Paul Dowling(I)
- Producer
- Writer
The creator and executive producer of Forensic Files is Juilliard
alumnus Paul Dowling (B.M. '75, M.M. '76). Dowling studied percussion,
but as much as he loved the arts, he decided he didn't have the
temperament for a lifetime as a classical musician. Instead he landed a
job as a production assistant for a friend who was composing
soundtracks; from there, it was a short hop to becoming a producer at a
small TV station outside Philadelphia. By the age of 27, Dowling had
formed his own company, Medstar Television, to do medical and science
programming on a larger scale.
Mr. Dowling was Executive Producer for Medstar's syndicated series "Health Matters", a magazine-style medical news and information show which aired on various stations across the United States from 1980 to 1995.
The 1995 trial of O.J. Simpson inspired Dowling's show "Medical Detectives", which aired on TLC. Showing not only how crimes were solved but also how outbreaks of mysterious illnesses were tracked, the show was solid success. Dowling was not only the series creator, but the Executive Producer and head writer.
The series evolved into "Forensic Files" and moved to CourtTV (now truTV) in 2000. The pioneering series put a new spin on the "whodunit" genre, with re-enactments of intriguing crimes and step-by-step portrayals of how coroners, medical examiners, police officers, detectives, prosecutors, and other experts solve these baffling cases with the help of forensic science.
Mr. Dowling was Executive Producer for Medstar's syndicated series "Health Matters", a magazine-style medical news and information show which aired on various stations across the United States from 1980 to 1995.
The 1995 trial of O.J. Simpson inspired Dowling's show "Medical Detectives", which aired on TLC. Showing not only how crimes were solved but also how outbreaks of mysterious illnesses were tracked, the show was solid success. Dowling was not only the series creator, but the Executive Producer and head writer.
The series evolved into "Forensic Files" and moved to CourtTV (now truTV) in 2000. The pioneering series put a new spin on the "whodunit" genre, with re-enactments of intriguing crimes and step-by-step portrayals of how coroners, medical examiners, police officers, detectives, prosecutors, and other experts solve these baffling cases with the help of forensic science.
