Charles Eglee Collection
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Title: Charles Eglee Collection
Dates: 1984-2015
Collection Number: WGF-MS-133
Creator/Collector:
Eglee, Charles H.
Extent: 15 linear feet, 15 boxes
Repository:
Writers Guild Foundation Archive
Los Angeles, California 90048
Abstract: The collection contains scripts from episodic television series written by Eglee and others, amassed during the course of
his work as a TV writer, creator, and showrunner.
Language of Material: English
Available by appointment only.
The responsibility to secure copyright and publication permission rests with the researcher.
[Identification of item]. Charles Eglee Collection. Collection Number: WGF-MS-133. Writers Guild Foundation Archive
Donated by Charles Eglee on July 8, 2021
Biography/Administrative History
Charles "Chic" Eglee was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1951. After graduating from Yale University, he moved to Los Angeles
and began his entertainment career working for Roger Corman. He joined the writing staff of St. Elsewhere in 1984 and subsequently
worked on Moonlighting. He joined Steven Bochco Productions and was a writer and producer on Civil Wars, NYPD Blue, Total
Security and was a co-creator of the series Murder One and Byrds of Paradise. Eglee and James Cameron co-created the TV series
Dark Angel, released in 2000 and Eglee went on to produce and write for TV series The Shield, Dexter, Hemlock Grove, The Walking
Dead and American Gods. He has five Emmy Award nominations, one Emmy win, and four WGA Award nominations.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Eglee Collection contains over 200 teleplays for TV shows that Eglee worked on as a writer, producer, and/or showrunner.
For many episodes, files include outlines, multiple drafts and production documents such as shooting schedules, cast and crew
lists, and budgets. Titles along with number of episodes represented are Byrds of Paradise (13), Civil Wars (36), Dexter (1
episode), Hemlock Grove (2), L.A. Law (5), Moonlighting (39), Murder One (13), NYPD Blue (22), St. Elsewhere (45), and Total
Security (13). There are also scripts for unsold pilots by Eglee including The Banzai Love Diaries, Esperanza, the Lamentation
Effect, Rockenwagner, and screenplay drafts of a Universal feature film, Thieves, by Chris Brancato, and a reimaging of Scarface
as a miniseries set in South Los Angeles. In addition to the paper material, included is a writers’ room whiteboard from the
final, seventh season of The Shield, with the beats of the thirteen episodes written out.
Television scripts.
Moonlighting (Television program)
St. Elsewhere (Television program)
L.A. law (Television program)
NYPD blue (Television program)
Murder one (Television program)
Television writers
Television producers and directors