Courtney Lilly

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Courtney Lilly
Education Columbia University (BA)
Occupation(s)Television producer and writer
Years active2002–present
Known forShowrunner of Black-ish
Awards The Peabody Awards (2015)

Courtney Lilly is an American television producer. He is the showrunner of Black-ish , Mixed-ish , and Grown-ish .

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Biography

Lilly received his B.A. from Columbia University in 1997 and worked as a journalist at Providence Journal-Bulletin, [1] before winning a Nickelodeon Writing Fellowship in 2000, kicking off his television writing career. He started his career as a writer for Arrested Development and has written for such shows as My Boys , The Cleveland Show and Undateable . [2]

Lilly joined Black-ish as co-executive producer in season one before being promoted to executive producer and was named showrunner at the start of Season 6 in 2019. [2] [3] He was also named showrunner of Black-ish spinoff show Mixed-ish for Season 2. [2]

In 2017, Lilly signed an overall deal with ABC Signature and renewed it in 2020. [2] [4]

In 2021, it was announced that Lilly will be writing and show-running an animated adaption of Baratunde Thurston's book How to Be Black . [5]

He became a co-showrunner of Grown-ish in 2022. [6]

Awards and nominations

Lilly has been nominated for four Primetime Emmys for his work on Black-ish as co-executive producer and executive producer. [7] He was also a two-time Writers Guild of America Awards nominee for his work on Everybody Hates Chris and Arrested Development .

He was also a co-recipient of a Peabody Award in 2015. [8]

Personal life

Lilly is married to Miranda Banks, a professor of film and television at Loyola Marymount University. [9] [10] The couple lives in Los Feliz, Los Angeles. [9]

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