Douglas Schwartz is an American television screenwriter and series creator who, along with Michael Berk, worked as a writer on the television series Manimal, and multiple made for television movies. He is most famous for creating co-producing, and writing The Wizard, as well as creating and writing the earlier scripts of Baywatch,^[1][2] a series which exceeded a global audience of 1 billion people. He also developed Sheena, based on the comic book of the same name.

Douglas Schwartz is a nephew of Sherwood Schwartz, who created the TV show Gilligan's Island.^[3]

Screenwriting credits

Television

• Manimal (1983)
• The Wizard (1986-1987)
• Baywatch (1989-1992)
• Thunder in Paradise (1994)
• Sheena (2000)

Film

• Goldie and the Boxer (1979)
• The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel (1979)
• The Last Song (1980)
• The Wild and the Free (1980)
• The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd (1980)
• The Haunting Passion (1983)
• Crime of Innocence (1985)
• Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier (1989)
• Assault on Devil's Island (1997)
• Steel Chariots (1997)
• Assault on Death Mountain (1999)
• Cabin Pressure (2002)
• Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding (2003)
• Soul Surfer (2011)

Co-creator

• The Wizard (1986-1987)
• Baywatch (1989-2001)
• Thunder in Paradise (1994)
• Baywatch Nights (1995-1997)
• Sheena (2000-2002)

Producer

Television

• Manimal (1983)
• The Wizard (1986-1987)
• Baywatch (1989-1999)
• Thunder in Paradise (1994)
• Baywatch Nights (1995)
• Higher Ground (2000)
• Sheena (2000-2001)

Film

• The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd (1980)
• The Wild and the Free (1980)
• The Haunting Passion (1983)
• Crime of Innocence (1985)
• Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier (1989)
• Steel Chariots (1997)
• Assault on Devil’s Island (1997)
• Shadow Warriors II: Hunt for the Death Merchant (1999)
• Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding (2003)
• Soul Surfer (2011)
• Baywatch (2017)