Emilia di Girolamo

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Emilia di Girolamo is a British television screenwriter,[ citation needed ] and author. [1] Di Girolamo has also written articles and blog posts for The Guardian newspaper. [2] Her daughter Raffiella by actor Dom Chapman is an actress.

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Early life and education

Di Girolamo got a First in Drama from Middlesex University,[ citation needed ] and remained at that institution for a PhD focusing on the rehabilitation of offenders using drama-based techniques.[ citation needed ] [3]

Writing career

Di Girolamo started writing for the popular long-running drama EastEnders in 2008.[ citation needed ] She joined the core writing team for series 3 and 4 of Law & Order: UK in 2009, and was Lead Writer and took on a Co-Producer role for series 5 and 6.[ citation needed ] She penned a total of 13 episodes before announcing her departure after season 6 (to pursue other projects).[ citation needed ] Di Girolamo returned as a guest writer to do the two-part season opener for season 7, "Tracks" and "Tremors".[ citation needed ]

Di Girolamo joined The Tunnel as showrunner for season 3, The Tunnel: Vengeance, a Kudos/Sky Atlantic production that aired in December 2017. [4] Later,[ when? ] she wrote the script for an episode of the period drama Medici: Masters of Florence .[ citation needed ]

In 2021, di Girolamo wrote the television drama miniseries Deceit . [5] [ independent source needed ]

She adapted a series of Louise Penny mystery novels as lead writer. She served as executive producer (alongside series lead Alfred Molina and others) for the police drama, titled Three Pines , for Amazon Prime Video. [6]

References

  1. Di Girolamo, Emilia (September 1999). Freaky. PULP Faction. ISBN   9781901072150 . Retrieved 16 April 2024.[ non-primary source needed ]
  2. Emilia di Girolamo. "Emilia di Girolamo". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  3. Di Girolamo, E. (2000). A Critical Examination of the Use of Drama With Offenders in Prison and on Probation (PhD thesis). Middlesex University School of Arts and Education. Retrieved 16 April 2024.[ non-primary source needed ]
  4. "The Tunnel season 3 gets first look images". 7 November 2017.
  5. "Interview with Writer and Executive Producer Emilia di Girolamo". channel4.com. Channel 4. 6 August 2021.
  6. White, Peter (2 September 2021). "Alfred Molina to Star in Amazon Police Drama Series 'Three Pines' From 'The Crown' Producer Left Bank". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 16 April 2024.