Kelly, David Edward

A former law degree prosecutor, Kelly, is known as one of the most prolific and unconventionally minded television screenwriters ^[5] . Kelly rose to prominence as a regular screenwriter and executive producer of the Los Angeles Law television series, which he worked on in 1986-1992 and won two Emmy Awards for the best screenplay for a drama series ^[4] .

Kelly created the series Doctor Dougie Hauser (1989–1993), The Swordsman Outpost (1992–1996), Nadezhda Chicago (1994–2000), Ellie McBeal (1997–2002), and Practice (1997–2004) , each of which was successful with critics ^[5] . Los Angeles Law , Swordsman Outpost , and Practice all won an Emmy for the best drama series , and Ellie McBeal was also awarded the prize, but in the category for Best Comedy Series ^[4] . By 1999, Kelly was the only producer whose shows won an Emmy in the categories for Best Drama and Best Comedy Series ^[6] .

Although Kelly became famous thanks to a number of highly successful series, starting in the late nineties his resume began to replenish with failed projects. The exceptions from the list of failures were the series “Boston School” (2000-2004), loved by critics, but still not able to get high ratings, as well as the more successful “ Lawyers of Boston ” (2004-2008), spin-off of “ Practice ” ^{[5 ]} .

In addition to his career on television, Kelly wrote scripts for several films, but all of them were negatively received by critics. “ Flurry of Fire ” (1987), “Gillian's Birthday” (1996), “ The Secret of Alaska ” (1999) and “ Lake Placid: Lake of Fear ” (1999) were all criticized negatively and failed at the box office. His biggest failure in his career was the Law Firm show, which was taken off the air after two episodes in 2005 ^[5] .

Since 1993, Kelly has been married to actress Michelle Pfeiffer . They have two children ^[5] .

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