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Lecturer II
Phone: 734.936.2917 orthornt@umich.edu View Curriculum Vitae
Oliver Thornton is an Emmy Award-winning writer and producer who has worked with stations like WTVS, WFUM and WKAR—as well as independent production companies like HKO Media, Metrocom International and Good Problem Productions—to produce a range of projects from PSA campaigns to full-length documentaries and series. He was the co-writer and co-producer of the Emmy Award-winning Think Squad series on Detroit Public Television and the documentary Blue Ice: The Story of Michigan Hockey broadcast on Fox Sports Net. He was a writer, producer and director on the Emmy-nominated Michigan Football Memories and has written and produced multiple Emmy Award-winning short-form public television documentaries and public service announcement campaigns. He is currently producing several new PSA campaigns for Detroit Public Television, as well as the Oakland Basketball: All Access series for Good Problem Productions and Fox Sports Net. He is also currently serving as the script supervisor at Good Problem Productions in Southfield, Michigan. He graduated from the Screen Arts and Cultures program in 2000 and was the recipient of a Hopwood Award and the Gayle Morris Sweetland Fellowship in screenwriting while a student there.
SAC 311: Writing For Television I: The Spec Script
SAC 411: Writing For Television II: Pilots
