A man of many talents, yesteryear American screenwriter, tv producer, director and lyricist Bruce Geller is best remembered for creating the original Mission: Impossible series (1966-73). His work in the acclaimed original series earned Geller Primetime Emmy Awards in 1967. Among Geller`s other notable writing credits are the movie Sail a Crooked Ship (1961) and the shows The Westerner (1960) and Mannix (1967-75).