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name: "Paul Manning"
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born: "3 December 1959"
died: "2 January 2005"
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# Paul Manning

Writer. Born 3 December 1959 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. Died 2 January 2005.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 3 December 1959, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- **Died:** 2 January 2005

## Biography

Paul Manning was an American television writer and producer. He trained at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles and began his career as a writer and story consultant on the series *L.A. Law* (1986).

He joined the production of *ER* (1994) in its first season as co-producer and writer, later becoming producer and supervising producer across the first three seasons. He contributed to numerous episodes as writer or story author, and returned as a writer for the fifth season. Manning shared a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series for *ER* in 1996. He subsequently developed pilots and worked as consulting producer on *Clubhouse* (2004).

*Sources: er.fandom.com, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *ER* (1994), Fi1m 88, Story, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)

## Also known for

- *L.A. Law* (1986), Writer, Teleplay

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