has co-written the book The Tale of the Nightly Neighbors, based on his own teleplay and penned the poetic adaptation of the classic Norwegian folk tale East of the Sun and West of the Moon. Other notable writing credits include the classic ABC Afterschool Special titled Seasonal Differences the pilot for the long-running PBS/CBS series Ghostwriter and the HBO series Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective for which he received a CableAce nomination for writing. His work on Flight 29 Down has earned him both Writers Guild of America and Directors Guild of America award nominations. co-created and produced the Discovery Kids series Flight 29 Down for which he writes all the episodes and directs several. It received the CableAce award for Best Youth Series.ĭ.J. The Showtime series Chris Cross was co-created, written and produced by D.J. also wrote and directed the movie Tower of Terror for ABC's Wonderful World of Disney which starred Kirsten Dunst and Steve Guttenberg. He was nominated for a Gemini award for directing The Tale of the Dangerous Soup starring Neve Campbell.ĭ.J. He wrote and directed many of the episodes including the CableAce nominated The Tale of Cutter's Treasure starring Charles S. As co-creator of the popular Nickelodeon series: Are You Afraid of the Dark?, he produced all 91 episodes over 8 years. After moving to Los Angeles, he made the fulltime switch from informational films, to entertainment. broke into the entertainment business by writing several ABC Afterschool Specials. He also taught photography and film production.ĭ.J. His filmmaking career began in New York where he worked as a freelance writer/director, making corporate videos and television commercials. then attended New York University where he received a BFA in film production. While in school, he had several jobs including collecting eggs at a poultry farm, engraving sports trophies and washing dishes in a steakhouse.in between playing football and running track. He was raised in Greenwich, CT and graduated from Greenwich High School. MacHale is a writer, director, executive producer and creator of several popular television series and movies.

The Light by D.J. MacHale