--- name: "David Mills" canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-mills" fi1m_id: "david-mills" imdb_id: "nm0589957" tmdb_id: 112549 wikidata_id: "Q1175691" roles: ["Writer"] born: "20 November 1961" died: "30 March 2010" reviewed_on_fi1m: 5 average_fi1m_score: 86 average_as: "writer" average_over: 5 updated: "2026-09-17T12:57:37.510435+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # David Mills ## Identity David Mills - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-mills - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** david-mills - **IMDb ID:** nm0589957 - **TMDB ID:** 112549 - **Wikidata ID:** Q1175691 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mills_(TV_writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1175691, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0589957/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/112549 Writer. Born 20 November 1961 in Washington, D.C.. Died 30 March 2010. ## Details - **Work:** Writer - **Born:** 20 November 1961, Washington, D.C. - **Died:** 30 March 2010 - **Active:** 1993–2010 - **Frequently works with:** [David Simon](https://film.one/person/david-simon.md), [Anthony Hemingway](https://film.one/person/anthony-hemingway.md), [Brad Anderson](https://film.one/person/brad-anderson.md), [Clark Johnson](https://film.one/person/clark-johnson.md), [Elodie Keene](https://film.one/person/elodie-keene.md), [Eric Overmyer](https://film.one/person/eric-overmyer.md), [Ernest Dickerson](https://film.one/person/ernest-r-dickerson.md), [Kevin Hooks](https://film.one/person/kevin-hooks.md) - **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 5 Emmy nominations - **Average Fi1m score:** 86, as writer, over 5 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 86 (3), 2000s 90 (1), 2010s 82 (1) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 86 to 82 across 5 titles - **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Genres:** Drama 5, Crime 2, Mystery 1 - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mills_(TV_writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1175691, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0589957/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/112549 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*The Wire*](https://film.one/tv/the-wire.md) (90), [*Treme*](https://film.one/tv/treme.md) (82) - **Disney+:** [*ER*](https://film.one/tv/er.md) (88) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography David Mills was an American television writer and producer. Born in Washington, D.C., he worked as a journalist for The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times and The Washington Post before moving into television. Mills collaborated frequently with David Simon. He wrote episodes of *Homicide: Life on the Street* and co-wrote and co-produced the miniseries *The Corner* (2000). He contributed scripts to seasons four and five of *The Wire* (2002), wrote for *NYPD Blue* and *ER*, created the short-lived series *Kingpin* (2003), and served as co-executive producer and writer on *Treme* (2010). He died of a brain aneurysm in New Orleans on 30 March 2010, aged 48. His work earned Emmy Awards and Writers Guild of America recognition. *Sources: nytimes.com, theguardian.com, imdb.com, thewire.fandom.com.* ## On Fi1m (5) - *Treme* (2010), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/treme.md) - *The Wire* (2002), Fi1m 90, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-wire.md) - *ER* (1994), Fi1m 88, Writer, Teleplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md) - *Homicide: Life on the Street* (1993), Fi1m 89, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/homicide-life-on-the-street.md) - *NYPD Blue* (1993), Fi1m 82, Writer, Story, Teleplay, Story Editor, Executive Story Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/nypd-blue.md) ## Complete filmography (7) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Treme* (2010), series, Writer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/treme.md) - *Kingpin* (2003), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator - *The Wire* (2002), series, Writer — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-wire.md) - *The Corner* (2000), series, Executive Producer, Writer - *ER* (1994), series, Writer, Story, Teleplay, Co-Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md) - *NYPD Blue* (1993), series, Writer, Teleplay, Story Editor, Executive Story Editor, Story, Co-Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/nypd-blue.md) - *Homicide: Life on the Street* (1993), series, Writer — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/tv/homicide-life-on-the-street.md) ## Awards ### Primetime Emmy Awards — 0 won, 5 nominated - 2000: Outstanding Limited Miniseries (nominated), for *The Corner* - 1998: Outstanding Drama Series (nominated), for *ER* - 1997: Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series (nominated), for *NYPD Blue* - 1997: Outstanding Drama Series (nominated), for *NYPD Blue* - 1996: Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series (nominated), for *NYPD Blue* ### Other awards — 2 won, 3 nominated - Writers Guild of America Award for Television: New Series 2011: Writers Guild of America Award for Television: New Series (nominated), for *Treme* - Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Dramatic Series 2009: Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Dramatic Series (nominated), for *The Wire* - Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Dramatic Series 2008: Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Dramatic Series (won), for *The Wire* - Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Drama 1999: Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Drama (nominated), for *Finnegan's Wake* - Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Drama 1995: Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Drama (won), for *Bop Gun* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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