Lee Goldberg

Current

Executive Producer/Writer at Action Concept
Novelist - Monk Novels at Penguin Group USA
Owner at Adventures in Television

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Past

Consultant at Hofmann & Voges
Consultant at Action Concept
Executive Producer/Writer at Fast Track: No Limits

Consultant at MediaXchange
Novelist - Diagnosis Murder novels at Penguin Group USA
Freelance Writer at Monk TV Series
Instructor at UCLA Extension
Novelist at Thomson Gale
Co-Executive Producer at Lionsgate Television
Executive Producer/writer at Best TV Shows That Never Were
Writer at The Nero Wolfe Mysteries
Executive Producer at CBS Productions
Executive Producer at Diagnosis Murder/Viacom CBS
Novelist at St. Martin's Press (Self-employed)
Supervising Producer - SeaQuest at Universal Television
Supervising Producer - Cobra at Stephen J. Cannell Productions
Freelance Writer at Starlog Magazine (Self-employed)
Freelance Writer at Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Novelist at Pinnacle Books (Self-employed)
Freelancer Writer/Correspondent at Newsweek Magazine

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Education

University of California, Los Angeles
Northgate High School

Recommended

18 people have recommended Lee

Connections

457 connections

Industry

Broadcast Media

Lee Goldberg’s Summary

TV:
Twenty years years of experience as a writer/exec producer of network, syndicated & cable drama series & pilots in the U.S, Canada and Europe.

PRINT:
Author of over 20 published mysteries, including the “Diagnosis Murder” and “Monk” series of original novels, and many non-fiction books, including “Successful Television Writing” and “Unsold Television Pilots 1955-1990."

CONSULTING:

I have consulted on developing, writing & producing episodic TV series for networks and studios in Germany, Sweden, and Spain.

I also have dual citizenship in the U.S. and France, and qualify as an EU writer.

REPRESENTATION

U.S. TV and Film:
Mitchel Stein, The Stein Agency
5125 Oakdale Ave
Woodland Hills, CA 91364
T: 818-594-8990
E: mstein@thesteinagency.com

UK & Europe TV & Film:
Peter MacFarlane, MacFarlane Chard
33 Percy Street London W1T 2DF
T: +44 (0)20 7636 7750
F: +44 (0)20 7636 7751
E: enquiries@macfarlane-chard.co.uk

Publishing:
Gina Maccoby
P.O. Box 60
Chappaqua, NY 10514
T: (914) 238-5630
E: GM@maccobylit.com

Lee Goldberg’s Specialties:

+ producing programming on a weekly basis, on time and on budget, to meet the goals and expectations of the studios, networks, and viewers.
+ developing stories and writing teleplays, for myself and among the diverse members of a writing staff.
+ writing and developing mysteries for television, film and print.
+ teaching television writing, consulting for foreign productions on the "American" methods of tv writing and production

Lee Goldberg’s Experience

Executive Producer/Writer

Action Concept

(Broadcast Media industry)

August 2009 — Present (4 months)

Non-exclusive screenwriter/exec producer of "Grace Under Fire," an action-adventure movie to be shot in Berlin & Shanghai in early 2010.
Novelist - Monk Novels

Penguin Group USA

(Public Company; Publishing industry)

January 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)

Author of the "Monk" series of original novels, published in hardcover and paperback. The ninth, "Mr. Monk in Trouble," comes out in Dec 2009.
Owner

Adventures in Television

(Privately Held; Myself Only; Entertainment industry)

January 1995 — Present (14 years 11 months)

Providing writing, producing, and consulting services for television and film.
Consultant

Hofmann & Voges

(Privately Held; Entertainment industry)

October 2007 — January 2008 (4 months)

Consultant with a major, Munich-based TV and movie production company on their episodic drama series development.
Consultant

Action Concept

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

August 2006 — January 2008 (1 year 6 months)

Consulting on the development, writing and producing of action-adventure pilots and television series for international sale for this major producer of German programming. Learn more about this company at www.actionconcept.com
Executive Producer/Writer

Fast Track: No Limits

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Entertainment industry)

January 2007 — October 2007 (10 months)

- writer/creator of the project
- responsible for all aspects of production of 95 minute action/adventure tv movie/pilot shot on location in Berlin with an international cast for Action Concept Productions.
Consultant

MediaXchange

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Entertainment industry)

July 2006 — July 2007 (1 year 1 month)

Taught and coordinated five intensive, week-long "Showrunner/Writers Room" training program seminars for European writers, producers, television networks and production companies.
Novelist - Diagnosis Murder novels

Penguin Group USA

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Publishing industry)

September 2003 — May 2007 (3 years 9 months)

Author of the eight "Diagnosis Murder" original paperback mysteries.
Freelance Writer

Monk TV Series

(Motion Pictures and Film industry)

January 2003 — February 2007 (4 years 2 months)

Wrote the episodes "Mr. Monk Goes to Mexico," "Mr. Monk and the Godfather," and "Mr. Monk Can't See a Thing," which was based on my original novel MR. MONK GOES TO THE FIREHOUSE
Instructor

UCLA Extension

(Higher Education industry)

June 2006 — August 2006 (3 months)

Taught a 10 week introduction to episodic television writing course based on my book Successful Television Writing.
Novelist

Thomson Gale

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; TOC; Publishing industry)

January 2004 — November 2005 (1 year 11 months)

Author of THE MAN WITH THE IRON-ON BADGE and THE WALK, published by Five Star Mysteries, an imprint of Thomson Gale.
Co-Executive Producer

Lionsgate Television

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; LGF; Entertainment industry)

February 2003 — February 2005 (2 years 1 month)

Writer/co-exec producer on the Lifetime network series "Missing" (aka "1-800-Missing") for two seasons and writer of the unsold NBC pilot "The Cleaner."
Executive Producer/writer

Best TV Shows That Never Were

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

January 2002 — May 2002 (5 months)

Writer & Executive producer of a one-hour special for ABC based on my book "Unsold Television Pilots." The special featured clips from unsold pilot films -- sample episodes of proposed series that weren't ordered as series by the networks.
Writer

The Nero Wolfe Mysteries

(Broadcast Media industry)

2001 — 2002 (1 year )

Writer of four episodes, including one nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Television Episode by the Mystery Writers of America .
Executive Producer

CBS Productions

(Entertainment industry)

May 1999 — May 2000 (1 year 1 month)

Executive Producer of the TV Series "Martial Law," co-writer of the pilot "Ella Clah."
Executive Producer

Diagnosis Murder/Viacom CBS

(Broadcast Media industry)

1997 — 1999 (2 years )

In charge of all aspects of writing, production, casting & post-production for the weekly, one-hour mystery series, which starred Dick Van Dyke.
Novelist
St. Martin's Press (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Publishing industry)

1995 — 1997 (2 years )

Author of the books MY GUN HAS BULLETS and BEYOND THE BEYOND.
Supervising Producer - SeaQuest

Universal Television

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Entertainment industry)

May 1995 — December 1995 (8 months)

Supervising producer, writer on the NBC series.
Supervising Producer - Cobra

Stephen J. Cannell Productions

(Broadcast Media industry)

1993 — 1994 (1 year )

Wrote and produced this syndicated, one-hour action series, which starred Michael Dudikoff.
Freelance Writer
Starlog Magazine (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Publishing industry)

1980 — 1990 (10 years )

Wrote hundreds of interviews and features about science fiction TV shows and movies. Several of the articles were collected in my books SCIENCE FICTION FILM-MAKING IN THE 1980s and DREAMWEAVERS: FANTASY FILM-MAKING IN THE 1980s.
Freelance Writer

Los Angeles Times Syndicate

(Public Company; Myself Only; Publishing industry)

1980 — 1987 (7 years )

Freelancer, covering the entertainment industry. My articles were syndicated to newspapers nationwide.
Novelist
Pinnacle Books (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Publishing industry)

1984 — 1986 (2 years )

Author (as Ian Ludlow) of the books .357 VIGILANTE, .357 VIGILANTE: MAKE THEM PAY, .357 VIGILANTE: WHITE WASH, and .357 VIGILANTE: KILLSTORM
Freelancer Writer/Correspondent

Newsweek Magazine

(Public Company; Myself Only; Publishing industry)

1981 — 1985 (4 years )

Stringer/freelance writer for Newsweek Magazine, correspondent for Newsweek On Campus Magazine, covering the entertainment industry.

Lee Goldberg’s Education

University of California, Los Angeles

BA , Coommunications , 1980 — 1984

Activities and Societies:

Reporter/editor at UCLA Daily Bruin
Northgate High School

Additional Information

Lee Goldberg’s Interests:

screenwriting, mystery writing, novel writing, television producing,television writing,screenwriting instruction,consulting

Lee Goldberg’s Groups:

Writers Guild of America, Mystery Writers of America, Private Eye Writers of America, Crime Writers Association (UK), Crime Writers Association (Canada), Western Writers of America, International Thriller Writers, International Assocation of Media Tie-In Writers,International Association of Crime Writers,Writers Guild of Canada,Academy of Television Arts and Sciences,Producers Guild of America