Michael J. Leeson

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Michael J. Leeson
Born	Michael Jon Leeson United States
Died	July 27, 2016 (aged 69)
Occupation	Screenwriter

Michael Jon Leeson (died July 27, 2016)^[1] was an American screenwriter.^[2]^[3]

Filmography

Love, American Style (1972–1973) (TV)
All in the Family (1973) (TV)
The Partridge Family (1973–1974) (TV)
The Odd Couple (1972–1974) (TV)
Happy Days (1974) (TV)
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1975) (TV)
Phyllis (1975–1976) (TV)
Rhoda (1975–1976) (TV)
Mixed Nuts (1977) (TV)
Fast Lane Blues (1978) (TV)
The Associates (1979) (TV)
Taxi (1978–1980) (TV)
Best of the West (1981) (TV)
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again (with Monica Johnson, Harvey Miller and Jerry Belson) (1982)
The Survivors (1983)
When Your Lover Leaves (1983) (TV)
The Tracey Ullman Show (1987) (TV)
I Married Dora (1987–1988) (TV)
The War of the Roses (1989)
Grand (1990) (TV)
Davis Rules (1992) (TV)
The Cosby Show (1984–1992) (TV)
I.Q. (with Andy Breckman) (1994)
What Planet Are You From? (with Garry Shandling) (2000)
The Tuxedo (2002)
Twenty Good Years (2006) (TV)
The Bill Engvall Show (2007–2009) (TV)

Accolades

Year	Association	Category	Work	Result
1979	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Writing for a Comedy or Comedy-Variety or Music Series	Taxi: "Blind Date"	Nominated
	Humanitas Prize	30 Minute Network or Syndicated Television		Won
	Writers Guild of America Awards	Episodic Comedy		Nominated
1980	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series	The Associates: "The First Day"	Nominated
1981	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series	Taxi: "Tony's Sister and Jim"	Won
1982	Writers Guild of America Awards	Episodic Comedy	Taxi: "Tony's Sister and Jim"	Nominated
1985	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series	The Cosby Show: "Pilot"	Won
1990	BMI Film & TV Awards		Grand	Won
1991	British Academy of Film and Television Arts	Best Adapted Screenplay	The War of the Roses	Nominated

References

^ @WGAWest (August 8, 2016). "RIP 'Cosby Show' co-creator/writer Michael Leeson ('The War of the Roses,' 'The Tuxedo'), who died on 7/27 at age 69" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ Hollywood.com
^ Maslin, Janet (December 8, 1989). "Review/Film; 'The War of the Roses' (Published 1989)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 8, 2023.

External links

Michael J. Leeson at IMDb

v t e Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
1950s	James Allardice & Jack Douglas & Hal Kanter & Harry Winkler for The George Gobel Show (1955) Arnold M. Auerbach & Barry Blitzer & Vincent Bogert & Nat Hiken & Coleman Jacoby & Harvey Orkin & Arnold Rosen & Terry Ryan & Tony Webster for The Phil Silvers Show (1956) No Award (1957) Billy Friedberg & Nat Hiken & Coleman Jacoby & Arnold Rosen & A.J. Russell & Terry Ryan & Phil Sharp & Tony Webster & Sydney Zelinka for The Phil Silvers Show (1958) George Balzer & Hal Goldman & Al Gordon & Sam Perrin for The Jack Benny Show (1959)
1960s	George Balzer & Hal Goldman & Al Gordon & Sam Perrin for The Jack Benny Show (1960) Dave O'Brien & Martin Ragaway & Sherwood Schwartz & Al Schwartz & Red Skelton for The Red Skelton Show (1961) Carl Reiner for The Dick Van Dyke Show (1962) Carl Reiner for The Dick Van Dyke Show (1963) No Award (1964) No Award (1965) Sam Denoff & Bill Persky for "Coast to Coast Big Mouth" (1966) Buck Henry & Leonard B. Stern for "Ship of Spies: Parts 1 and 2" (1967) Allan Burns & Chris Hayward for "The Coming Out Party" (1968) No Award (1969)
1970s	No Award (1970) James L. Brooks & Allan Burns for "Support Your Local Mother" (1971) Burt Styler for "Edith's Problem" (1972) Lee Kalcheim & Michael Ross & Bernie West for "The Bunkers and the Swingers" (1973) Treva Silverman for "The Lou and Edie Story" (1974) Stan Daniels & Ed. Weinberger for "Will Mary Richards Go to Jail?" (1975) David Lloyd for "Chuckles Bites the Dust" (1976) James L. Brooks & Allan Burns & Stan Daniels & Bob Ellison & David Lloyd & Ed. Weinberger for "The Last Show" (1977) Harve Brosten & Barry Harman & Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf for "Cousin Liz" (1978) No Award (1979)
1980s	R.J. Colleary for "The Photographer" (1980) Michael J. Leeson for "Tony's Sister and Jim" (1981) Ken Estin for "Elegant Iggy" (1982) Glen Charles and Les Charles for "Give Me a Ring Sometime" (1983) David Angell for "Old Flames" (1984) Ed. Weinberger & Michael J. Leeson for "Pilot" (The Cosby Show) (1985) Barry Fanaro & Mort Nathan for "A Little Romance" (1986) Gary David Goldberg & Alan Uger for "A, My Name is Alex" (1987) Hugh Wilson for "The Bridge" (1988) Diane English for "Pilot" (Murphy Brown) (1989)
1990s	Bob Brush for "Good-bye" (1990) Gary Dontzig & Steven Peterman for "Jingle Hell, Jingle Hell, Jingle All the Way" (1991) Elaine Pope & Larry Charles for "The Fix-Up" (1992) Larry David for "The Contest" (1993) David Angell & Peter Casey & David Lee for "The Good Son" (1994) Chuck Ranberg & Anne Flett-Giordano for "An Affair to Forget" (1995) Joe Keenan & Christopher Lloyd & Rob Greenberg & Jack Burditt & Chuck Ranberg & Anne Flett-Giordano & Linda Morris & Vic Rauseo for "Moon Dance" (1996) Ellen DeGeneres & Mark Driscoll & Dava Savel & Tracy Newman & Jonathan Stark for "The Puppy Episode" (1997) Peter Tolan & Garry Shandling for "Flip" (1998) Jay Kogen for "Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz" (1999)
2000s	Linwood Boomer for "Pilot" (Malcolm in the Middle) (2000) Alex Reid for "Bowling" (2001) Larry Wilmore for "Pilot" (The Bernie Mac Show) (2002) Tucker Cawley for "Baggage" (2003) Mitchell Hurwitz for "Pilot" (Arrested Development) (2004) Mitchell Hurwitz & Jim Vallely for "Righteous Brothers" (2005) Greg Garcia for "Pilot" (My Name Is Earl) (2006) Greg Daniels for "Gay Witch Hunt" (2007) Tina Fey for "Cooter" (2008) Matt Hubbard for "Reunion" (2009)
2010s	Steven Levitan & Christopher Lloyd for "Pilot" (Modern Family) (2010) Steven Levitan & Jeffrey Richman for "Caught in the Act" (2011) Louis C.K. for "Pregnant" (2012) Tina Fey & Tracey Wigfield for "Last Lunch" (2013) Louis C.K. for "So Did the Fat Lady" (2014) Simon Blackwell & Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche for "Election Night" (2015) Aziz Ansari & Alan Yang for "Parents" (2016) Aziz Ansari & Lena Waithe for "Thanksgiving" (2017) Amy Sherman-Palladino for "Pilot" (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) (2018) Phoebe Waller-Bridge for "Episode 1" (2019)
2020s	Dan Levy for "Happy Ending" (2020) Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs and Jen Statsky for "There Is No Line" (2021) Quinta Brunson for "Pilot" (Abbott Elementary) (2022) Christopher Storer for "System" (2023) Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky for "Bulletproof" (2024)