(1965-1967) President of the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAw)
(1996-) Besides an active writing career in television, he also teaches
advanced screenwriting to undergraduates in the Filmic Writing Program
at the University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television.
He lives in Santa Monica, California with his wife Lorraine.
His children are Kevin, Brian, and Susan.
He has 9 grandchildren.
His mother, Mildred O. Knopf, wrote cookbooks such as "Cook, My Darling
Daughter".