David Foster (writer)
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David Foster | |
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Occupation(s) | Television writer, producer, medical doctor |
Years active | 1995–present |
David Foster is an American television writer, producer and medical doctor best known for working as a writer/producer on the critically acclaimed Fox medical drama series House.
Medical career
Foster graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1995. He attended school with Neal Baer, a pediatrician who would eventually become the executive producer of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. As a doctor he worked at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the Harvard School of Public Health listening to patient's stories and diagnose uncommon illnesses, a skill which he would later utilize as a writer on House.[1]
Television career
Foster would eventually move into television writing through Neal Baer, who hired him to freelance-write an episode of Law & Order: SVU entitled "Parts". The producers of House were impressed by his credentials and hired him as a consulting producer during the show's first season. Since then he has served as a writer and producer and was promoted to co-executive producer at the beginning of the seventh season.[1]
House episodes
- "DNR" (1.09)
- "Mob Rules" (with John Mankiewicz) (1.15)
- "TB or Not TB" (2.05)
- "All In" (2.17)
- "Informed Consent" (3.03)
- "Needle in a Haystack" (3.13)
- "Mirror Mirror" (4.05)
- "House's Head" (with Peter Blake, Doris Egan, Russel Friend, and Garrett Lerner) (4.15)
- "Wilson's Heart" (with Peter Blake, Russel Friend, and Garrett Lerner) (4.16)
- "Birthmarks" (with Doris Egan) (5.04)
- "Big Baby" (with Lawrence Kaplow) (5.13)
- "Locked In" (with Russel Friend and Garrett Lerner) (5.19)
- "Broken" (with Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner, and David Shore) (6.01 / 6.02)
- "Wilson" (6.10)
- "Baggage" (with Doris Egan) (6.21)
- "Unplanned Parenthood" (7.05)
- "Last Temptation" (with Liz Friedman) (7.19)
- "Transplant" (with Liz Friedman) (8.02)
- "Nobody's Fault" (with Russel Friend and Garrett Lerner) (8x11)
Awards and nominations
In 2010, Foster won a Writers Guild of America Award for the "Broken" episode of House, which he shared with Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner and David Shore.[2]
References
- ^ a b Woznicki, Katrina (September 27, 2005). "A doctor/writer in the 'House'". CNN International. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
- ^ "Winners Announced for 2010 Writers Guild Awards". Writers Guild of America, West. February 20, 2010. Retrieved February 18, 2011.
External links
- David Foster at IMDb