---
name: "Mel Swope"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mel-swope"
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T20:08:23.676552+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."
---

# Mel Swope

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer

## Biography

Mel Swope is a television producer and executive. His credits include producer on the series *Fame* (1982–1983) and *Miami Vice* (1984), as well as the television films *The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission* (1987) and *The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission* (1988). He has also served as executive in charge of production on numerous projects, including *12 Angry Men* (1997) and *Inherit the Wind* (1999).

Swope received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Drama Series, for *Police Story* (1977), *Fame* (1982 and 1983) and *Miami Vice* (1985). He was the first Gilliland Chair of Telecommunications at San Jose State University.

*Sources: imdb.com, televisionacademy.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Miami Vice* (1984), Fi1m 81, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)

## Also known for

- *12 Angry Men* (1997), Executive In Charge Of Production
- *Fame* (1982), Producer, Director
- *The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission* (1988), Producer
- *The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission* (1987), Producer
- *Inherit the Wind* (1999), Executive In Charge Of Production

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/mel-swope