Overview
- Overmyer died March 16 at age 74, with outlets citing an unspecified illness as the cause.
- He developed Michael Connelly’s Bosch for television, serving as showrunner and executive producer on Prime Video’s longest-running original over seven seasons, then co-created Bosch: Legacy for three more.
- His earlier credits include Homicide: Life on the Street, a four-season run on Law & Order with additional work on SVU and Criminal Intent, a writing role on The Wire, and co-creating HBO’s Treme with David Simon.
- Michael Connelly posted an Instagram tribute recounting Overmyer’s immediate commitment to adapting Bosch and noting the team produced 98 episodes, while Dick Wolf praised him as a beloved and gifted writer.
- Across TV and theater, he earned four Emmy nominations, five WGA nominations with a 2016 win for Saints & Strangers, a Humanitas Prize, and sustained recognition as a prolific Off Broadway playwright.