Ernest Kinoy

Biography

Career Overview

Ernest Kinoy has 30 screen credits in a career dating back to 1948. Signature works include Roots, White Water Summer, Skokie. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Writing

Gender

male

Known Credits

30

Known For

• 

  Roots
• 

  White Water Summer
• 

  Skokie
• 

  Victory at Entebbe
• 

  Leadbelly
• 

  Buck and the Preacher

Frequent Collaborators

• Sidney Poitier (3 collaborations)
• Drake Walker (3 collaborations)
• Marvin J. Chomsky (2 collaborations)
• Alex Haley (2 collaborations)
• Dana Christiaansen (2 collaborations)
• Francia Smeets (2 collaborations)
• Bryony Hurden (2 collaborations)
• Esme Smart (2 collaborations)
• Bob Roe (2 collaborations)
• Wolfgang Glattes (2 collaborations)

Credits

• writing (29 credits)

  • Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women

    screenplay

    writing
    1997
  • Tad

    writer

    writing
    1995
  • Diagnosis: Murder

    - Today is the Last Day of the Rest of My Life (1999) ... writer writing

    - First Do No Harm (1998) ... writer writing
    1993
  • Chernobyl: The Final Warning

    screenplay

    writing
    1991
  • Stones for Ibarra

    writer

    writing
    1988
  • White Water Summer

    writer

    writing
    1987
  • Skokie

    writer

    writing
    1981
  • The Henderson Monster

    writer

    writing
    1980
  • The Deadliest Season

    teleplay

    writing
    1977
  • Roots

    screenplay

    writing

    - Part VIII (1977) ... screenplay writing

    - Part VII (1977) ... screenplay writing

    - Part VI (1977) ... screenplay writing

    - Part V (1977) ... screenplay writing

    - Part IV (1977) ... screenplay writing
    1977
  • Victory at Entebbe

    screenplay

    writing
    1976
  • Leadbelly

    writer

    writing
    1976
  • The Story of David

    writer

    writing
    1976
  • Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur

    writer

    writing
    1976
  • The Rivalry

    writer

    writing
    1975
  • Give Me Liberty

    screenplay

    writing
    1974
  • Blacklist

    writer

    writing
    1974
  • The Story of Jacob and Joseph

    screenplay

    writing
    1974
  • The President's Plane Is Missing

    teleplay

    writing
    1973
  • Rx for the Defense

    writer

    writing
    1973
  • Buck and the Preacher

    story

    writing
    1972
  • Crawlspace

    screenplay

    writing
    1972
  • Brother John

    writer

    writing
    1971
  • Pinocchio

    adaptation

    writing
    1968
  • Brigadoon

    teleplay

    writing
    1966
  • Shane

    - The Great Invasion (2) (1966) ... writer writing

    - The Great Invasion (1) (1966) ... writer writing

    - Poor Tom's A-Cold (1966) ... writer writing

    - The Haunt (1966) ... writer writing
    1966
  • Route 66

    - I Wouldn't Start From Here (1963) ... writer writing
    1960
  • The Untouchables

    - The Empty Chair (1959) ... writer writing
    1959
  • Studio One

    - Tag-Along (1958) ... writer writing

    - I Do (1956) ... writer writing

    - Dominique (1955) ... writer writing
    1948

• creators (1 credits)

  • Burke's Law

    creator

    creators
    1963