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John Langley, This article is about the television director. For other people named John Langley, see John Langley (disambiguation).John Langley (born June 1, 1943) is an American television and film director, writer, and producer who is best-known as the creator and executive producer of the long-running television show COPS, which premiered on FOX in March 1989. Prior to that, he was among the reality television pioneers as a producer of various two-hour event specials in syndicated television markets during the 1980s. In fact, Langley is often credited as being the father of reality television with the appearance of COPS in 1989.[edit] Life and careerLangley worked the intelligence unit of the United States Army from 1961 to 1963 and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from California State University, Dominguez Hills in 1971 and later a Masters degree in literature and composition. Langley briefly participated in the doctorate program for philosophy in University of California, Irvine. Among Langleys credits are American Vice: The Doping of a Nation, featuring three live drug busts across the United States during primetime viewing; Who Murdered JFK, an examination of the John F. Kennedy assassination; and Terrorism: Target U.S.A., an early warning of the coming problems with terrorism in the United States as well as across the world. Langleys credits also include various network, cable and syndicated TV shows, including the television series Code 3, Anatomy of Crime, Video Justice, and Street Patrol.He has also produced various independent films and directed film and documentary film, including Dogwatch, Tiptoes and Wildside. His most notable achievement perhaps is the innovation of the video verite signature style of the award-winning COPS television program, which notably influenced TV advertising and news reporting, not to mention other network and syndicated programming.[citation needed] COPS has broken records for primetime network television with nearly 800 episodes aired (as of 2008).[citation needed] He was a producer of Antoine Fuquas Brooklyns Finest, which was screened at the Sundance Film Festival in January, 2009. In the same year he produced Leaves of Grass with Edward Norton in the lead role as identical twins who are dramatically different.Langley has won various awards for the COPS television series, including the American Television Award and four Emmy nominations. In February of 2011 he was awarded a star on Hollywood Boulevards Walk of Fame for his achievements. In addition, his other awards include the Cine Golden Eagle and Houston International Film Festival winner for the documentary Cocaine Blues. His DVDs, moreover, have won various awards for greatest sales records in the mid 90s when he founded Real Entertainment and pioneered the reality DVD market with VHS releases of multiple reality titles like COPS: Too Hot for TV and The Amazing Video Collection. The term Too Hot for TV was coined and trademarked by Langley during this period and was used in marketing until he sold the company.[citation needed]Langley also produced a television series called Inside American Jail for TruTV with his son Morgan Langley.[citation needed] In an innovative move, the show was also sold to and airs as Jail on MyNetworkTV. Jail is also an unscripted series following corrections officers as they process suspects through city and county jails. Morgan Langley is credited as co-creator of the new series, which incorporates the video verite style of COPS. Father and son then produced Las Vegas Jailhouse as yet another examination of crime and the justice system in America.Fox Home Entertainment released Langleys COPS 20th Anniversary DVD on February 19, 2008.[citation needed] The 2 disc DVD edition has a wealth of bonus material and footage shot over the past 20 years in a 388 minute extravaganza that includes spoofs and tributes, famous fan favorites, the history of the show and various specials and spinoffs. COPS has been renewed for its 21st broadcast season (2008/2009) on Fox while continuing its national run on syndicated and cable TV.During the 2008/2009 television season, John Langley was responsible for three hours of prime time television with three separate series: COPS, Jail and Street Patrol. Beginning with the September launch of the new 2008/2009 season, a fourth show was added with The Tony Rock Project, a reality improv show that incorporates social satire aimed at prejudice and preconception. It is airing on MyNetworkTV as the Langleys fourth prime-time series, with Morgan Langley credited as a co-creator.[citation needed][edit] References^ TV.com Q&A: Jail, COPS creators. TV.com. August 31, 2007. http://www.tv.com/story/10115.html. ^ Notable Alumni. California State University, Dominguez Hills. March 2009. http://www.csudh.edu/univadv/documents/publications/csudh_notable_alumni_200903.pdf. Retrieved October 16, 2010. [dead link]^ a b Ford, Luke. When Producers Attack. LukeFord.net. http://www.lukeford.net/profiles/profiles/john_langley.htm. Retrieved October 16, 2010. ^ Brooklyn to Hollywood: That’s Some Subway Ride by Trymaine Lee The New York Times August 10, 2008 p. AR1 NY edition. Retrieved 1-17-09^ Sundance Dispatch: Hoping to Buy Low Carpetbagger blog entry by Michael Cieply January 17, 2009, 1:50 pm nytimes.com.[edit] External linksJohn Langley at the Internet Movie DatabaseLike the 10 O’Clock News, ‘Cops’ Endures — New York Times articleFull video interview with John Langley from the Archive of American TelevisionPersondataNameLangley, JohnAlternative namesShort descriptionDate of birthJune 1, 1944Place of birthDate of deathPlace of deathRetrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_LangleyCategories: 1944 births | Living people | American television directors | American television producers | California State University, Dominguez Hills alumni | United States Army personnel | University of California, Irvine alumniHidden categories: All articles with dead external links | Articles with dead external links from November 2010 | Articles with hCards | All articles with unsourced statements | Articles with unsourced statements from December 2008 | Place of 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