John Hill (screenwriter)

John Hill (screenwriter)

John Hill is an American screenwriter and television producer. He got his start in Hollywood when he penned the 1976 TV movie Griffin and Phoenix, starring Peter Falk and Jill Clayburgh. In 1980 his film Heartbeeps was released, starring Andy Kaufman and Bernadette Peters.

He wrote the movie Quigley Down Under in 1975. It was slated to be filmed in 1980, but when star Steve McQueen became too ill with cancer, it was cancelled. It was released finally in 1990, starring Tom Selleck, Laura San Giacomo and Alan Rickman.

He attained success as a writer for TV's Quantum Leap, and writer/Producer of L.A. Law, for which he won an Emmy.

Currently, Hill teaches at UNLV in Las Vegas.


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