John Leekley

John Leekley

История

John Leekley is an American writer, director and producer. He is one of the most prolific writer/producers in television. He received a Primetime Emmy Award for his work as executive producer/writer on the HBO Original Series Spawn. Leekley was creator/writer/executive producer of the series Kindred: The Embraced for Fox Network, which is a cult favorite on the web. He started his television career as co-producer, writer, and creator of the landmark eight-hour CBS mini-series The Blue and The Gray (CBS), starring Gregory Peck as Abraham Lincoln, based on the novel of the same name, that he authored. He has also served as writer/producer for several highly regarded movies including In the Company of Darkness starring Helen Hunt (CBS), She Fought Alone (NBC) which was the first movie to confront the issue of date rape, Buried Secrets (NBC), the four-hour mini-series Night Sins (CBS) based on the best-selling novel of that name, and Mafia Doctor (CBS). He was the creator of the dark supernatural series Wolf Lake for CBS centering on teenagers in a small town in the Northwest who are changelings. He has also written and produced a number of other series for television. Leekley wrote and directed the theatrical feature film The Prince of Central Park, starring Academy Award nominees Harvey Keitel, Kathleen Turner, Danny Aiello, and Cathy Moriarty. He later completed the futuristic feature film script City of Night. The story revolves around the survivors of a worldwide plague, who gather together in the Bowery of New York City, forming a new minority in America at the bottom of society, with their own mysterious night culture, the gangsters who rule it, and the cops who try to take it back. Leekley is also the best-selling author of fiction and non-fiction books. He is an historical author, having co-written Moments: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs and edited Reflections on the Civil War, the last book by historian Bruce Catton. He completed the manuscript for a novel, Jazzmen, an epic story about the jazz era from 1900 to the 1920s, set in New Orleans, the river boats, and amidst the mobsters of Chicago. Recently, he wrote the screenplay The White Rose, a true story of medical students in Nazi Germany who formed the only national resistance movement against Hitler and the Gestapo. He is represented by the Kaplan Stahler Agency and RAIN Management.

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John Leekley

Фильмы

Mafia Doctor
Executive Producer
Growing up poor on the streets of New Jersey, Frank Siena (Danny Nucci) has little hope of realizing his dream of becoming a doctor. But "fate" has a way of intervening. Now a brilliant, successful cardiac surgeon, Frank seems to have it all, except for one terrible secret: Before he swore to save lives and do no harm, Frank took another oath... to mob boss Nicola Delarusso (Paul Sorvino), who paid his way through medical school in exchange for absolute loyalty. And when Delarusso demands payment in full Frank suffers a crisis of conscience that could cost him his job, his wife... and his life!
Mafia Doctor
Writer
Growing up poor on the streets of New Jersey, Frank Siena (Danny Nucci) has little hope of realizing his dream of becoming a doctor. But "fate" has a way of intervening. Now a brilliant, successful cardiac surgeon, Frank seems to have it all, except for one terrible secret: Before he swore to save lives and do no harm, Frank took another oath... to mob boss Nicola Delarusso (Paul Sorvino), who paid his way through medical school in exchange for absolute loyalty. And when Delarusso demands payment in full Frank suffers a crisis of conscience that could cost him his job, his wife... and his life!
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Writer
После того как мать двенадцатилетнего JJ умирает, он остается на попечении приемной матери, от которой и убегает, прихватив с собой только электронный синтезатор. Он начинает жить в Центральном парке Нью-Йорка, создавая музыку, наслаждаясь его красотой и новой свободой, но и здесь есть свои правила. Его новым миром заправляет воинственный эксцентрик Опекун. Он знакомит JJ-я с одной грустной старой парой, которая потеряла их собственного сына, но есть один темный секрет, который может привести к непоправимым последствиям…
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Director
После того как мать двенадцатилетнего JJ умирает, он остается на попечении приемной матери, от которой и убегает, прихватив с собой только электронный синтезатор. Он начинает жить в Центральном парке Нью-Йорка, создавая музыку, наслаждаясь его красотой и новой свободой, но и здесь есть свои правила. Его новым миром заправляет воинственный эксцентрик Опекун. Он знакомит JJ-я с одной грустной старой парой, которая потеряла их собственного сына, но есть один темный секрет, который может привести к непоправимым последствиям…
Buried Secrets
Executive Producer
A young woman moves with her mother to her mother's hometown and is haunted by the ghost of a dead teenager.
Buried Secrets
Writer
A young woman moves with her mother to her mother's hometown and is haunted by the ghost of a dead teenager.
She Fought Alone
Producer
All, including school administration and a friend, turn their backs on a girl who accused a classmate of rape.
She Fought Alone
Writer
All, including school administration and a friend, turn their backs on a girl who accused a classmate of rape.
The Omen
Executive Producer
The Omen
Writer
Рыцарь дорог 2010
Screenplay
Джейк Мак Куин — контрабандист, он занимается контрабандой, но почти разорён. Джейку удаётся из старого автомобиля Ford Mustang 1 сделать автомобиль будущего — говорящий разумный автомобиль, в него как бы вселён дух молодой девушки. Чего не знает Джейк, так того, что он находится под наблюдением особой корпорации — Корпорации Кризэлис, которая подсылает к Джейку своего лучшего служащего Ханну Тири, для того чтобы он с ней работал. Джейк сперва сомневается в возможности работы с Ханной после того как она сказала, что она прошла через ПРИЗМУ. В дальнейшем они работают вместе, и им приходится противостоять самой Корпорации Кризэлис. В процессе выполнения задания Ханна чуть не гибнет, но оказывается, что это опять ПРИЗМА. В конце фильма Ханна и Джейк путешествуют по будущему на говорящем разумном автомобиле и борятся за правосудие.
In the Company of Darkness
Writer
After young policewoman Gina Pulasky succeeds in handling a domestic fight particularly well, she's added to a small team of detectives assigned to a case of gruesome child killings. She proves herself to be a worthwhile reinforcement by tracking down the prime suspect, a disturbingly smart young man named Kyle Timler. Much to the horror of her team mate and lover Will McCaid, Pulasky goes undercover to infiltrate in Timler's life and trying to get as close to him as necessary to make him confess his crimes without even noticing it. A dangerous mission involving a process of growing identification with the killer, something that doesn't leave Pulasky unscathed.