Ocko, Peter

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Ocko, Peter

(Pete Ocko)

PERSONAL

Addresses:

Agent—Scott Schwartz, Vision Art Management, 9200 Sunset Blvd., Penthouse 1, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Career:

Writer and producer.

Awards, Honors:

Television Award (with others), outstanding variety or musical, Writers Guild of America, 1990, for Not Necessarily the News; Television Award nomination (with others), outstanding dramatic series, Writers Guild of America, 2006, for Deadwood.

CREDITS

Television Work; Series:

Producer, Weird Science, USA Network, 1994.

Creator and executive producer, Baby Blues (animated), The WB, 1999-2000, Cartoon Network, 2002.

Co-executive producer, Boston Legal, ABC, 2005.

Creator and executive producer, 3 lbs., CBS, 2006.

Coproducer of the animated series Dinosaurs, ABC; story editor for the series Parker Lewis Can't Lose (also known as Parker Lewis), Fox.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Quacking man, "Magic for Beginners," Weird Science, USA Network, 1994.

Film Appearances:

Fourth guy in locker room, The Strangler's Wife, New Concorde, 2002.

WRITINGS

Television Series:

Weird Science, USA Network, 1994.

Baby Blues (animated), The WB, 1999-2000, Cartoon Network, 2002.

3 lbs., CBS, 2006.

Also staff writer for the animated series Dinosaurs, ABC; writer, Parker Lewis Can't Lose (also known as Parker Lewis), Fox.

Television Specials:

The 41st Annual Emmy Awards, Fox, 1989.

Save the Planet: A CBS/Hard Rock Cafe Special, CBS, 1990.

A Baby Blues Christmas Special (animated), Cartoon Network, 2002.

Television Episodes:

(As Pete Ocko) "Curious George," Dead Like Me, Showtime, 2003.

(As Pete Ocko) "Sunday Mornings," Dead Like Me, Showtime, 2003.

"Vacation," Dead Like Me, Showtime, 2003.

"Catch and Release," Boston Legal, ABC, 2004.

"A Greater Good," Boston Legal, ABC, 2004.

Also writer for the series Deadwood, HBO; and Not Necessarily the News.

Video Games:

Heavy Gear, Activision, 1997.

Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun (also known as Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun Firestorm), Electronic Arts, 1999.

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