Janet Leahy

Last updated
Janet Leahy
Occupation Television executive producer and writer
NationalityAmerican
Notable works Mad Men

Janet Leahy is an American television executive producer and writer, whose name is often associated with prestige television. She has worked in both capacities on the AMC drama series Mad Men and won a WGA Award for her work on the show. [1] [2]

Contents

Biography

Leahy joined the crew of Mad Men as a consulting producer for the fourth season in 2010. She co-wrote the episode "The Summer Man" with series creator and executive producer Matthew Weiner and consulting producer Lisa Albert. Leahy and the writing staff won the WGA Award for Best Drama Series for their work on the fourth season. [1] [2] Some of Leahy's other television credits include The Cosby Show , Cheers , Roseanne , Boston Legal , Wings , Newhart and Gilmore Girls .

Awards and nominations

Related Research Articles

Rick Cleveland is an American television writer, playwright, and monologist, best known for writing on the HBO original series Six Feet Under and NBC's The West Wing. His 2011 play The Rail Splitter premiered at Carthage College as the third production of Carthage's annual New Play Initiative. The production also traveled to the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in 2012.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Terence Winter</span> American television and film writer

Terence Patrick Winter is an American writer and producer of television and film. He is the creator, writer, and executive producer of the HBO television series Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014). Before creating Boardwalk Empire, Winter was a writer and executive producer for the HBO television series The Sopranos, from the show's second to sixth and final season (2000–2007).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Matthew Weiner</span> American screenwriter, director, producer and author

Matthew Hoffman Weiner is an American television writer, producer, and director best known as the creator and showrunner of the television series Mad Men, and as a writer and executive producer on The Sopranos.

Daniel Palladino is an American television executive producer, screenwriter, and director. He is best known for his work on the television series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017–2023), which earned him a WGA Award, two PGA Awards, and four Primetime Emmy Awards.

Dahvi Waller is a Canadian screenwriter and television producer. The recipient of a Primetime Emmy Award and three Writers Guild of America Awards, she is best known for her work on the television series Mad Men and the television miniseries Mrs. America.

Diane Frolov is an American television writer and producer. She has written for several television shows, including The Sopranos and Northern Exposure. She frequently co-writes episodes with her husband, Andrew Schneider.

Lisa Albert is an American television writer and producer. She was born in New York City, and is currently based out of Los Angeles, California. Albert originally began working in publishing until she switched to television writing in 1986. She has worked in both capacities on the AMC drama series Mad Men as a writer and producer and has won a WGA Award for her work on the show.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Andre Jacquemetton</span> American television writer and producer

Andre Jacquemetton is an American television writer and producer. He served as a producer for the first season of Mad Men. He and his wife, Maria, co-wrote three episodes of the first season. Alongside his colleagues on the writing staff, he won a Writers Guild of America Award for Best New Series and was nominated for the award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2008 ceremony for his work on the season. He returned as a producer for the second season and continued to write episodes. He was nominated for the WGA award for Best Dramatic Series a second time at the February 2009 ceremony for his work on the second season. He won the WGA Award for Best Drama Series at the February 2010 ceremony for his work on the third season.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maria Jacquemetton</span> American screenwriter

Maria Jacquemetton is a Greek American television writer and producer. She graduated from Lehigh University in 1983. She served as a producer for the first season of Mad Men and co-wrote, with her husband, Andre, three episodes of the season.

Robin Veith is an American television writer. She served as a writer's assistant on the first season of Mad Men and co-wrote the final episode of the season "The Wheel" with the series creator Matthew Weiner. Weiner and Veith were nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for their work on the episode. Alongside her colleagues on the writing staff she won a Writers Guild of America Award for Best New Series and was nominated for the award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2008 ceremony for her work on the season. She returned for the second season as a staff writer. She was nominated for the WGA award for Best Dramatic Series a second time at the February 2009 ceremony for her work on the second season. She won the WGA Award for Best Drama Series at the February 2010 ceremony for her work on the third season. Veith was also nominated for the WGA award for episodic drama at the February 2010 ceremony for her work on "Guy Walks into an Advertising Agency".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kerry Ehrin</span> Television screenwriter, showrunner, and producer (born 1960)

Kerry Anne Ehrin is an American screenwriter, showrunner, and producer. The first writer with whom Apple TV+ signed an overall deal, Kerry Ehrin developed and ran the first two seasons of the Apple TV+ series The Morning Show starring Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, which led the streaming service's launch. Ehrin was also the co-creator, executive producer, and co-showrunner of the Emmy-nominated and critically acclaimed A&E drama series Bates Motel which featured Vera Farmiga and Freddie Highmore in the iconic roles of Norma and Norman Bates, and aired for five seasons on A&E. Prior to that, she was a writer and producer on Friday Night Lights and Parenthood and has received numerous Emmy and WGA nominations, as well as four AFI Awards.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Shiban</span> American television writer and producer

John Shiban is an American television writer and producer.

Todd Ellis Kessler is an American television producer and writer. He has worked in both capacities on varied series including The Practice, Crossing Jordan, Kevin Hill, The Unit and The Good Wife. He has been nominated for daytime and primetime Emmy Awards and a Writers Guild of America Award.

George Mastras, Jr. is a Greek American author, screenwriter, director, and television producer. He has worked on all five seasons of the AMC drama Breaking Bad. He won the Pen USA Literary Award in 2009, won a Primetime Emmy Award in 2013 and 2014 as one of Breaking Bad's producers, was nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award, and won three Writers Guild of America (WGA) Awards, for his work on the series. Mastras is also the author of the novel Fidali's Way.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Moira Walley-Beckett</span> Canadian-American actress

Moira Walley-Beckett is a Canadian television actress, producer, and writer. She was a writer and producer for the AMC drama Breaking Bad and the creator of two television series, Flesh and Bone and Anne with an E.

Kater Gordon is an American television writer and philanthropist. She worked on the AMC drama Mad Men, and won a Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award and an Emmy Award.

Cathryn Humphris is an American television writer. She has worked on the AMC drama Mad Men and has won a Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award.

Erin Levy is an American television writer. She has worked on the AMC drama Mad Men and has won an Emmy Award and a Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jeff Melvoin</span> American screenwriter

Jeff Melvoin is an American television writer, producer, and educator. He has written dozens and produced hundreds of one-hour episodes on over a dozen television series.

Gordon Smith is an American television screenwriter, best known for his work on Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. Smith has been nominated for four individual Primetime Emmys for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series, and won the Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Drama in 2018 for the episode "Chicanery", and has received several other nominations.

References

  1. 1 2 Gregg Mitchell & Sherry Goldman (2009). "2010 Writers Guild Awards Television, Radio, News, Promotional Writing, and Graphic Animation Nominees Announced". Writers Guild of America. Archived from the original on 2012-05-25. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
  2. 1 2 "Writers Guild Awards - 2010 Awards Winners". Writers Guild of America. 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-07-03. Retrieved 2010-05-01.