Michael J. Leeson Explained

Michael J. Leeson
Birth Name:	Michael Jon Leeson
Birth Place:	United States
Occupation:	Screenwriter

Michael Jon Leeson (died July 27, 2016)^[1] was an American screenwriter.^{[2] [3]}

Filmography

• Love, American Style (1972–1973) (TV)
• All in the Family (1973) (TV)
• The Partridge Family (1973–1974) (TV)
• The Odd Couple (1972–1974) (TV)
• Happy Days (1974) (TV)
• The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1975) (TV)
• Phyllis (1975–1976) (TV)
• Rhoda (1975–1976) (TV)
• Mixed Nuts (1977) (TV)
• Fast Lane Blues (1978) (TV)
• The Associates (1979) (TV)
• Taxi (1978–1980) (TV)
• Best of the West (1981) (TV)
• Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again (with Monica Johnson, Harvey Miller and Jerry Belson) (1982)
• The Survivors (1983)
• When Your Lover Leaves (1983) (TV)
• The Tracey Ullman Show (1987) (TV)
• I Married Dora (1987–1988) (TV)
• The War of the Roses (1989)
• Grand (1990) (TV)
• Davis Rules (1992) (TV)
• The Cosby Show (1984–1992) (TV)
• I.Q. (with Andy Breckman) (1994)
• What Planet Are You From? (with Garry Shandling) (2000)
• The Tuxedo (2002)
• Twenty Good Years (2006) (TV)
• The Bill Engvall Show (2007–2009) (TV)

Accolades

Year	Association	Category	Work	Result
1979			Taxi "Blind Date"
1980	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series	The Associates "The First Day"
1981			Taxi: "Tony's Sister and Jim"
1982	Writers Guild of America Awards	Episodic Comedy
1985	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series	The Cosby Show "Pilot"
1990			Grand
1991			The War of the Roses

Notes and References

1. 762731880261136384. WGAWest. RIP 'Cosby Show' co-creator/writer Michael Leeson ('The War of the Roses,' 'The Tuxedo'), who died on 7/27 at age 69. August 8, 2016.
2. http://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/michael-j-leeson-57310816/ Hollywood.com
3. News: Review/Film; 'The War of the Roses' (Published 1989) . The New York Times . December 8, 1989 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230408135918/https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/08/movies/review-film-the-war-of-the-roses.html . 2023-04-08 . live . Maslin . Janet .