Throughout his career Swope produced and directed prime time programs for all major American television networks. The collection consists of scripts, notes, credits, cast and crew lists, shooting schedules, budgets, and memos for various television projects, including the Emmy nominated series Fame and Police Story.

There is little biographical information available about Mel Swope. Swope served as vice president of production at Wilshire Court Productions and was named senior vice president of Production of MGM/UA Worldwide Television, a unit of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. Throughout his career Swope produced and directed prime time programs for all major American television networks. Among his numerous credits are Fame, Miami Vice, and Police Story. He received Emmy Award nominations for his work on Fame, Police Story and was the recipient of two Golden Globe awards.

14 boxes (7 linear feet)

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