David Abramowitz (Writer)

MacGyver

He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a secret agent whose wits are his deadliest weapon. Armed with only a knapsack filled with everyday items he picks up along the way, he improvises his way out of every peril the bad guys throw at him. Making a bomb out of chewing gum? Fixing a speeding car's breaks... while he's riding in it? Using soda pop to cook up tear gas? That's all in a day's adventures for MacGyver. He's part Boy Scout, part genius. And all hero.

Release Date1985-09-29

DepartmentWriting

JobStory Editor

Episode Count1

Vote Count861

Murder, She Wrote

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

Release Date1984-09-30

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Episode Count1

Vote Count395

Highlander: The Series

Duncan MacLeod cannot die -- he is a 400-year-old immortal, who has seen his share of humanity's history. Still, he risks his life in battle against other immortals and tries to save people from harm.

Release Date1992-10-03

DepartmentWriting

JobTeleplay

Episode Count1

Vote Count397

The Outsiders

The story of the Curtis brothers, a group of troubled teens in 1960s Oklahoma, struggling to make it as a family. A follow-up to the novel and film of the same name.

Release Date1990-03-25

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count6

Highlander: The Search for Vengeance

Colin MacLeod hunts for the man responsible for the death of his love. He chases the immortal Marcus Octavius across centuries as his quest threatens to take over his life and heart. In his quest, he meets a woman who reminds him of his slain beauty. But it's his final battle with Marcus that will decide not only his fate, but also the fate of everyone in the world.

Release Date2007-06-05

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

CharacterAdditional Voices (voice)

Vote Count122

The Lost World

Early 20th-century adventurers find themselves fighting for survival after their hot-air balloon crashes into a remote part of the Amazon, stranding them on a prehistoric plateau.

Release Date1999-04-03

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Consultant

Episode Count1

Vote Count118

21 Jump Street

21 Jump Street revolves around a group of young cops who would use their youthful appearance to go undercover and solve crimes involving teenagers and young adults.

Release Date1987-04-12

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Episode Count1

Vote Count170

V

Once again, Earth is the battleground. But now the aliens whose human guise hides their true reptilian natures are wiser. They believe the secret to their survival on Earth lies in the DNA of the newly born half-human, half-spaceling Starchild. But that's something the world's Resistance Fighters cannot allow.

Release Date1984-10-26

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

Vote Count157

Highlander: Counterfeit

Horton, an old mortal enemy, puts a criminal through plastic surgery to make her look like Tessa. The false Tessa sets Duncan up for the final death.

Release Date1994-05-16

DepartmentCrew

JobCreative Consultant

Vote Count3

Silk Stalkings

Silk Stalkings is a crime drama television series. The series portrays the daily lives of two detectives who solve sexually-based crimes of passion among the ultra-rich of Palm Beach, Florida.

Release Date1991-11-07

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count39

Queen of Swords

Queen of Swords is an action–adventure television series set in California during the early 19th century that ran for one season, from 2000 to 2001. The series premiered October 7, 2000. After filming had been completed on 22 episodes and the first eight episodes were broadcast, the series was canceled.

Release Date2000-10-07

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count5

War of the Worlds: Goliath

Fifteen years have passed since the Martians’ first failed invasion of Earth. The year is 1914, and at the eve of World War I, Mars launches a sudden and more devastating second attack. A small defense force, A.R.E.S., is Earth’s only hope. The giant A.R.E.S. battle tripod GOLIATH is called up to war, and its young multinational crew must face their fears in their struggle to save Humanity from the alien invaders.

Release Date2012-07-14

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count24

Highlander: Unholy Alliance

Immortal Xavier St. Cloud has mortals shoot his Immortal opponents so he can take their heads. Joe tells Duncan about the killings to warn him, and soon St. Cloud and his henchmen show up at the dojo. Duncan discovers the supposedly-dead Horton is working with St. Cloud, and Joe knew that Horton was alive. Meanwhile, an army intelligence officer named Renee Delaney gets involved while she is investigating one of the men working with St. Cloud.

Release Date1994-02-21

DepartmentCrew

JobCreative Consultant

Vote Count1

Daughter of the Streets

A divorcée struggling to make ends meet, but still utilizing her spare time for social causes neglects her daughter in this fact-based story. At 18, the daughter starts drifting into bad company and eventually becomes a prostitute. To try to get her back in a proper life, her mother abducts her off the street and forcibly brings her home.

Release Date1990-02-26

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count3

East Meets West: Filmmakers Crossing Borders

Short documentary included in the Highlander: The Search for Vengeance DVD. An interesting look at the process of bringing this American franchise over to Japan and gives a good idea at what it took to see it through to completion. Along the same lines there is an interview with Director Yoshiaki Kawajiri where he talks about his experience with working on the picture.

Release Date2007-05-06

CharacterSelf