Walon Green

• Name — Walon Green • Born — 15 December 1936 • Birthplace — Baltimore, Maryland • Occupation — Film and television writer and producer • Notable Works — * The Wild Bunch • The Hellstrom Chronicle • NYPD Blue • Children — Darwin Green, Collin Green

Green produced and directed documentaries for National Geographic and David Wolper, including The Hellstrom Chronicle, for which he was accorded the Oscar and the BAFTA in 1972, and The Secret Life of Plants in 1979. Among his screenwriting credits are the films The Wild Bunch, Sorcerer, The Brink's Job, Solarbabies, Eraser, The Hi-Lo Country and RoboCop 2. On television, he wrote and produced episodes of Hill Street Blues, Law & Order, ER and NYPD Blue for which he received a 1995 Edgar Award. He was a Creative Consultant for the Chris Carter science fiction TV series Millennium, where he co-wrote the episode "Paper Dove" with Ted Mann. He is also notable for allowing a millipede to crawl over his face in the tunnel scene of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. In fall 2008, he assumed the post of executive producer for the Vincent D'Onofrio-Kathryn Erbe episodes of Law & Order: Criminal Intent, he took over as show runner/executive producer for all episodes in the series' ninth season. In 2008, Green was the Head Writer/Showrunner of the television pilot Bunker Hill, starring Donnie Wahlberg and Bridget Moynahan and directed by Jon Avnet. The pilot was not picked up for a series. Green wrote the 2015 miniseries adaptation of Killing Jesus: A History.

Walon Green was born in Baltimore, Maryland on December 15, 1936. He is the father of Darwin Green, a writer and film editor, and Collin Green, a teacher and photographer.

As writer - films • Morituri (1965) (uncredited) • The Wild Bunch (1969) • Sorcerer (1977) • The Brink's Job (1978) • The Border (1982) • WarGames (1983) (uncredited) • Solarbabies (1986) • Crusoe (1988) • RoboCop 2 (1990) • Eraser (1996) • The Hi-Lo Country (1998) • Dinosaur (2000) (co-screenplay and co-story) Television • Plimpton! Adventures in Africa (1972, TV film) • Strange New World (1975, TV film) • Mysteries of the Sea (1980, TV film) • Robert Kennedy and His Times (1985, TV miniseries episode) • Hill Street Blues (1985–1986, 11 TV episodes) • Law & Order (1992–1994, 8 TV episodes) • Without Warning (1994, TV movie) • NYPD Blue (1994–1995, 4 TV episodes) • Millenium (1997, 1 episode) • ER (1997-2000, 5 episodes) • Big Apple (2001, 1 episode) • Zero Effect (2002, TV film) • Dragnet (2003, 1 episode) • L.A. Confidential (2003) • Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005, 3 episodes) • Conviction (2006, 13 episodes as writer/developer) • Bunker Hill (2009, TV film) • Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2009–2010, 6 episodes) • Saints & Strangers (2015, 1 episode) • The Man in the High Castle (2015, 1 episode) • Killing Jesus (2015, TV film) • Saints & Strangers (2015, 1 episode, miniseries) • Mercy Street (2017, 2 episodes)