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Saint John"s College.
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Lee Zlotoff
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He started as a screenwriter for Hill Street Blues in 1981. He then became a producer of Remington Steele in 1982. Zlotoff created MacGyver, which ran on American Broadcasting Company between 1985 and 1992 and was sold throughout the world.
He then produced the television series The Manitoba from Snowy River (Australian title: Banjo Paterson"s The Manitoba from Snowy River — American title: Snowy River: The McGregor Saga).
The series was loosely based on the Banjo Paterson poem "The Manitoba from Snowy River". Zlotoff graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School in 1970.
He then went on to Saint John"s College in Annapolis, Maryland. He contributes to Make magazine.
At the 2008 Maker Faire, Zlotoff announced his interest in a MacGyver movie.
Zlotoff said he had full control of the movie after obtaining the rights several years ago. He also has written two of the episodes for the television series NCIS in season 3 and season 7 of the series. In 2010, a feature film version of the Saturday Night Live parody of MacGyver, MacGruber, prompted Zlotoff to send cease-and-desist letters and threaten further legal action.
