John Neilsen Schulian

Sports Columnist | Screenwriter | Author

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A Timeline of Professional Milestones

1945

Mr. Schulian is born in Los Angeles, California to John Schulian and Estella Katherine Schulian.

1967

Mr. Schulian receives a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Utah.

1968

Mr. Schulian receives a Master of Science from Northwestern University and becomes a copy editor at The Salt Lake Tribune.

1970

Mr. Schulian becomes a reporter for The Baltimore Evening Sun.

1975

Mr. Schulian becomes a sportswriter for The Washington Post.

1983

Mr. Schulian authors a collection of nonfiction stories titled “Writers’ Fighters & Other Sweet Scientists.”

1987

Mr. Schulian becomes a story editor for “The Slap Maxwell Story” and “Miami Vice.”

1988

Mr. Schulian is appointed executive story editor of the television series “Wiseguy” in North Hollywood, California.

1989

Mr. Schulian co-produces the television series “Midnight Caller” in Burbank, California.

1990

Mr. Schulian becomes the supervising producer of “Midnight Caller.”

1991

Mr. Schulian becomes the co-executive producer of the television series “Reasonable Doubts” in Burbank, California.

1994

Mr. Schulian becomes the co-executive producer of the television series “Hercules” in Universal City, California.

1995

Mr. Schulian co-creates “Xena: Warrior Princess.”

1996

Mr. Schulian serves as the associate producer of the documentary “Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right.”

2000

Mr. Schulian serves a writer producer of the television series “The Outer Limits” in Vancouver, Canada.

2005

Mr. Schulian authors a collection of nonfiction stories titled “Twilight of the Long-ball Gods.”

2015

Mr. Schulian authors “A Better Goodbye.”

2016

Mr. Schulian receives the PEN/ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award for Literary Sports Writing from PEN America.

2017

Mr. Schulian is honored with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award from Marquis Who’s Who.

2018

Mr. Schulian is inducted into the Hall of Achievement at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.

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