EPISODIC TELEVISION (ABC, CBS, NBC)
THE WALTONS — 1977, ’78
M*A*S*H–1980, ’81, ’82
LOU GRANT — 1981
FALCON CREST — 1981
9 TO 5 — 1982
LEO AND LIZ IN BEVERLY HILLS (Producers: Steve Martin, Carl Gottlieb) 1985
HOMETOWN — 1985
L.A. LAW — 1986
FEATURE
HUDSON RIVER BLUES – Romantic comedy. Aired on Lifetime Television,1997
A romantic comedy about a young New York couple, in love and addicted to the fast track (she’s a lawyer, he’s in advertising), who run into trouble when he decides to drop out and help save the heavily polluted Hudson river. The family takes sides. Eighties/nineties rapacious mentality vs a mellower consciousness.
NETWORK SPECIALS
“READ BETWEEN THE LINES” — ABC Afterschool Special. 1984
“CBS HALLOWEEN SPECIAL”– drama for kids.1990
TELEVISION MOVIES AND PILOTS FOR PBS
A TO B — (35 minutes) First dramatic film with actors. About a young girl’s coming of age. Made with a filmmaker’s grant from the American Film Institute. (shot by Peter Powell) Public Television, Whitney Museum and others. 1969
GHOSTWRITER — Two hour pilot for series for kids. For Children’s Television
Workshop. 1994
TRAITOR IN MY HOUSE — “Wonderworks”. Civil War spies. 1990
KONRAD — “Wonderworks” Two hour comedy-fantasy. 1985
THE ROOMMATE — 90 minute drama for PBS Playhouse series
based on a John Updike story. 1985
CRICKET SERIES – Half hour pilot for series based on the magazine. Two twelve
year old girls get involved in a mystery surrounding a dog show. 1980
LIZA’S PIONEER DIARY (“VISIONS SERIES” ) — 90 minute drama produced, directed and written by Nell Cox. A wagon train western. PBS. 1977
Liza, a young bride from Kentucky, is traveling with her husband and her husband’s family. This is a coming of age film of a delicate, over-protected young woman. She’s thrown into raw circumstances on the rugged journey and, when the family, which has infantilized her falls away, she learns to her surprise, that the fragile lady can morph into a capable leader.
GREASE MONKEY, SCOOP (FREESTYLE SERIES) — Pilot. Dramatic shows for teenagers.1978
Nell Cox 