John Scheinfeld

Biography

For the better part of a decade, John Scheinfeld has been a respected producer and writer of dramatic and documentary programming, bringing a broad spectrum of experiences and interests to a wide-range of projects. Most recently, Scheinfeld wrote and directed The Bette Midler Biography, a special 2-hour episode of A&E's award-winning series, Biography. Also in 2004, with producing partner David Leaf, Scheinfeld wrote, produced and directed Andy Williams: My Favorite Duets for American Public Television and Rosemary Clooney: Girl Singer for PBS. Scheinfeld and Leaf just finished writing, producing and directing a 5-part miniseries for Bravo, The 100 Greatest Television Characters of All Time, which premiered in November of 2004. In 2003, Leaf & Scheinfeld wrote, produced and directed four shows for American Public Television (When I Fall in Love: The One & Only Nat King Cole, Vintage Sinatra, Sinatra: Classic Duets and Bob Hope: The Road To Laughter); and two shows for PBS (Mwah! The Best of The Dinah Shore Show, and Jack Paar: Smart Television). Also in 2003, Scheinfeld wrote, directed and, with David Leaf, produced and directed a special 2-hour installment of A&E's distinguished Biography series on Andy Williams, narrated by Kelsey Grammer. It was the second highest-rated Biography of the year. The same year, Scheinfeld wrote, produced and directed the Easter primetime special for the National Geographic Channel, In the Name Of Heaven. He also wrote, produced and directed the 2002 primetime Easter special for the Channel, Tomb Of Jesus. In 2002, Scheinfeld wrote, produced and directed Mysteries Of The Sphinx, Mysteries Of Stonehenge, and Mysteries Of Noah And The Flood for TLC and served as Executive Producer on Mysteries Of Easter Island, also for TLC. Scheinfeld entered the documentary field in 1993 when, in partnership with David Leaf, he wrote, produced and directed the critically acclaimed production, The Unknown Marx Brothers. On his own, he has written and produced such documentary programs as With The President: 1961-63, Dinosaurs: Myths And Realities, One Small Step, We Are The World: A 10th Anniversary Tribute and Forever Wild, a six-part series narrated by Ted Danson. Scheinfeld also writes dramatic scripts for prime time television. He created and wrote pilots for new drama series: FBC/Warner Brothers (In Security), FBC/Twentieth Century Fox Television (Windy City), NBC/Universal Television (Zero To Hero), ABC/Spelling (Stayin' Alive), a two hour MOW/pilot for first-run syndication (Allied Force) and, most recently, a two hour MOW/Pilot for UPN/Paramount, Babes In The Dust. He was also Executive Producer of a two-hour MOW/pilot for CBS, Intrigue, shot entirely on location in Europe, starring Scott Glenn.