Jim Mulholland

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James “Jim” Mulholland (born around 1950 in Rockville Center , New York ) is an American screenwriter who is also used sporadically as a film producer and actor . In the course of his career, he has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award 20 times , but was never able to win this award. For the majority of his career he worked alongside his congenial authoring partner Michael "Mike" Barrie , both of whom were actually only used in humorous productions and were often responsible for skits for special programs.

life and career

Career start

Mulholland began his career as a screenwriter and monologue writer around the age of 19, when he first appeared in the writing team for the Joan Rivers Show in 1969 . Despite his relatively young age, he was also used in two episodes of The Kraft Music Hall in 1970 and 1971 . Also in 1970 he was, as before, about two years Mike Barrie from Johnny Carson to the team of the Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson brought. From this point on, Barrie accompanied him throughout his entire career, the two not only forming a congenial team as authors for late-night shows and other talk shows, but also working together on various television specials and films. While it was introduced in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson from 1970, initially a little more slowly, it was also used in numerous other talk shows in the early years, where he should gain experience. He was used in around 30 episodes of The Dick Cavett Show in 1971 and was also involved in the script for an episode of the sitcom All in the Family the following year . While working on The Dean Martin Show , where he was involved in the scripts for 26 different episodes from 1973 to 1974, he also wrote the script for an episode of Mary Tyler Moore in 1973 and was also at 23 in the same year Follows of Jack Paar Tonite in action. He had other assignments as a screenwriter in the early 1970s, including broadcasting the 23rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards in 1971 and broadcasting the 24th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards the following year. In 1972 he also worked as a screenwriter for the anniversary show The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 10th Anniversary and was also involved in 1974 in the one-hour show Andy Williams Presents .

Successful time until 1980

In the mid-1970s he continued to work on various series and wrote, for example, scripts for 15 episodes of the short-lived television series Cher , with the singer of the same name in the lead role. In 1976 he was on two episodes of the five-episode limited mini-series Ivan the Terrible , and in 1977 on an episode of Welcome Back, Kotter . This was also the last time that Mulholland had participated in any other television series or talk show other than the Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson . After that, parallel to the Tonight Show, he was mainly involved in various television specials and broadcasts of all kinds of award ceremonies, but over the years he also found his way into the film business, where he demonstrated his talent as a scriptwriter for television and cinema films. From 1975 to 1976 he was also the screenwriter and sketchwriter of David Frost Presents the Guinness Book of World Records , Selling of Vince D'Angelo , The Second Annual Comedy Awards and That Was the Year That Was - 1976 . In 1979 he was brought into the team for the first time as a screenwriter and monologue writer, which is involved in broadcasting the Oscars every year . He was at the 1979 Academy Awards as the writer of The 51st Annual Academy Awards , which won an Emmy over the course of the year and was nominated for three more. His pioneer Johnny Carson already appeared as host at this award ceremony, who then took on this position four more times, each time bringing Mulholland and his equally experienced partner Mike Barrie into the team. While he was still working on the Tonight Show's 17-year special , Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 17th Anniversary Special , in 1979 , he was once again involved in the television broadcast of the film award at the 1980 Academy Awards . The 52nd Annual Academy Awards received five Emmy nominations during the year.

Further successes from 1980

In 1980, Mulholland worked on the television special , Johnny Carson's 18th Anniversary Special , and worked on the broadcast of the All-Star Inaugural Gala , which premiered on January 19, 1981. In 1981 Jim Mulholland received his first prestigious award for his achievements in the television business. He won a Primetime Emmy Award in the category "Outstanding Writing in a Variety, Music or Comedy Program" at the 1981 Primetime Emmy Awards for his longstanding engagement with The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson . Mulholland had other appearances in 1981, among others at the Academy Awards in 1981 with the special program The 53rd Annual Academy Awards , as well as with the anniversary broadcast The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 19th Anniversary Special and his first movie Harry makes the puppets dance , but he does not appears in the credits. In 1982 it was used for the fourth time in a row at an Academy Awards. At the Academy Awards 1982 he was another instrumental in the monologues of the television production The 54th Annual Academy Awards . Also in 1982, for the 20th anniversary of the Tonight Show , the Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 20th Anniversary program was produced with Mulholland's participation . In 1983 he worked in Likely Stories, Vol. 2 , Likely Stories, Vol. 4 , Focus on Fishko and Johnny Carson's 21st Anniversary . In the following year, the fifth Oscar appearance followed, where he was once again involved in the script for the production of The 56th Annual Academy Awards at the 1984 Academy Awards and also played a key role in film productions that year.

He was in the special programs Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 22nd Anniversary and Johnny Carson Presents the Tonight Show Comedians and also wrote the script for the TV production Welcome to the Fun Zone . Together with his congenial partner Mike Barrie, he also wrote the screenplay for the film TV - Totally Crazy , which was also released in 1984 , in which Danny DeVito appeared in a leading role and also as a director. Barrie and Mulholland received a WGA Award in 1986 in the Original / Adapted Comedy Anthology category for their work on the script . The two have worked with DeVito a few times in the past. After he was mainly involved in the production of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in the following year , he finally made his debut as a film producer in 1986 . On Many Happy Returns , he also occupied the position of screenwriter along with his loyal friend Barrie. In 1987 the two authors made the film Amazons on the Moon or Why the Americans have the channel full , for which they also wrote the screenplay. Another production of the two this year was the anniversary show The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 25th Anniversary Special , for which they wrote the skits again. After that, the writing duo largely withdrew and worked almost exclusively on the Tonight Show . It wasn't until 1991 that the two came back to work in other productions, when they were part of the sketch comedy special Life As We Know It! were used as screenwriters. The two also wrote the screenplay for the film Oscar, based on Claude Magnier's works , in which Mulholland also got his first acting role since 1968, when he appeared on the Carol Burnett Show with a sketch and through it in In a way, was discovered as a sketchwriter screenwriter. In the film Oscar - From the rain into the eaves he also appeared in the role of Oscar , which, however, was not a main role, but a rather insignificant supporting role.

From the "Tonight Show" to the "Late Show with David Letterman"

On May 22, 1992, the end for Johnny Carson on the Tonight Show finally followed , as he decided to go into well-deserved retirement. With him, Barrie and Mulholland, among others, left the team for the production of the long-standing and very successful late-night show. Mulholland was listed under his full name as James Mulholland in the credits of the last episode . Before that, he worked on Johnny Carson's 29th Anniversary . Before he left, he was nominated for an Emmy five times for his involvement in the show. After the aforementioned time in 1981, he was also nominated in 1986, 1987, 1989 and 1992. In 1986, 1987 and 1989 he was nominated in the category “Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program” and in 1992 in the category “Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Variety or Music Program”. After the Tonight Show , Barrie and Mulholland continued to work together, including writing the script for the 1993 comedy special Public Enemy # 2 on SCTV . In addition, the two of them were involved in the one-hour Special Basic Values: Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90’s scriptwriters. Later in 1994, the two authors were finally brought to the production team for the Late Show with David Letterman , where their scripts were used from September 1994. In the same year, Barrie and Mulholland wrote the script for The Johnny Carson Collection, His Favorite Moments from 'The Tonight Show': 1962-1992 . In 1995 Mulholland was nominated for an Emmy for the first time with the Late Show , he succeeded in the category "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing for a Variety or Music Program" for his engagement in the video released production Late Show with David Letterman : Video Special . In the following year, Mulholland was nominated again for an Emmy in this category for his work on Late Show with David Letterman: Video Special II . After that he was nominated for an Emmy every year up to and including 2009, but never won the award. In 1997 he was always nominated in the same category, which only had to undergo a few name changes over the years. He had his Emmy nomination to date (as of May 2011) at the 2009 Primetime Emmy Awards . Over the years Mulholland has not only been nominated for numerous Emmys, but also for a WGA Award in the category "Comedy / Variety (Including Talk) - Series" in 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2009 . To date (as of May 2011), Mulholland has already worked as a screenwriter on more than 1,500 episodes of the late night show. Along with his time on the Tonight Show , he was nominated for an Emmy 20 times during his career, but was always unsuccessful.

Parallel to his work on the David Letterman show , he continued to write other productions, including the 1995 Academy Awards , where he co- hosted Letterman with Barrie and numerous other writers were brought into the team. The production The 67th Annual Academy Awards subsequently won an Emmy and was nominated five more times. The Barrie-Mulholland duo achieved great fame especially through the 1995 film Bad Boys, starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence . They wrote the script for director Michael Bay together with Doug Richardson for the film, which grossed over 140 million US dollars worldwide and became a real box-office hit. In addition, the two were also involved in a part of Favorite Deadly Sins that year. In 1998, the special programs The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts and the program for the fifth anniversary of the Late Show , Late Show with David Letterman 5th Anniversary Special, followed . Thereafter, neither Mulholland nor Barrie were ever used in another special program and focused exclusively on the script work for the Late Show with David Letterman , whose team they are now 17th year on.

Filmography

As a screenwriter

TV series, late night shows, and talk shows
Films and specials

As a producer

As an actor

Nominations and Awards

Nominations

Primetime Emmy Awards
  • 1981 : Primetime Emmy Award in the category "Outstanding Writing in a Variety, Music or Comedy Program" for his involvement in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  • 1986 : Primetime Emmy Award in the category "Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program" for his involvement in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  • 1987 : Primetime Emmy Award in the category "Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program" for his involvement in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  • 1989 : Primetime Emmy Award in the category “Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program” for his involvement in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  • 1992 : Primetime Emmy Award in the category “Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Variety or Music Program” for his involvement in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  • 1995 : Primetime Emmy Award in the category “Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing for a Variety or Music Program” for his engagement in Late Show with David Letterman: Video Special
  • 1996 : Primetime Emmy Award in the category "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing for a Variety or Music Program" for his engagement in Late Show with David Letterman: Video Special II
  • 1997 : Primetime Emmy Award in the category “Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program” for his engagement in Late Show with David Letterman
  • 1998 : Primetime Emmy Award in the category “Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program” for his engagement in Late Show with David Letterman
  • 1999 : Primetime Emmy Award in the category "Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program" for his engagement in Late Show with David Letterman
  • 2000 : Primetime Emmy Award in the category “Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program” for his engagement in Late Show with David Letterman
  • 2001 : Primetime Emmy Award in the category “Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program” for his engagement in Late Show with David Letterman
  • 2002 : Primetime Emmy Award in the category “Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program” for his engagement in Late Show with David Letterman
  • 2003 : Primetime Emmy Award in the category “Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program” for his engagement in Late Show with David Letterman
  • 2004 : Primetime Emmy Award in the category “Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program” for his engagement in Late Show with David Letterman
  • 2005 : Primetime Emmy Award in the category “Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program” for his engagement in Late Show with David Letterman
  • 2006 : Primetime Emmy Award in the category “Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program” for his engagement in Late Show with David Letterman
  • 2007 : Primetime Emmy Award in the category “Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program” for his engagement in Late Show with David Letterman
  • 2008 : Primetime Emmy Award in the category “Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program” for his engagement in Late Show with David Letterman
  • 2009 : Primetime Emmy Award in the category “Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Series” for his engagement in Late Show with David Letterman
WGA Awards
  • 2000: WGA Award in the category "Comedy / Variety (Including Talk) - Series" for his engagement in Late Show with David Letterman
  • 2001: WGA Award in the category “Comedy / Variety (Including Talk) - Series” for his involvement in Late Show with David Letterman
  • 2002: WGA Award in the category "Comedy / Variety (Including Talk) - Series" for his engagement in Late Show with David Letterman
  • 2009: WGA Award in the category “Comedy / Variety (Including Talk) - Series” for his involvement in Late Show with David Letterman

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Gold Standard - Johnny Carson won over Oscar viewers with perfect pitch ?? and a little help from his friends , accessed May 4, 2011
  2. ^ Movie Review - Amazon Women on the Moon (1987 ), accessed May 4, 2011
  3. ↑ 'Fried Movie' Producer At It Again , accessed May 4, 2011
  4. ↑ a b Movie Review - Oscar (1991) (English), accessed May 4, 2011
  5. ^ Bad Boys in the DailyScript.com database , accessed May 4, 2011
  6. ↑ MOVIE REVIEWS: A Simple Game of Cops and Robbers: But 'Bad Boys' Plot Isn't Up to the Talents of Its Charismatic Stars , accessed May 4, 2011
  7. ↑ On View: What's Black, Green and Seen All Over? : SHOWTIME'S DARK COMEDY 'GREED,' ONE OF 'NATIONAL LAMPOON'S FAVORITE DEADLY SINS' , accessed May 4, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Mulholland, Jim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mulholland, James (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American screenwriter, film producer, and actor
DATE OF BIRTH around 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Rockville Center , New York, United States