Shore, David 1959-

PERSONAL

Born July 3, 1959, in London, Ontario, Canada; son of Marvin (an accountant and politician) and Cecile (a nurse) Shore; married, wife's name Judy (a television producer); children: three. Education: University of Western Ontario, graduated; University of Toronto, LL.B.

Addresses:

Office—Shore Z Productions, 10201 West Pico Blvd., Building 89, Room 230, Los Angeles, CA 90035. Agent—Doug MacLaren, International Creative Management, 10250 Constellation Way, 9th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90067. Manager—Larry Shuman, Shuman Co., 3815 Hughes Ave., 4th Floor, Culver City, CA 90232.

Career:

Writer, producer, director, and story editor. Shore Z Productions, Los Angeles, president; also works a consulting producer. Performed briefly at a comedy club in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Former partner of a law firm in London, Ontario.

Awards, Honors:

Gemini Award (with Paul Haggis), best writing in a dramatic series, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, 1996, for "Hawk and a Handsaw," Due South; Gemini Award nominations (with others), best dramatic series and best writing in a dramatic series, both 1997, for Traders; Emmy Award nominations (with others), outstanding drama series, 1998, 1999, both for Law & Order; Humanitas Prize nomination, sixty-minute category, Human Family Educational and Cultural Institute, 2005, for "Everybody Lies," House M.D.; Emmy Award, outstanding writing for a drama series, 2005, and Humanitas Prize, sixty-minute category, 2006, both for "Three Stories," House M.D.; Emmy Award nominations (with others), outstanding drama series, 2006, 2007, 2008, George Foster Peabody Broadcasting Award, Henry W. Grady School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of Georgia, 2006, and Television Award nomination, best international program, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 2007, and Producers Guild of America Award nominations (with others), television producer of the year in episodic drama category, 2007, 2008, all for House M.D.

CREDITS

Television Work; Series:

Story editor, Due South (also known as Direction: Sud), CBS, 1994-95.

Supervising producer, Traders, Lifetime, 1996.

Executive story editor, The Practice, ABC, 1997-98.

Producer, Law & Order, NBC, 1997-98.

Supervising producer, Law & Order, NBC, 1998-99.

Creator and executive producer, Family Law, CBS, 1999.

Executive producer, Hack, CBS, 2002.

Creator and executive producer, House M.D. (also known as House), Fox, 2004—.

Television Executive Producer; Pilots:

House M.D. (also known as House), Fox, 2004.

Alibi, NBC, 2007.

Television Director; Episodic:

"No Reason," House M.D. (also known as House), Fox, 2006.

Television Appearances; Specials:

House Unplugged, Fox, 2006.

WRITINGS

Television Series:

Due South (also known as Direction: Sud), CBS, between 1994 and 1996.

Traders, Lifetime, 1996.

Law & Order, NBC, between 1997 and 1999.

Family Law, CBS, between 1999 and 2002.

House M.D. (also known as House), Fox, 2004—.

Television Pilots:

House M.D. (also known as House), Fox, 2004.

Alibi, NBC, 2007.

Television Episodes:

"The Curse," The Hardy Boys, syndicated, 1995.

"Stream of Consciousness," The Outer Limits (also known as The New Outer Limits), Showtime, 1997.

"Dog Bite," The Practice, ABC, 1997.

"Race with the Devil," The Practice, ABC, 1997.

"The Deal," Beggars and Choosers, Showtime, 1999.

"Touched by an Angel," Beggars and Choosers, Showtime, 1999.

"Don't Try This at Home," Beggars and Choosers, Showtime, 1999.

"Love and Games," Century City, CBS, 2004.

According to some sources, writer for episodes of NYPD Blue, ABC.