Subsequent television series credits include the Fox Network's 21 Jump Street (writer-producer) and Beverly Hills 90210 (writer-supervising producer and creator of the character Dylan McKay, portrayed by Luke Perry) the NBC miniseries The Secrets of Lake Success (writer-executive producer) the CBS series Central Park West (writer-co-executive producer) Showtime's The L Word (writer-co-executive producer), and the HBO period gangster drama Boardwalk Empire (writer-supervising producer, consultant).Ĭoncurrently with his early television career, Stenn wrote the biographies Clara Bow: Runnin’ Wild (1988) and Bombshell: The Life and Death of Jean Harlow (1993), both edited by Jacqueline Onassis at Doubleday.

Stenn also wrote the Universal feature film Cool as Ice (1991). His teleplay for the made-for-TV movie She Was Marked for Murder (1988) earned him an Edgar Award nomination from the Mystery Writers of America. He subsequently served as a writer and story editor for the anthology series Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–86).

His television career began one year later, when he became the youngest writer of the landmark NBC series Hill Street Blues. Stenn was born in Chicago, Illinois and graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor of arts degree from Yale University. He is known for his biographies of Hollywood stars Clara Bow and Jean Harlow.Įarly life and television career His television credits range from Hill Street Blues to Boardwalk Empire. ( August 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)ĭavid Stenn is an American television writer-producer, biographer, and film preservationist. Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting, such as Reflinks ( documentation), reFill ( documentation) and Citation bot ( documentation). Please consider converting them to full citations to ensure the article remains verifiable and maintains a consistent citation style. This article uses bare URLs, which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot.

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