- Paris Qualles
Paris Qualles (pronounced kwal'-less) is an American
screenwriter andtelevision producer .Qualles was born in
Harlem inNew York City and raised inLong Branch, New Jersey . He attendedRutgers College where he majored inEnglish literature and minored inPhotography . He then went to UCLA forgraduate school . His primary interest was theatre direction but he turned to writing when an agent offered to represent him in that field. His first professional credit was "Amen", asituation comedy starringSherman Hemsley , where he worked as a researcher before writing scripts.Qualles has written episodes for several television series, including "
Seaquest DSV ", "The Cape ", "M.A.N.T.I.S. ", "Law & Order ", "", "Quantum Leap", and "China Beach ". Histelevision movie s include "A Raisin in the Sun", "The Rosa Parks Story ", "The Color of Friendship", "A House Divided ", and "The Tuskegee Airmen ".Qualles won the
Humanitas Prize and theWriters Guild of America Award for "The Color of Friendship" and the Black Reel Award for Best Network/Cable Screenplay for "The Rosa Parks Story". He was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing for a Miniseries or a Special for "The Tuskegree Airman". In 2008, Qualles received theHumanitas Prize for his Sundance Feature Film ""A Raisin in the Sun". [ [http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/H/HUMANITAS_PRIZE?SITE=AZTUS&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=newsnap.html&CTIME=2008-09-17-20-42-15 "Screenwriters lauded with Humanitas Prize"] Associated Press, Los Angeles, September 17, 2008]References
* [http://www.neale-sourna.com/Paris.html Interview with Paris Qualles]
* [http://www.filmreference.com/film/89/Paris-Qualles.html Paris Qualles at FilmReference.com]External links
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