John Wells

John Wells
Birth name	John Marcum Wells
Born	May 28, 1956 in Alexandria, Virginia, USA
Notable Shows	ER The West Wing Third Watch Southland Shameless
Awards

John Wells is an American theater, film, and television producer, writer, and director. He is known for being the executive producer of shows like ER, The West Wing, and Shameless.

Producer

Series Produced

Series	Year(s)	Credit	Season(s)
China Beach	1988 –1989	Producer		2
	1989 –1990	Supervising Producer			3
	1990 –1991	Co-Executive Producer				4
Angel Street	1992	Executive Producer	1
ER	1994 –2009	Executive Producer	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Trinity	1998	Executive Producer	1
The West Wing	1999 –2006	Executive Producer	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Third Watch	1999 –2005	Executive Producer	1	2	3	4	5	6
Citizen Baines	2001	Executive Producer	1
Presidio Med	2002 –2003	Executive Producer	1
Jonny Zero	2005	Executive Producer	1
Smith	2006	Executive Producer	1
Southland	2009 –2013	Executive Producer	1	2	3	4	5
Shameless	2011 –	Executive Producer	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Animal Kingdom	2016 –	Executive Producer	1
American Woman	2017 –	Executive Producer	1

Miniseries Produced

Series	Year(s)	Credit	Season(s)
Mildred Pierce	2011	Executive Producer

Writer

Episodes Written

Series	Episode	Airdate	Credit
CBS Summer Playhouse	2x14 - Roughhouse	August 16, 1988
China Beach	2x04 - X-Mas Chnbch VN '67	December 21, 1988
China Beach	2x16 - The World (1)	April 26, 1989
China Beach	2x17 - The World (2)	May 3, 1989
China Beach	3x03 - Dear China Beach	October 4, 1989
China Beach	3x11 - Magic	January 3, 1990
China Beach	3x17 - The Thanks of a Grateful Nation	February 28, 1990
China Beach	4x08 - One Small Step	December 1, 1990
China Beach	4x14 - Rewind	July 9, 1991
ER	1x03 - Day One	September 22, 1994
ER	1x15 - Feb 5, '95	February 2, 1995
ER	1x17 - The Birthday Party	February 16, 1995
ER	1x25 - Everything Old Is New Again	May 18, 1995
ER	2x01 - Welcome Back Carter!	September 21, 1995
ER	2x11 - Dead of Winter	January 5, 1996
ER	2x16 - The Healers	February 22, 1996
ER	2x22 - John Carter, M.D.	May 16, 1996
ER	3x01 - Dr. Carter, I Presume	September 26, 1996
ER	3x16 - Faith	February 20, 1997
ER	3x22 - One More for the Road	May 15, 1997
ER	4x07 - Fathers and Sons	November 13, 1997
ER	4x13 - Carter's Choice	January 29, 1998
ER	5x14 - The Storm (1)	February 11, 1999
ER	5x15 - The Storm (2)	February 18, 1999
Third Watch	1x06 - Sunny, Like Sunshine	November 7, 1999
ER	6x06 - The Peace of Wild Things	November 11, 1999
Third Watch	1x13 - This Band of Brothers	February 7, 2000
Third Watch	1x19 - Spring Forward, Fall Back	April 17, 2000
ER	6x21 - Such Sweet Sorrow	May 11, 2000
Third Watch	1x22 - Young Men and Fire	May 22, 2000
ER	7x06 - The Visit	November 16, 2000
Third Watch	2x12 - True Love	January 22, 2001
Third Watch	2x15 - Requiem for a Bantamweight	February 12, 2001
ER	7x14 - A Walk in the Woods	February 15, 2001
Third Watch	2x22 - ...And Zeus Wept	May 21, 2001
Third Watch	3x02 - September Tenth	October 22, 2001
ER	8x16 - Secrets and Lies	March 7, 2002
Third Watch	3x21 - Two Hundred and Thirty-Three Days	May 6, 2002
ER	8x21 - On the Beach	May 9, 2002
Presidio Med	1x03 - Do No Harm	October 2, 2002
ER	9x22 - Kisangani	May 15, 2003
The West Wing	5x01 - 7A WF 83429	September 24, 2003
ER	10x01 - Now What?	September 25, 2003
The West Wing	5x02 - The Dogs of War	October 1, 2003
ER	10x10 - Makemba	December 11, 2003
The West Wing	5x14 - An Khe	February 18, 2004
ER	10x21 - Midnight	May 6, 2004
The West Wing	6x01 - NSF Thurmont	October 20, 2004
The West Wing	6x02 - The Birnam Wood	October 27, 2004
The West Wing	6x13 - King Corn	January 26, 2005
The West Wing	6x22 - 2162 Votes	April 6, 2005
ER	11x21 - Carter est Amoureux	May 12, 2005
ER	12x01 - Cañon City	September 22, 2005
The West Wing	7x17 - Election Day (2)	April 9, 2006
The West Wing	7x18 - Requiem	April 16, 2006
The West Wing	7x22 - Tomorrow	May 14, 2006
Smith	1x01 - Pilot	September 19, 2006
Smith	1x02 - Two	September 26, 2006
Smith	1x03 - Three	October 3, 2006
ER	15x19 - Old Times	March 12, 2009
ER	15x20 - Shifting Equilibrium	March 19, 2009
ER	15x22 - And in the End... (1)	April 2, 2009
ER	15x23 - And in the End... (2)	April 2, 2009
Southland	2x01 - Phase Three	March 2, 2010
Southland	3x01 - Let It Snow	January 4, 2011
Shameless	1x12 - Father Frank, Full of Grace	March 27, 2011
Shameless	2x01 - Summertime	January 8, 2012
Shameless	2x12 - Fiona Interrupted	April 1, 2012
Shameless	3x01 - El Gran Canon	January 13, 2013
Shameless	4x01 - Simple Pleasures	January 12, 2014
Shameless	4x06 - Iron City	February 16, 2014
Shameless	4x12 - Lazarus	April 6, 2014
Shameless	5x06 - Crazy Love	February 15, 2015
Shameless	5x12 - Love Songs (In the Key of Gallagher)	April 5, 2015
Shameless	6x01 - I Only Miss Her When I'm Breathing	January 10, 2016
Shameless	6x12 - Familia Supra Gallegorious Omnia!	April 3, 2016
Animal Kingdom	1x09 - Judas Kiss	August 2, 2016
Animal Kingdom	1x10 - What Have You Done?	August 9, 2016

Director

Series	Episode	Airdate	Credit
ER	4x13 - Carter's Choice	January 29, 1998
ER	5x14 - The Storm (1)	February 11, 1999
ER	6x21 - Such Sweet Sorrow	May 11, 2000
ER	7x14 - A Walk in the Woods	February 15, 2001
ER	8x21 - On the Beach	May 9, 2002
The F.B.I. Files	5x25 - Broken Trust	August 12, 2003
ER	11x22 - The Show Must Go On	May 19, 2005
ER	13x07 - Jigsaw	November 9, 2006
ER	14x10 - 300 Patients	December 6, 2007
ER	15x19 - Old Times	March 12, 2009
Shameless	1x02 - Frank the Plank	January 16, 2011
Shameless	2x02 - Summer Loving	January 15, 2012
Shameless	2x12 - Fiona Interrupted	April 1, 2012
Shameless	4x01 - Simple Pleasures	January 12, 2014
Animal Kingdom	1x01 - Pilot	June 14, 2016
Animal Kingdom	1x02 - We Don't Hurt People	June 14, 2016
Animal Kingdom	1x10 - What Have You Done?	August 9, 2016

Creator

Series	Premiere Date	Creation Credit
Angel Street	September 15, 1992	Creator
Third Watch	September 23, 1999	Co-Creator
Presidio Med	September 24, 2002	Co-Creator
Smith	September 19, 2006	Creator

Awards and Accolades

Primetime Emmy Awards

• Won: Outstanding Drama Series (1996)

ER

• Won: Outstanding Drama Series (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)

The West Wing

Won: Outstanding Special Class Program (2002)

The West Wing: Documentary Special

Trivia

• Brother of Llewellyn Wells.