David Hudgins (born 1965 in Durham, North Carolina) is an American television writer and performer. She has worked at Everwood , Friday Night Lights , Parenthood , and Shut Eye . He created the drama series Past Life and Game of Silence .
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Careers
Hudgins is a graduate of St. Mark's Texas School, Duke University and Dedman's Law School at Southern Methodist University. He practiced law in Dallas, Texas before moving to Los Angeles, California to become a screenwriter. In 2003, Hudgins began his career as a staff writer on the Warner Bros. TV show. Everwood , where she worked for three years until the cancellation of the show in May 2006. She rose to the position of co-producer and wrote eleven episodes for three seasons, including the final series "Foreverwood, Pt II."
In 2006, Hudgins moved to NBC's "Friday Night Lights" as a writer and Producer Supervisor, wrote episodes of "Homecoming", "Upping The Ante", and "Mud Bowl". She was nominated along with the rest of the writing staff for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best New Series at a February 2007 ceremony for her work on the first season of Friday Night Lights. She was nominated for the WGA Award for Best Drama Series the following year at a February 2008 ceremony for her work on the second season of Friday Night Lights. She was nominated for Best Dramatic Series for the second time at a February 2009 ceremony for her work on the third season of Friday Night Lights. She was nominated for the WGA Award for Best Drama Series for the third year in a row at the February 2010 ceremony for her work in the fourth season. He also won the Peabody Award for Excellence on Television in 2011 and in Season 5, when he co-Showrunner, Friday Night Lights was nominated for an Emmy for Best Drama Series.
In 2010, Hudgins created a serial drama of Past Life published on Fox. In the fall of 2010 he joined the NBC series of drama staff Parenthood as a producer and executive writer. The series was created by its executive producer Friday Night Lights Jason Katims.
In 2012 Hudgins renewed its overall deal with NBC Universal Television. In 2014, he signed a whole new deal and moved to Sony Pictures Television where he currently works. In his first two years at Sony, Hudgins created and ran the Game of Silence drama series broadcast on NBC. Carol Mendelsohn is a fellow executive producer. He also signed an agreement to develop the best-selling novel Greg Iles, Natchez Burning into a television series for Amazon, with Tobey Maguire inaugurated as executive producer.
In 2016 Hudgins is the executive producer and first season performer of the drama series Shuteye, which airs in Hulu. The show was updated for the second season but Hudgins resigned to focus on other projects.
Hudgins has stated that he was inspired to abandon the practice of law and attempted scriptwriting by the death of his sister who died in 2001 of breast cancer. In 2013, he founded the Catherine H. Tuck Foundation in his honor. He is the president of a charity that provides financial assistance to women in need who have been diagnosed with breast cancer.
Hudgins was a frequent guest speaker, and delivered a keynote address at "Presentterian HealthCare Foundation's Every Moment Matters" luncheon celebrating the opening of T. Boone Pickens Hospice and Palliative Care Center in Dallas, Texas.
Hudgins is a member of the Advisory Council for the Humanity Award, which recognizes excellence in writing for film and television. He has twice served as the host of The Humanitas Awards, which is held annually in Los Angeles. He is also on the Austin Television Festival Advisory Board ("ATX") and has been a recurring moderator and panelist.
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See also
- The famous Alumni of St. Mark School of Texas
References
External links
- David Hudgins on IMDb
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