Glenn Gordon Caron
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Glenn Gordon Caron (sometimes credited as Glenn Caron) is an American television writer, director and producer. He lives in Los Angeles, CA.
in 1975. After his graduation he studied with Del Close
and The Second City
, before starting a career at an advertising agency. While working here he was invited by NBC
to write a pilot for the network. While the pilot would not receive a series order his work impressed writer and producer James L. Brooks
who invited him to join the writing staff of Taxi
.
He subsequently wrote and produced the first ten episodes of Remington Steele
before leaving to form his own company Picturemaker Productions. His 1985 show Moonlighting
was a worldwide hit, it revitalised the career of Cybill Shepherd
and launched the career of Bruce Willis
. He made his feature directorial debut with 1988's Clean and Sober
, starring Michael Keaton
and Morgan Freeman
.
Caron returned to television in 1999 creating and producing the short-lived series Now and Again
(1999–2000). In 2001 Fox
ordered 13 episodes of the Caron created Fling. The network became unhappy with the direction of the series and cancelled the show during the production of the seventh episode. As a result none of the completed episodes have ever been aired.
In 2005 Caron created Medium
for NBC
. As well as creator Caron is executive producer of the show and has written several episodes and directed the series pilot. It is currently airing its seventh season on CBS
, but was canceled by the network in November 2010.
Caron was the recipient of the 2007 Outstanding Television Writer Award at the Austin Film Festival
.
In 2008 Caron developed a pilot for the CBS Network titled The Meant to Be's, about a woman who dies only to find herself sent back to earth to help people get their life back on track. It was not developed any further than the pilot stage.
He is married with three children, and is the owner of Picturemaker Productions.
Bio
Caron graduated from the State University of New York at GeneseoState University of New York at Geneseo
The State University of New York at Geneseo—also known as SUNY Geneseo, Geneseo State, or, colloquially, Geneseo—is located in Geneseo, Livingston County, New York, United States. It is a University College of the State University of New York...
in 1975. After his graduation he studied with Del Close
Del Close
Del Close was an actor, improviser, writer, and teacher. Considered one of the premier influences on modern improvisational theater, Close had a prolific career, appearing in a number of films and television shows...
and The Second City
The Second City
The Second City is a improvisational comedy enterprise which originated in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood.The Second City Theatre opened on December 16, 1959 and has since expanded its presence to several other cities, including Toronto and Los Angeles...
, before starting a career at an advertising agency. While working here he was invited by NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
to write a pilot for the network. While the pilot would not receive a series order his work impressed writer and producer James L. Brooks
James L. Brooks
James Lawrence Brooks is an American director, producer and screenwriter. Growing up in North Bergen, New Jersey, Brooks endured a fractured family life and passed the time by reading and writing. After dropping out of New York University, he got a job as an usher at CBS, going on to write for the...
who invited him to join the writing staff of Taxi
Taxi (TV series)
Taxi was an American sitcom that originally aired from 1978 to 1982 on ABC and from 1982 to 1983 on NBC. The series, which won 18 Emmy Awards, including three for "Outstanding Comedy Series", focuses on the everyday lives of a handful of New York City taxi drivers and their abusive dispatcher...
.
He subsequently wrote and produced the first ten episodes of Remington Steele
Remington Steele
Remington Steele is an American television series, co-created by Robert Butler and Michael Gleason. The series, starring Stephanie Zimbalist and Pierce Brosnan, was produced by MTM Enterprises and first broadcast on the NBC network from 1982 to 1987. The series blended the genres of romantic...
before leaving to form his own company Picturemaker Productions. His 1985 show Moonlighting
Moonlighting (TV series)
Moonlighting is an American television series that aired on ABC from March 3, 1985, to May 14, 1989. The network aired a total of 66 episodes...
was a worldwide hit, it revitalised the career of Cybill Shepherd
Cybill Shepherd
Cybill Lynne Shepherd is an American actress, singer and former model. Her best known roles include starring as Jacy in The Last Picture Show, as Betsy in Taxi Driver, as Madeleine Spencer in Psych, as Maddie Hayes on Moonlighting, as Cybill Sheridan on Cybill, and as Phyllis Kroll on The L...
and launched the career of Bruce Willis
Bruce Willis
Walter Bruce Willis , better known as Bruce Willis, is an American actor, producer, and musician. His career began in television in the 1980s and has continued both in television and film since, including comedic, dramatic, and action roles...
. He made his feature directorial debut with 1988's Clean and Sober
Clean and Sober
Clean and Sober is a 1988 American drama film directed by Glenn Gordon Caron starring Michael Keaton as a real estate agent and his trouble with substance abuse. This film was a dramatic departure from comedies for Keaton. The cast also includes Kathy Baker, M...
, starring Michael Keaton
Michael Keaton
Michael John Douglas , better known by the stage name Michael Keaton, is an American actor known for his early comedic roles, most notably his performance as the title character of Tim Burton's Beetlejuice . Keaton is also famous for his dramatic portrayal of Bruce Wayne/Batman in Tim Burton's...
and Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman is an American actor, film director, aviator and narrator. He is noted for his reserved demeanor and authoritative speaking voice. Freeman has received Academy Award nominations for his performances in Street Smart, Driving Miss Daisy, The Shawshank Redemption and Invictus and won...
.
Caron returned to television in 1999 creating and producing the short-lived series Now and Again
Now and Again
Now and Again is an American television series that aired in the US from September 24, 1999 until May 5, 2000 on CBS. The story revolves around the United States government engineering the perfect human body for use in espionage, but not being able to yet perfect the brain...
(1999–2000). In 2001 Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
ordered 13 episodes of the Caron created Fling. The network became unhappy with the direction of the series and cancelled the show during the production of the seventh episode. As a result none of the completed episodes have ever been aired.
In 2005 Caron created Medium
Medium (TV series)
Medium is an American television drama series that premiered on NBC on January 3, 2005, and ended on CBS on January 21, 2011. Themed on supernatural gifts, its lead character, Allison DuBois , is a medium employed as a consultant for the Phoenix, Arizona district attorney's office...
for NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
. As well as creator Caron is executive producer of the show and has written several episodes and directed the series pilot. It is currently airing its seventh season on CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
, but was canceled by the network in November 2010.
Caron was the recipient of the 2007 Outstanding Television Writer Award at the Austin Film Festival
Austin Film Festival
The Austin Film Festival was started in 1994 in Austin, Texas and is claimed to be "the first organization of its kind to focus on the writer’s unique creative contribution to the film and television industries"...
.
In 2008 Caron developed a pilot for the CBS Network titled The Meant to Be's, about a woman who dies only to find herself sent back to earth to help people get their life back on track. It was not developed any further than the pilot stage.
He is married with three children, and is the owner of Picturemaker Productions.
Filmography
- TaxiTaxi (TV series)Taxi was an American sitcom that originally aired from 1978 to 1982 on ABC and from 1982 to 1983 on NBC. The series, which won 18 Emmy Awards, including three for "Outstanding Comedy Series", focuses on the everyday lives of a handful of New York City taxi drivers and their abusive dispatcher...
(1978) TV Series- 2.08 The Great Race (writer)
- Breaking Away (1980) TV Series
- 1.06 La Strada (with Steve TesichSteve TesichStojan Steve Tesich was a Serbian-American screenwriter, playwright and novelist. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1979 for the movie Breaking Away.-Career:...
) (writer)
- 1.06 La Strada (with Steve Tesich
- FameFame (1982 TV series)Fame is an American television series originally produced between 1982 and 1987. The show was based on the 1980 motion picture of the same name. Using a mixture of drama and music, it followed the lives of the students and faculty at the New York City High School for the Performing Arts. Although...
(1982) TV Series- 1.04 Alone in a Crowd (writer)
- Remington SteeleRemington SteeleRemington Steele is an American television series, co-created by Robert Butler and Michael Gleason. The series, starring Stephanie Zimbalist and Pierce Brosnan, was produced by MTM Enterprises and first broadcast on the NBC network from 1982 to 1987. The series blended the genres of romantic...
(1982) TV Series- 1.04 Signed, Steeled, & Delivered (writer)
- 1.07 Etched in Steele (writer)
- 1.14 Hearts of Steele (writer)
- 1.15 To Stop a Steele (writer)
- Concrete Beat (1984) (TV)
- MoonlightingMoonlighting (TV series)Moonlighting is an American television series that aired on ABC from March 3, 1985, to May 14, 1989. The network aired a total of 66 episodes...
(1985) TV Series (creator)- 1.01 Pilot (writer)
- 2.01 Brother, Can You Spare a Blonde (writer)
- 2.10 Twas the Episode Before Christmas (writer)
- 3.09 The Straight Poop (writer)
- 3.10 I Am Curious Maddie (writer)
- 4.01 A Trip to the Moon (writer)
- 5.01 A Womb with a View (with Charles H. EgleeCharles H. EgleeCharles H. Eglee is an Emmy Award winning American film and television writer and producer. He worked extensively for Steven Bochco productions throughout the 1990s. For Bochco productions he co-created Byrds of Paradise with frequent collaborator Channing Gibson and co-created Murder One with...
) (writer)
- Long Time Gone (1986) (TV)
- Clean and SoberClean and SoberClean and Sober is a 1988 American drama film directed by Glenn Gordon Caron starring Michael Keaton as a real estate agent and his trouble with substance abuse. This film was a dramatic departure from comedies for Keaton. The cast also includes Kathy Baker, M...
(1988) - The Making of MeThe Making of MeThe Making of Me is a 1989 film about conception and birth directed by Glenn Gordon Caron and starring Martin Short. The film was shown at the Wonders of Life pavilion at Walt Disney World Resort's Epcot when the pavilion was open...
(1989) — a short film created for Walt Disney World's Epcot Center - Wilder NapalmWilder NapalmWilder Napalm is a 1993 romantic comedy film about a pair of pyrokinetic brothers and their rivalry for the same woman. The film was directed by Glenn Gordon Caron, and stars Dennis Quaid, Arliss Howard, and Debra Winger.-Plot:...
(1993) - Love Affair (1994)
- Picture Perfect (1997) (co-writer of screenplay and director)
- Now and AgainNow and AgainNow and Again is an American television series that aired in the US from September 24, 1999 until May 5, 2000 on CBS. The story revolves around the United States government engineering the perfect human body for use in espionage, but not being able to yet perfect the brain...
(1999) TV Series (creator)- 1.01 Origins (writer and director)
- 1.02 On the Town (writer)
- 1.03 Over Easy (writer)
- Fling (2001) TV Series (creator) (writer)
- MediumMedium (TV series)Medium is an American television drama series that premiered on NBC on January 3, 2005, and ended on CBS on January 21, 2011. Themed on supernatural gifts, its lead character, Allison DuBois , is a medium employed as a consultant for the Phoenix, Arizona district attorney's office...
(2005) TV Series (creator)- 1.01 Pilot (writer and director)
- 1.02 Suspicions and Certainties (writer)
- 1.03 A Couple of Choices (with Michael Angeli) (writer)
- 2.01 When Push Comes to Shove Part 2 (writer)
- 2.19 Knowing Her (writer)
- 3.01 Four Dreams Part 1 (with Javier Grillo-MarxuachJavier Grillo-MarxuachJavier "Javi" Grillo-Marxuach , born October 28, 1969 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, is a television screenwriter and producer, known for his work as writer and producer on the first two seasons of the ABC television series Lost, as well as other series including Charmed and Law and Order: Special...
) (writer) - 3.02 Four Dreams Part 2 (with Javier Grillo-Marxuach) (writer)
- 4.01 And Then (writer)
- 7.13 Me Without You (with Craig Sweeny & Robert Doherty) (writer)
- The Meant to Be's (2008) TV PilotTelevision pilotA "television pilot" is a standalone episode of a television series that is used to sell the show to a television network. At the time of its inception, the pilot is meant to be the "testing ground" to see if a series will be possibly desired and successful and therefore a test episode of an...
(creator, writer and director)