R. Scott Gemmill

R. Scott Gemmill is an American television writer and producer. He worked extensively on "ER" in both capacities.

Gemmill worked on "JAG" as an executive story editor and writer. He joined the crew in the first season and remained until the fourth season writing a total of 18 episodes. He was nominated for a Humanitas Prize in the 60 minute category for his work on the "JAG" episode "Angels 30".

He joined the crew of "ER" in its sixth season as a supervising producer and regular writer. Alongside his fellow "ER" producers he was twice nominated for the Emmy Award for best drama series for his work on the sixth and seventh seasons of the show. He worked on the series until the thirteenth season and wrote a total of thirty two episodes. In 2007 he won a Humanitas Prize in the 60 minute category for his work on the "ER" episode "There are no Angels Here". The award was shared with his co-writer David Zabel. The episode followed doctors from the Chicago set series performing aid work in a refugee camp in Darfur. Humanitas stated that the prize was awarded for the episodes "unflinching look at the brutality inherent in civil wars and its belief that heroism is complex, complicated and multi-layered."Cite web|url=http://www.humanitasprize.org/pdf/2007%20HUMANITAS%20winners.pdf|title=33rd Humanitas Prize Winners Announced|accessdate=2008-05-12|publisher=Humanitas|year=2007]

He went on to work on the short-lived series "Smith" as a writer and executive producer. After the cancellation of Smith he worked as a writer and executive producer on "Women's Murder Club".

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