Background
He was born and raised in Washington District of Columbia
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Michael Olmert
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He has a Doctor of Philosophy from Maryland in medieval English literature.
Career
His specialty is British Literature. He has written many shows and television movies for National Geographic and many articles for the Colonial Williamsburg Magazine. He has written over 90 television documentaries, two plays, and two books
He has been awarded 3 Emmy Awards for his work on the Discovery Channel.
In 2001, he received one for writing Allosaurus: A Walking With Dinosaurs Special. His third award came in 2006 for Before the Dinosaurs.
Olmert"s two plays are entitled Shakespeare and Lopez and Great Creating Nature. The two books he has published are Milton"s Teeth and Ovid"s Umbrella (1996) and The Smithsonian Book of Books (1992).
He was inducted into the University of Maryland Hall of Fame in 2005.
