Janine Ditullio

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Janine Ditullio
Born
Massachusetts
Citizenship American
Occupation(s)Comedy writer, voice actress, stand-up comedian
Awards Writers Guild of America Awards

Janine Ditullio is an American comedy writer, voice actress, and stand-up comedian. She has been nominated for six Emmy Awards and won two Writers Guild of America Awards for her writing on Late Night with Conan O'Brien .

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Career

As a stand-up comedian from Massachusetts, Ditullio has performed in the Boston area, including at the Catch a Rising Star club, [1] [2] several Boston First Night events, [2] the Comedy Studio, [3] and a fundraiser with Paula Poundstone, Jimmy Tingle, and Jonathan Katz for the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts. [4] In New York City, she twice performed at the King Sized Laundromat and Dry Cleaners during Spin Cycle Comedy evenings in the late 1990s. [5]

In 1994, Ditullio joined The Jon Stewart Show as a writer, and in 1995, then became a writer for Late Night with Conan O'Brien . [6] [7] She was the first woman hired as a writer at each show. [6] She was a writer at Late Night with Conan O'Brien until 2001, [7] and part of the team that wrote the nightly monologue. [2] She also wrote for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon from May through November 2010. [7]

She was also the voice of Paula Small in the animated series Home Movies , replacing the original voice actress, Paula Poundstone. [7] [8] [9] She played a scientist who stabs monkeys on the Onion News Network. [10] In 2012, she joined Superjail! as the writing director. [11] Ditullio wrote the Metalocalypse episode "Dethmas" with show creator Brendon Small, along with several other scripts for seasons three and four of the series. [12]

Both Ditullio and her writing partner Kelly Kimball served as co-executive producers on the short lived ABC series My Kind of Town starring Johnny Vaughan. [13]

Ditullio is also the founder of Chirpbug, an interactive online technology. [7]

Awards and honors

Ditullio's awards
YearShowAwardResultRef.
1996 Late Night with Conan O'Brien Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music ProgramNominee [14]
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy-Variety Talk Series Winner [15]
1997 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music ProgramNominee [14]
1998 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music ProgramNominee [14]
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy-Variety Talk Series Shortlist [16]
1999 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music ProgramNominee [14]
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy-Variety Talk Series Winner [17]
2000 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy ProgramNominee [14]
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy-Variety Talk Series Shortlist [18] [19]
2001 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy ProgramNominee [14]

Filmography

Ditullio filmography [12]
YearShowRoleNotes
1994–1995 The Jon Stewart Show Writer5 episodes
1995–2001 Late Night with Conan O'Brien Writer464 episodes
2001 Home Movies Writer7 episodes
2001–2004 Home Movies Actress: Paula Small47 episodes
2005 My Kind of Town Head writer5 episodes
2010 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Writer84 episodes
2009–2010 Metalocalypse Writer14 episodes
2012 Superjail! Writer [20] 4 episodes
2012 Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell Producer2 episodes

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