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name: "Lee David Zlotoff"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lee-david-zlotoff"
fi1m_id: "lee-david-zlotoff"
imdb_id: "nm0957453"
tmdb_id: 1232954
wikidata_id: "Q455958"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "10 July 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T13:37:57.091041+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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# Lee David Zlotoff

## Identity

Lee David Zlotoff

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lee-david-zlotoff
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lee-david-zlotoff
- **IMDb ID:** nm0957453
- **TMDB ID:** 1232954
- **Wikidata ID:** Q455958
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_David_Zlotoff, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q455958, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0957453/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1232954

Writer. Born 10 July 1954 in New York City.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 10 July 1954, New York City
- **Also known as:** L.D. Zlotoff, Lee Zlotoff
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_David_Zlotoff, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q455958, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0957453/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1232954

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*NCIS*](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md) (66)

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## Biography

Lee David Zlotoff is an American writer, producer and director. Born on 10 July 1954 in New York City, he graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School and attended St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland. He began his career writing for *Hill Street Blues* before working as a producer on *Remington Steele*.

Zlotoff created the television series *MacGyver*, which aired from 1985 to 1992. He later wrote and directed the feature film *The Spitfire Grill* (1996) and wrote two episodes of *NCIS*. He has also served as executive producer on the 2016 reboot of *MacGyver* and produced the series *Snowy River: The McGregor Saga*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *NCIS* (2003), Fi1m 66, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *MacGyver* (2016), series, Writer, Original Series Creator, Executive Producer
- *NCIS* (2003), series, Writer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md)
- *The Spitfire Grill* (1996), Director, Screenplay
- *MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis* (1994), Creator
- *Age of Treason* (1993), Writer
- *Plymouth* (1991), Writer, Director
- *Frank Nitti: The Enforcer* (1988), Writer, Producer
- *Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace* (1988), Writer
- *U.S. Marshals: Waco & Rhinehart* (1987), Writer, Executive Producer
- *Link* (1986), Story
- *MacGyver* (1985), series, Creator
- *Remington Steele* (1982), series, Writer

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