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Mel Swope

Producer, Director, Additional Credits
Two time Golden Globe winner, Mel was chosen as the first Gilliland Chair of Telecommunications at San Jose State University. He has received four Emmy Award nominations, one Humanitas Prize nomination, two NAACP Image Award nominations, and two MPSE Golden Reel Awards. As a Producer and Executive he has supervised hundreds of productions in the USA and around the world. From summer stock Musicals, to Comedy and Drama, Mel has shepherded 'story telling' from his beginnings in theatre to the world of television, as we know it today.

Known For

  • Miami Vice
  • 12 Angry Men
  • Fame
  • Inherit the Wind
  • The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission
  • The Substitute
  • The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
  • Praying Mantis
  • Linda
  • The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
  • Tainted Blood
  • Chrome Soldiers
  • The Kissing Place
  • Police Story
  • Accidental Meeting
  • Dying to Remember
  • Child of Darkness, Child of Light
  • Fade to Black
  • The Cover Girl Murders
  • Trapped in Space
  • Nightmare on the 13th Floor
  • Rubdown
  • Snow Kill
  • Body Language

Mel Swope Filmography

1982
Fame (TV Series)
1976
Good Heavens (TV Series)

1999
That Championship Season · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1999
Inherit the Wind · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1998
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1997
12 Angry Men · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1994
The Spider and the Fly · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1994
Dancing with Danger · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1994
Accidental Meeting · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1994
Trapped in Space · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1993
Jericho Fever · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1993
Dying to Remember · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1993
Official Denial · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1993
The Cover Girl Murders · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1993
Linda · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1993
The Substitute · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1993
Rubdown · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1993
Praying Mantis · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1993
Deadly Relations · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1993
Tainted Blood · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1993
Fade to Black · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1992
Homewrecker · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1992
Sunstroke · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1992
Body Language · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1992
The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1992
Chrome Soldiers · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1992
Treacherous Crossing · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1992
Blind Man's Bluff · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1992
Are You Lonesome Tonight · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1991
Love Kills · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1991
Wife, Mother, Murderer · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1991
Writer's Block · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1991
Lightning Field · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1991
Deadly Game · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1991
Child of Darkness, Child of Light · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1991
The 10 Million Dollar Getaway · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1991
Murderous Vision · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1991
Fatal Exposure · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1991
Deadly Desire · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1990
Nightmare on the 13th Floor · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1990
Web of Deceit · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1990
Hitler's Daughter · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1990
Snow Kill · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1990
The Kissing Place · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1990
Dangerous Pursuit · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1989
Spy · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1989
Final Notice · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1989
Sorry, Wrong Number · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1989
Fire and Rain · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1989
The Haunting of Sarah Hardy · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1989
The Forgotten · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1979
Pleasure Cove · as Second Unit Director

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