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{{Short description|American director, producer (b. 1950)}}
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'''James D. Parriott''' (born November 14, 1950, in [[Denver]], [[Colorado]]) is an American writer, director, and producer, with his own self named production company.

==Career==
He created the series: ''[[Voyagers!]]'', ''[[Misfits of Science]]'', ''[[Forever Knight]]'', ''[[Matt Waters|Educating Matt Waters]]'', ''[[The American Embassy]]'' and ''[[Defying Gravity (TV series)|Defying Gravity]]''.

==Awards==
In addition to numerous awards won by series he has created or produced, Parriott himself has been nominated for a number of awards, and has won three; the [[Writers Guild of America]] TV Award (2006 & 2007), and the [[Producers Guild of America]] Television Producer of the Year Award in Episodic series (2007).

==Credits==
===Film===

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! ''[[Heart Condition (film)|Heart Condition]]'' (1990)
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! ''Rag and Bone'' (1997)
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! ''Good'' (1998)
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! ''Transylvanian Curse'' (2015)
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<!--Pro-->! ''Producer''
<!--SPr-->! ''Supervising producer''
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! ''[[The Six Million Dollar Man]]'' (1975) 
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! ''[[The Invisible Man (1975 TV series)|The Invisible Man]]'' (1975–1976)
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! ''[[Gemini Man (TV series)|Gemini Man]]'' (1976)
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! ''[[The Bionic Woman]]'' (1976–1978)
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! ''[[The American Girls (TV series)|The American Girls]]'' (1978)
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! ''[[The Incredible Hulk (1978 TV series)|The Incredible Hulk]]'' (1977–1978)
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! ''[[The Legend of the Golden Gun]]'' (1979)
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! ''[[From Here to Eternity (TV series)|From Here to Eternity]]'' (1980)
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! ''Nick and the Dobermans'' (1980)
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! ''Alex and the Doberman Gang'' (1980)
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! ''The Seal'' (1981)
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! ''Fitz and Bones'' (1981)
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! ''[[Voyagers!]]'' (1982–1983)
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! ''[[Hawaiian Heat]]'' (1984)
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! ''Voyager from the Unknown'' (1985) 
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! ''[[Misfits of Science]]'' (1985–1986)
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! ''Island Sons'' (1987)
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! ''[[Nick Knight (film)|Nick Knight]]'' (1989)
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! ''[[Elvis (1990 TV series)|Elvis]]'' (1990)
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! ''[[Forever Knight]]'' (1992–1996)
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! ''Staying Afloat'' (1993)
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! ''Bodyguards'' (1995 pilot)
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! ''[[The Invaders (miniseries)|The Invaders]]'' (1995)
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! ''[[Matt Waters|Educating Matt Waters]]'' (1996)
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! ''[[Dark Skies]]'' (1996–1997)
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! ''Rag and Bone'' (1998 pilot)
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! ''[[Action (TV series)|Action]]'' (1999)
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! ''[[Tucker (2000 TV series)|Tucker]]'' (2001)
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! ''[[Push, Nevada]]'' (2002)
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! ''[[MDs (TV series)|MDs]]'' (2002)
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! ''[[The American Embassy]]'' (2002)
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! ''[[The Partners (TV series)|The Partners]]'' (2003)
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! ''[[Threat Matrix]]'' (2003)
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! ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'' (2005–2015)
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! ''[[Ugly Betty]]'' (2006–2007)
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! ''[[Sons of Anarchy]]'' (2008)
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! ''[[Defying Gravity (TV series)|Defying Gravity]]'' (2009)
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! ''[[Covert Affairs]]'' (2010–2012)
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! ''[[Missing (2012 TV series)|Missing]]'' (2012)
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! ''[[Patriot (TV series)|Patriot]]'' (2017–2018)
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==External links==
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* [http://www.filmreference.com/film/86/James-D-Parriott.html James D. Parriott] at ''FilmReference.com''

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