Production CompanyFilm

David L. Wolper Productions

United States(approximate location)

Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Film
Founded byDavid L. WolperWikidata
LocationUnited States

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Statuslikely closedno credits since 1993 i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
7.9IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

16 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
Oscars0of1nominations0%
Emmys14of21nominations67%

28 wins from 90 nominations across all awards

Box office
$6m

Combined US gross, 2 of 32 titles

Mostly
drama, history, biography
Active
1963–1993
Rotten Tomatoes
88%
Best known for
Roots

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 25 of 32 titles. Unmatched titles are left out rather than guessed. Oscars, Emmys and BAFTAs are itemised; other awards sit in the totals. IMDb counts wins separately from losing nominations, so nominations here is wins plus losses.

Their television work

Series
55 seasons

1963–1985

Television rating
8.3IMDb

Their films average 7.2, so the television rates 1.1 higher.

Networks
  • ABC2
  • NBC1

Across 4 series matched to TMDB, 52 episodes.

Longest runningLincoln · 2 seasons

Series identified from OMDb, falling back to the credit type where OMDb had no match. Season counts are each show’s full run, not only the seasons this company was credited on.

Credits24 of 32

26 films · 6 TV titles

  • 1993 · Film

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  • 1992 · Film

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  • 1988 · Film

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  • 1988 · Film

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  • 1987 · Film

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  • 1985 · TV

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  • 1981 · Film

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  • 1981 · Film

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  • 1979 · TV

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  • 1977 · TV

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  • 1976 · Film

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  • 1975 · Film

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  • 1975 · Film

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  • 1974 · TV

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  • 1974 · Film

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  • 1974 · Film

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  • 1973 · Film

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  • 1968 · Film

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  • 1966 · Film

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  • 1966 · Film

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  • 1965 · Film

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  • 1965 · Film

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Titles per year32 titles · busiest 1965 with 5 · 1963–1993

32 titles across 31 years, averaging 1.0 a year. The last five years average 0.4 a year, below their long-run rate. 13 of those 31 years carry no credit on file.

Quality over time16 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
579their average 7.9197019801990

Their 1970s work is their strongest, averaging 8.2 across 5 titles. The 5 titles since 1984 average 7.5, 0.4 below their 7.9 overall. 3 of 16 rated titles sit above their 7.9 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Andrew Solt2
  • William Friedkin2
  • Jack Haley Jr.2
Writers
  • Theodore Strauss4
  • Andrew Solt2
  • Ernest Kinoy2
Notable cast
  • LeVar Burton2
  • Richard Basehart2
Genres
  • Drama12 of 25
  • History10 of 25
  • Biography9 of 25
  • Documentary9 of 25
  • Music3 of 25

Names appearing on two or more of David L. Wolper Productions’s produced titles, across the 25 matched to OMDb. Cast is the top-billed few OMDb lists per title, so it is notable cast rather than a full cast list. A title can carry more than one genre, so the genre counts overlap.

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