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John Wells

film director, screenwriter, film producer, trade unionist, showrunner, television producer, director, theatrical producer

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1956

John Marcum Wells is an American producer, writer, and director. He is best known for his role as showrunner and executive producer of the television series ER, Third Watch, The West Wing, Southland, Shameless, Animal Kingdom, The Pitt, and American Woman, as well as the miniseries Maid and the 2024 series Rescue: HI-Surf. He was the developer of the series Shameless, which ran for 11 seasons, from 2011 to 2021, on Showtime. His company, John Wells Productions, is currently based at Warner Bros. studios in Burbank, California. He served twice as president of the Writers Guild of America, West, and currently serves on the board of governors of the Motion Picture & Television Fund (MPTF).

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I grew up in a family that was very barbed and difficult, and there was a lot of humor. None of it was painless humor. All of it was at someone else's expense. It was kind of always about power.

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As people, we're generally optimistic, no matter how disabled our lives are, and we find the humor in the darkest situations.

John Wells

I was a directing student and a production design student at Carnegie Mellon. I went in as a production design student and became a directing student.

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