for writing on theHBO original seriesSix Feet Under andNBC'sThe West Wing. His 2011 playThe Rail Splitter premiered atCarthage College as the third production of Carthage's annual New Play Initiative. The production also traveled to theKennedy Center American College Theater Festival (Region 3) in 2012.[1]
Cleveland, a graduate of the Playwrights Workshop at theUniversity of Iowa,[2] is also a founding member of Chicago'sAmerican Blues Theater.
Cleveland,Brian Koppelman,David Levien, andMatthew Chapman co-wrote the 2003 filmRunaway Jury based on the book byJohn Grisham. He also wrote a 1998 screenplay for the independent filmJerry and Tom.
In 2000, Cleveland andThe West Wing creatorAaron Sorkin won the Emmy Award for Best Writing for a Drama Series their episode "In Excelsis Deo". The episode originally aired during the 1999–2000 season. Cleveland and Sorkin also won theWriters Guild of America Award for best episodic drama at theFebruary 2001 ceremony for "In Excelsis Deo".[3]
Cleveland worked on the HBO original seriesSix Feet Under throughout the show's five season run. Cleveland joined the crew as a writer and producer for the show's first season in 2001. He wrote the episode "The Trip". He was promoted to supervising producer for the second season in 2002. He wrote two further episodes – "Driving Mr. Mossback" and "The Liar and the Whore". He remained a supervising producer for the third season in 2003. He scripted two more episodes – "Nobody Sleeps" and "Death Works Overtime". He was promoted to co-executive producer for the fourth season in 2004. He wrote two more episodes – "In Case of Rapture" and "Grinding the Corn". He was promoted again to executive producer for the fifth and final season in 2005 and wrote his last episode, "Eat a Peach". He wrote eight episodes in total for the series.
Cleveland won the Jury Award for Best One Person Show at the 2006 US Comedy Arts Festival inAspen, Colorado for his performance in "My Buddy Bill", about his fictional friendship with PresidentBill Clinton, a monologue play filmed on June 15, 2007, for a Comedy Central Special and DVD.
He served as writer for theAMC television dramaMad Men for the show's second season in 2008. He was nominated for theWriters Guild of America Award for Best Dramatic Series at theFebruary 2009 ceremony for his work on the second season.[4]
Cleveland recently served as a consulting producer and writer on theShowtime seriesNurse Jackie.
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Jerry and Tom | Film, as writer, producer and actor |
| 1999 | The West Wing | TV series, wrote episodes:
produced 21 episodes |
| 2001–2005 | Six Feet Under | TV series, wrote episodes:
produced 36 episodes |
| 2008 | My Buddy Bill | TV film, 50 minute stand-up routine written and performed by Rick Cleveland |
| 2008 | Mad Men | TV series, wrote episode: "The Benefactor", withMatthew Weiner produced 5 episodes |
| 2009–2010 | Nurse Jackie | TV series, wrote episodes:
produced 19 episodes |
| 2010 | Scoundrels | TV series, wrote episodes:
produced 4 episodes |
| 2013 | Under the Dome | TV series, wrote episode: "The Fire" produced 4 episodes |
| 2013 | Legit | TV series, wrote all first-season episodes except the pilot, withPeter O'Fallon andJim Jefferies |
| 2013 | House of Cards | TV series, wrote episodes:
produced 3 episodes |
| 2013 | Archer | TV series, wrote episode: "Sea Tunt: Part II", withAdam Reed |
| 2016 | The Man in the High Castle | TV series, wrote episodes:
|
| 2017 | Inhumans | TV series, wrote episodes: |
| 2018 | Claws | TV series, wrote episode: "Russian Navy" |
| 2019 | Insatiable | TV series, wrote episode: "Dead Girl" |
