Paul Wolff (screenwriter)

He taught screenwriting at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts and retired in 2016 after serving on the faculty for over twenty years.

[1][2] In 1968, Wolff produced a short film adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe’s "Annabel Lee", which starred a young Paul LeMat and was acquired by Warner Brothers and theatrically released in 1969.

He later wrote for such TV shows as Little House on the Prairie, Family Ties, Fame, Remington Steele (starring Pierce Brosnan), and Home Improvement.

[9] Outside of his work in the entertainment industry, Wolff was ordained as a Maggid (a Jewish teacher-storyteller) by Rabbis Jonathan Omer-man and Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, and was chronicled in Rodger Kamenetz best-selling book Stalking Elijah (HarperOne, 1997).

[10] In 1994, he was recommended by Rabbi Schachter-Shalomi to the Los Angeles Jewish Home to help the extreme aged find hope and purpose in the latter stages of life.