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John Wells

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John Wells

Born May 28, 1956 · 70 years53 titles 32 movies · 21 TV
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Biography

John Marcum Wells (born May 28, 1956) is an American theater and television producer, writer and director. He is best known for his role as executive producer and show runner of the television series ER, Third Watch, and The West Wing. His company, John Wells Productions, is currently based at Warner Bros. studios in Burbank, California. Wells is also a labor leader, and was elected president of the Writers Guild of America, West in 2009, after serving a prior term in that office from 1999–2001. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Wells (TV producer),licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born

May 28, 1956

Alexandria, Virginia, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

2

Acting credits

11

Directing

15

Writing

48

Other crew

Most critically rated

Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

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1985 1 title(s)

1987 1 title(s)

1988 1 title(s)

1992 2 title(s)

1994 2 title(s)

1996 2 title(s)

1997 1 title(s)

1999 2 title(s)

2001 2 title(s)

2002 4 title(s)

2003 2 title(s)

2004 1 title(s)

2005 2 title(s)

2006 4 title(s)

2007 3 title(s)

2008 1 title(s)

2009 3 title(s)

2010 2 title(s)

2011 2 title(s)

2013 1 title(s)

2014 1 title(s)

2015 2 title(s)

2016 2 title(s)

2019 1 title(s)

2020 1 title(s)

2021 1 title(s)

2024 2 title(s)

2025 2 title(s)

Undated 2 title(s)