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Birth Name: Steven Ronald Bochco
Birthdate: December 16, 1943
Birthplace: New York, NY
Occupations: Director, Writer, Producer
Quote: "Steve has always been one to break the rules. He does it more cleverly, even diabolically, than anyone else. He rocks the boat as a hobby." --Former NBC chairman Grant Tinker on Bochco, Time magazine, May 2, 1988
Claim to Fame: Writer for detective series Columbo (early '70s); Cocreator, writer and executive producer of Hill Street Blues (1981-87), LA Law (1986-94) and NYPD Blue (1993-2005)
Awards:
1980/81: Emmy: Outstanding Drama Series, Hill Street Blues
1980/81: Emmy: Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series, "Hill Street Station" episode of Hill Street Blues; award shared with cowriter Michael Kozoll
1981: Golden Globe: Best TV Drama Series, Hill Street Blues
1981/82: Emmy: Outstanding Drama Series, Hill Street Blues
1981/82: Emmy: Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series, "Freedom's Last Stand" episode of Hill Street Blues; award shared with cowriters Anthony Yerkovich, Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Wagner and Michael Kozoll
1982: Golden Globe: Best TV Drama Series, Hill Street Blues
1982/83: Emmy: Outstanding Drama Series, Hill Street Blues
1983/84: Emmy: Outstanding Drama Series, Hill Street Blues
1986/87: Emmy: Outstanding Drama Series, LA Law
1986: Golden Globe: Best TV Drama Series, LA Law
1987: Golden Globe: Best TV Drama Series, LA Law
1988/89: Emmy: Outstanding Drama Series, LA Law
1989/90: Emmy: Outstanding Drama Series, LA Law
1993: Golden Globe: Best TV Drama Series, NYPD Blue
1994: People's Choice: Favorite Dramatic Series, NYPD Blue
1994: People's Choice: Favorite New Dramatic Series, NYPD Blue
1994: Writers Guild of America Award: Writing in a Dramatic Series, NYPD Blue; shared award with David Milch; cited for pilot episode
1994/95: Emmy: Outstanding Drama Series, NYPD Blue
1995: People's Choice: Favorite Dramatic Series, NYPD Blue
1996: Writers Guild of America: Laurel Award, Career Achievement
1997: George Foster Peabody Award: NYPD Blue
1996: BAFTA: Best Foreign Television Program, Murder One
1998: People's Choice: Favorite New TV Drama Series, Brooklyn South
1997: Golden Satellite: Best TV Drama Series, NYPD Blue; shared award
1998: David Susskind Lifetime Achievement in Television (presented by the Producers Guild of America)
1999: Directors Guild of America: Diversity Award
Factoids:
Inducted into the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Hall of Fame (1996)
Education:
High School of Music and Art, New York, New York (1961) Carnegie Institute of Technology (later renamed Carnegie-Mellon University), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; majored in playwriting and theater (BFA 1966)