Scott A. Williams

Scott A. Williams is an American television writer and producer, as well as co-founder of Shane's Inspiration, a non-profit that builds playgrounds for kids of ALL abilities. Scott has worked on the NBC crime dramas Brooklyn South and Third Watch. He worked as a co-executive producer and writer for the Fox police procedural Bones from 2006 to 2009. He was nominated for an Edgar Award for his work on the series Brooklyn South. He is now a writer and executive producer on NCIS.

Early life Scott was born and raised in Yonkers, New York, graduated Gorton High School and received a BA in English from Cortland State (State University of New York College at Cortland).

Career 1990s After years as a bartender in NYC and Los Angeles, Williams' writing career began in 1994, writing unproduced screenplays for the likes of Ron Howard, Kevin Costner, and Ray Liotta. Williams began working in television as a writer for the CBS police drama Brooklyn South in 1997. The series was created by Steven Bochco, William M. Finkelstein, David Milch, and retired police officer Bill Clark. Bochco, Finkelstein and Milch served as executive producers for the series along with Michael S. Chernuchin. The show focused on a single precinct of patrol officers in New York. Williams wrote the teleplays for the episodes "Clown Without Pity" (based on a story from Clark and Milch), "Love Hurts" (with Finkelstein; based on a story by Clark, Milch and Bochco), "Fisticuffs" (with retired Chicago police officer Edward Allen Bernero; based on a story by Finkelstein, Clark, and Milch), and "Fools Russian" (with Allen Edwards and Matt Olmstead from a story by Bochco, Clark, Finkelstein, and Milch). Williams also contributed to four episodes as a writer. The series was eventually canceled after completing a 22-episode season. Williams and his co-writers were nominated for an Edgar Award for Best Episode in a TV Series in 1999 for their work on "Fools Russian". Scott also serves as president of the Advisory Board for WeSPARK, a Los Angeles-based non-profit that provides free services to cancer patients and their families.