Paul Scheuring |
Paul T. Scheuring is the creator, executive producer, and writer of Prison Break. Scheuring will also executive produce the Prison Break Hulu series.
Biography
Scheuring was born in Aurora, Illinois. Prior to his success, he had attended the UCLA School of Theater Film and Television and has worked as a courier, cable installer and factory worker. After working on "36K" in 2000 and "A Man Apart" in 2003, Scheuring made his first attempt to be a television show writer. After developing an idea given to him by a female colleague into a miniseries screenplay called Prison Break, he approached the Fox network with the script but was turned down due to its unconventional storyline. However, in 2004, after the successful premiere of Lost, Fox backed Prison Break's production and the first episode was aired approximately 20 months after Scheuring had written the script. The series proceeded to win the 2006 People's Choice Awards for Favorite New TV Drama and was nominated for Best Drama Television Series at the 2006 Golden Globe Awards. Moreover, Prison Break was continued by another five seasons.
Scheuring has also co-written "Mexicali" which was released in 2008.
Episodes
Scheuring was the executive producer of all episodes of Prison Break. He was credited as a writer for the following episodes:
- Pilot
- Allen
- Tweener
- End of the Tunnel
- The Key
- Flight
- Manhunt
- Bad Blood
- Sona
- Orientación
- Ogygia
- Kaniel Outis
Trivia
- In the season 5 episode Ogygia, Scheuring appears in photographs that are supposed to be of Michael Scofield.
External Links
Executive Producers | ||
Season 1 • Season 2 • Season 3 • Season 4 • Season 5 • Season 6 | ||
Paul Scheuring • Brett Ratner • Matt Olmstead • Kevin Hooks Dawn Olmstead • Marty Adelstein • Neal Moritz • Michael Pavone |