Michael Kozoll is an Americanscreenwriter.[1] He is perhaps best known for co-creating thepolice procedural television seriesHill Street Blues along withSteven Bochco.[2]
Kozoll wrote for numerous American television hour-long dramatic programs in the 1970s, includingDelvecchio,Quincy, M.E.,McCloud,Kojak,Richie Brockelman, Private Eye andKolchak: The Night Stalker. He then worked as a writer/producer/co-showrunner onHill Street Blues for its first two seasons in 1981 and '82. Kozoll won twoPrimetime Emmy Awards, and was nominated for two more, in the categoryOutstanding Writing for a Drama Series for his work onHill Street Blues.[3] As well, in 1981 hewon an Emmy forOutstanding Drama Series, along with Bochco andGregory Hoblit.[4]
Kozoll leftHill Street Blues in 1982, as he was not in agreement with the direction the show was taking. His only film and television credits since are a co-screenplay credit on the initial "Rambo" filmFirst Blood from 1982, and a co-story credit on the 1991Michael J. Fox vehicleThe Hard Way.
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