JOHN WELLS (Producer) is one of the most prolific producers, directors and writers for the stage, television and film. In addition to The West Wing, the multiple award winner is at the helm of three other fast-paced one-hour dramas, ER, Third Watch and Presidio Med, as well as a number of high-profile film projects currently in various stages of production and development.

In addition to the 17 Emmys and other accolades awarded to The West Wing, Wells and his team have won 19 Emmy Awards, 2 Peabody Awards, 8 People's Choice Awards, 2 Producers Guild Awards, a Humanitas Prize and numerous awards from Health Care Organizations across the country for ER. He created Third Watch with writer/producer Edward Allen Bernero. Now in its third season, Third Watch continues to earn critical acclaim and honors, winning an Emmy Award and a Prism Award in 2000. Third Watch recently received the 2001 Peabody Award. Presidio Med is a medical drama about a team of hard-working physicians who run a tight-knit medical group adjacent to a hospital in San Francisco and premieres on CBS in the Fall.

Wells is in post-production on the theatrical feature The Good Thief, written and directed by Neil Jordan and starring Nick Nolte. He has several other films in development.

Prior to ER, The West Wing and Third Watch, Wells served as a writer and producer on the critically acclaimed China Beach. During Wells' tenure on the series, the show received a Peabody Award, a Humanitas Prize, three Writers Guild of America nominations and six Emmy nominations. He was co-executive producer of the action blockbuster The Peacemaker for DreamWorks. Some of his award-winning stage productions are Judgment, Balm in Gilead, Battery and She Also Dances. He is the immediate past president of the Writers Guild of America.

Born in Alexandria, Virginia and raised in Denver, Colorado, Wells graduated from Carnegie-Melon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with a bachelor of fine arts and later earned a Masters degree in film and television at the University of Southern California.