Peter Ocko
If anything broadly defines the career of writer-producer Peter Ocko, it is the notion of "quirky comedy." He began by contributing as a writer to the 1989 Emmy Awards telecast and helping put together a 1990 reunion episode for HBO cult favorite comedy series "Not Necessarily the News." From there, he has worked his way up the highly competitive writer-producer ladder in Hollywood to earn producer spots on critically acclaimed shows such as "Dead Like Me," "Pushing Daisies," and the American remake of "The Office." He won a W.G.A. Award for his work on a "Not Necessarily the News" episode, and for one of his dramatic detours--another HBO effort--the modernized Western "Deadwood" He received one of his two other W.G.A. nominations in 2006, alongside a nod from the guild in 2008 for "Pushing Daisies." Ocko finally got his shot as a TV-show creator with the strangely named drama "3 lbs.," starring Stanley Tucci as a troublesome neurosurgeon, but the show did not make it past its first season. This came after Ocko did a stint on the beloved David E. Kelley spinoff of "The Practice," "Boston Legal."
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Peter Ocko
Filmography
TV
Credit | ||||
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67% | 53% | Moonhaven |
Executive Producer, Creator |
2022 |
94% | 89% | Lodge 49 |
Executive Producer, Producer, Writer |
2018-2019 |
81% | 83% | Black Sails | Writer | 2017 |
95% | 89% | Elementary | Writer | 2014-2015 |
77% | 62% | Extant | Writer | 2014 |
81% | 89% | The Office | Writer | 2010 |
96% | 95% | Pushing Daisies | Writer | 2007-2009 |
21% | No Score Yet | 3 Lbs. |
Executive Producer, Writer |
2006 2008 |
86% | 90% | Boston Legal | Writer | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Baby Blues |
Executive Producer, Writer |
2000 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Weird Science |
Producer, Writer |
1994-1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Parker Lewis | Writer | 1990-1992 |