William Missouri Downs is an American comedy writer, playwright, screenwriter, stage director, and author.
[1] So he moved to New York[2] and studied playwriting at the Circle Rep Theatre[citation needed] under Lanford Wilson and Milan Stitt.
[4] While a student at UCLA film school, he won numerous screenwriting awards, including the Jack Nicholson prize.
[citation needed] As Streib, he was also credited with writing one episode each for the NBC shows Amen and Fresh Prince Of Bel Air.
He worked with Jim Parsons to develop a TV pilot that was optioned by Hollywood producer Meryl Poster.