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name: "Doug Palau"
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roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 85
updated: "2026-09-16T23:37:45.418838+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."
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# Doug Palau

Writer. Born 1 January 1901.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1901
- **Active:** 1990–1994
- **Works often with:** Daniel Sackheim, Paris Barclay, Walon Green, Adam Wolfe, Charles Haid, Christopher Misiano

## Biography

Doug Palau is an American television writer and producer. He began writing for television on the third season of *Law & Order* in 1993, co-writing the story (with René Balcer) and the teleplay for the episode "Benevolence". He returned for the fourth season, writing the story and co-writing the teleplay (with Ed Zuckerman) for "Golden Years".

Palau worked on several Steven Bochco productions. He served as a story editor and later co-producer on *Murder One* (1995–1997), writing multiple episodes. He contributed as a writer and co-producer to *Brooklyn South* (1998) and moved to *NYPD Blue* as a writer and producer for its sixth season (1998–1999), for which the production team received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Drama Series. He also wrote the episode "Sins of the Fathers" for the sixth season of *ER* in 1999.

Subsequent credits include writing and producing on *Bull* (2000), *The Agency* (2001–2002), and *Kingpin* (2003). He and his co-writers received an Edgar Award nomination for the *Brooklyn South* episode "Skell in a Cell".

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *ER* (1994), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *NYPD Blue* (1993), Fi1m 82, Teleplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/nypd-blue.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Law & Order* (1990), Story, Teleplay

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