David Israel

David Israel has been writer and producer of many television series and movies, including Midnight Caller, The Untouchables, Tremors, Turks, Fast Copy, Crimes of the Century, Bay City Blues, Jake Lassiter: Justice on the Bayou, The Port Chicago Mutiny, Pandora's Clock, House of Frankenstein, Y2K, and Monday Night Football. Previously, he was a reporter and syndicated columnist for the Chicago Daily News, Washington Star, Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Herald Examiner. His magazine articles have appeared in Sports Illustrated, The Los Angeles Times Magazine, Playboy, Sport and California. As a sports columnist, Israel often wrote about horse racing, and covered the Triple Crown campaigns of Seattle Slew and Affirmed. He is married and lives in Los Angeles.