'Treme' writer David Mills dies of brain aneurysm
By Dave Walker, The Times-Picayune
March 31, 2010, 10:28AM
David Mills, a staff writer and co-executive producer of the upcoming HBO drama “Treme,” died of a brain aneurysm Tuesday in New Orleans, an HBO spokesman confirmed Wednesday morning. He was 48.
A former newspaper feature writer, Mills went on to write for some of the finest TV dramas of the era, including “Homicide: Life on the Street,” “NYPD Blue,” “ER” and “The Wire.”
"Treme" is currently in production in New Orleans and will have an April 11 premiere. Mills attended the University of Maryland and went on to write for The Washington Post, among other outlets.
His first TV writing credit was for “Homicide" in 1994, according to the Internet Movie Database.
Mills co-wrote the show's season two episode "Bop Gun" with "Treme" co-creator David Simon, for which they won the Writers Guild of America award in 1995. Mills then went to work for "Picket Fences" and later "NYPD Blue." He won two Emmy awards for co-writing and executive producing the miniseries "The Corner" for HBO.
In addition to his other credits, Mills was creator and executive producer of the 2003 NBC miniseries “Kingpin.”
Mills was a member of a small “Treme” writing staff that also included novelist and “The Wire” veteran George Pelecanos, and New Orleans writers Tom Piazza and Lolis Eric Elie.
