Jorge Zamacona

Jorge Zamacona (born December 30, 1959) is an American television writer and producer.

He worked extensively on the police drama Homicide: Life on the Street and wrote the series' crossover episodes with the crime drama Law & Order.

Zamacona co-created the police dramas 10-8: Officers on Duty and Wanted.

Zamacona was born on December 30, 1959, in Madigan Army Hospital in Fort Lewis, Washington.

He grew up in Madison, Wisconsin.

He studied at the University of Wisconsin-Madison until he relocated to Los Angeles in 1980.

In 1983, he graduated with a degree in television and film writing and production from California State University-Northridge.

Zamacona is married to Blair Winters Zamacona and has three children.

Zamacona began working for television in 1984 as a writer for the second season of medical drama St. Elsewhere.

The series focused on the staff of a declining urban teaching hospital.

It was created by Joshua Brand and John Falsey and developed by Mark Tinker and John Masius.

He co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Vanity" with Ray De Laurentis and John Tinker from a story by producer Tom Fontana.

He returned as a writer for the third season and co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Saving Face" with Norma Safford Vela from a story by Fontana.

In 1988 Zamacona wrote the science fiction film World Gone Wild.

The film was set in a post apocalyptic future where water is a precious resource.

In 1993 Zamacona became a writer for the first season of NBC police drama Homicide: Life on the Street.

The series focused on a single squad of homicide detectives in Baltimore, Maryland.

It was based on a non-fiction book by David Simon and created by Paul Attanasio.

Zamacona's St. Elsewhere co-writer Tom Fontana was the series executive producer and show runner.

Zamacona contributed to two first-season episodes as a writer.

He wrote the teleplay for the episodes "A Shot in the Dark" and "And the Rockets' Dead Glare", both were based on stories by Fontana.

He returned to the series as a story editor and writer for the third season in 1994.

He contributed to six third-season episodes as a writer.

Zamacona wrote the teleplay for the episode "Nearer My God to Thee" from a story he wrote with Fontana.

Noel Behn wrote the teleplay for the episode "A Model Citizen" from a story from Zamacona and Fontana.

He co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Cradle to Grave" with David Mills from a story by Fontana.

He co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "The City That Bleeds" with fellow story editor Julie Martin from a story by Fontana and executive story editor James Yoshimura.

He co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Dead End" with Martin from a story by Yoshimura.

Randall Anderson wrote the teleplay for the episode "The Old and the Dead" from a story by Zamacona and co-executive producer Henry Bromell.

Zamacona was promoted to producer for the fourth season in 1995.

He contributed to a further three episodes as a writer.

He wrote the teleplays for the episodes "Thrill of the Kill" and "The Damage Done" both from stories by Fontana and Bromell.

He co-wrote the episode "For God and Country" with Michael S. Chernuchin.

Zamacona left the production team at the end of the fourth season.

Chernuchin and Zamacona also collaborated on the sixth season Law & Order episode "Charm City" in 1996.

The episodes were a two-part story and marked the first crossover between Homicide and Law & Order.

In 1996 Zamacona was hired as a co-executive producer and writer for new Fox Network science fiction series Millennium.

The series was created by Chris Carter following the success of Carter's earlier series The X-Files.

The series follows a law enforcement consultant working for a mysterious organization known as the Millennium Group.

Zamacona wrote two episodes for the first season; "Kingdom Come" and "The Wild and the Innocent".