Michael Poryes

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Michael Poryes (born March 22, 1955 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American screenwriter , executive producer and dramaturge . He is considered to be the inventor of Raven Looks through and Hannah Montana .

life and career

Even before Poryes got into the film and television business, he made his living as a waiter . His actual career in television finally began in the early 1980s, when he was used as a screenwriter in a number of internationally known television series. Until about 1986 he was in only one or two episodes of series such as Love, Sidney (1982; 1 episode), The Jeffersons (1983; 1 episode), Imbiß mit Bß (1984; 1 episode), Love Boat (1985; 1 episode), A Colt for All Cases (1985; 1 episode) or Who's the boss here? (1985 and 1986; 2 episodes) worked as a screenwriter and started his first significant activity in 1986. He took over the work of the dramaturge for the television series The Facts of Life , in which he worked in this position in 48 episodes until 1988 and also worked as a screenwriter in five episodes until 1988. In 1986 he was still writing the script for an episode of Small Wonder . After working for the NBC series, Poryes continued to work as a screenwriter in the following years. He worked on series such as Good Morning, Miss Bliss (1989; 3 episodes), California High School (1989 and 1990; 3 episodes), 227 (1990; 1 episode), Bigfoot and the Hendersons (1991; 1 episode) , My father is an alien (1991; 1 episode), My Dear John (1992; 1 episode) or Roseanne (1992; 1 episode). In some cases he did a very substantial job in the production of Die verrückten Royals , where he wrote the script for one episode in 1992, worked as executive script consultant in two episodes and was appointed dramaturge in another four episodes . In the same year he was nominated for the Roseanne episode This Old House together with Chuck Lorre and Jeff Abugov for the Humanitas Prize , which was not won in the end.

This was followed by other short assignments as a screenwriter on some well-known TV series from US production. 1993 was followed by two episodes of Joe's Life , where Poryes was active as a screenwriter, followed by an episode of Me and the Boys in 1994. Only a year later was Poryes in another episode of Me and the Boys as co-producer , booked his first major activity in the production of a television series. This was followed by a rather unspectacular year in 1996, followed by a more labor-intensive year 1997, in which Poryes took part in various television productions. Among other things, he wrote the script for three episodes of Cybill and was active in the series in five episodes as a supervising producer and until 1998 as co-executive producer in eight episodes. Furthermore, in 1997 an engagement with The Blues Brothers Animated Series followed , where he wrote the script for an unknown number of episodes. He was also active in an unknown number of episodes that year as executive producer on the television series Veronica . After a lengthy creative break, Poryes created the youth television series Raven looks through , which quickly became a real success and in which he brought up the concept in almost all episodes. He also accompanied the series for over two years in 20 episodes as an executive producer and worked as a consultant in another 18 episodes.

Looking through the successes of Raven , Poryes soon invented the quickly popular children's and youth series Hannah Montana . In the series produced from 2006 to 2010, he was responsible for the concept in 90 of the 100 episodes and at the same time worked as executive producer in 84 episodes. He also held this position in 2009 at Hannah Montana - The Film , to which he also brought the characters through the series. Previously, he was already in the DVD production Hannah Montana: One in a Million committed (2008) and was also in the same year as a screenwriter and story writer in the DVD production Come Feud with Me: The Top 10 Disney Channel Character Feuds in use . The year before he delivered the characters for 17 episodes of Einfach Cory . For his engagement with Hannah Montana Poryes was nominated four times (2007-2010) for the Creative Arts Emmy , but could not accept the award and had to admit defeat to other productions every year. Production of the series ended in 2010, with the last episode airing on January 16, 2011 in the United States. According to media reports, Poryes is already developing a new youth television series.

Filmography

Screenwriter

producer

Co-producer

Co-executive producer

  • 1997–1998: Cybill (8 episodes)

Supervising producer

executive producer

Dramaturge and advisor

Dramaturge

Consultant

Nominations

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Poryes, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American screenwriter, producer, and dramaturge
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH los Angeles