Sara Colleton

Last updated
Sara Colleton
Sara Colleton by Gage Skidmore.jpg
Colleton at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2011.
Occupation Producer

Sara Colleton is an American television and film producer. She has worked as an executive producer on the Showtime drama series Dexter since 2006 and has received several Emmy nominations for her work on the series. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Biography

Colleton joined the crew of the Showtime drama series Dexter as an executive producer for the pilot episode in 2006. She returned as an executive producer for the first season. She has remained an executive producer since. As an executive producer she was co-nominated for the Outstanding Drama Series award at the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards. [4] [5]

Related Research Articles

Alfre Woodard American actress

Alfre Woodard is an American actress, producer, and political activist. She has been named one of the most versatile and accomplished actors of her generation. She has been nominated for an Academy Award, two Grammy Awards and eighteen Emmy Awards ; additionally, she received a Golden Globe Award and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2020, The New York Times ranked Woodard seventeenth on its list of "The 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century". She is also known for her work as a political activist and producer. Woodard is a founder of Artists for a New South Africa, an organization devoted to advancing democracy and equality in that country. She is a board member of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Dick Wolf American television producer

Richard Anthony Wolf is an American television producer, best known as the creator and executive producer of the Law & Order franchise. Since 1990, the franchise has included six police/courtroom dramas and four international spinoffs. He is also the creator and executive producer of the Chicago franchise, which, since 2012, has included four Chicago-based dramas: police, courtroom, fire, and medical. Wolf has won numerous awards, including an Emmy Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Pamela Adlon American actress

Pamela Adlon is a British-American actress, screenwriter, producer and director, best known for voicing Bobby Hill in the animated comedy series King of the Hill (1997–2010), for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award. She also voiced Baloo in Jungle Cubs (1996–1998), the title role in the video games Pajama Sam (1996–2001), Lucky in 101 Dalmatians: The Series (1997–1998), Ashley Spinelli in Recess (1997–2001) and Brigette Murphy in Milo Murphy's Law (2016–2019), among numerous others.

Niecy Nash American actress

Carol Denise Betts is an American comedian, actress, and television host, best known for her performances on television.

Sharon Lawrence American actress

Sharon Elizabeth Lawrence is an American actress, singer, and dancer. She is best known for the role of Sylvia Costas Sipowicz in the ABC drama series NYPD Blue. The role garnered her three Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.

Krista Vernoff is an American television screenwriter, showrunner, executive producer and director. She is best known for running the television medical drama Grey's Anatomy and its spin-off Station 19 (2019–present). She has also served as executive producer and writer for the US version of Shameless. Other works as producer-writer for television include Charmed and Wonderfalls.

Melissa Rosenberg American screenwriter

Melissa Anne Rosenberg is an American television writer, television producer, and screenwriter. She has worked in both film and television and has won a Peabody Award. She has also been nominated for two Emmy Awards, and two Writers Guild of America Awards. Since joining the Writers Guild of America, she has been involved in its board of directors and was a strike captain during the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike. She supports female screenwriters through the WGA Diversity Committee and co-founded the League of Hollywood Women Writers.

Lesli Linka Glatter American film and television director

Lesli Linka Glatter is an American film and television director. She is best known for her work on the American drama series Homeland.

Alex Graves

Alexander John Graves is an American film director, television director, television producer and screenwriter.

Clyde Phillips (screenwriter)

Clyde B. Phillips is a writer and producer for television and film. He has written for the shows Dexter, Shout About Movies, Suddenly Susan, Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Midas Valley, and Trapper John, M.D.. He has worked as a producer on Players, Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story, If Things Were Different, Bud and Lou, and as an executive producer of the shows Dexter, Get Real, Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Eddie Dodd, Police Story: Cop Killer, Houston Knights, Northstar, and Midas Valley.

Dan Bucatinsky American actor, writer and producer

Daniel Bucatinsky is an American actor, writer and producer, best known for his role as James Novak in the Shonda Rhimes drama series Scandal, for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series in 2013. In 2014, Bucatinsky starred on NBC's Marry Me, as well as the newly revived HBO series The Comeback, which he also executive produces.

"It's Alive!" is the second season premiere and thirteenth overall episode of the American television drama series Dexter, which first aired on September 30, 2007 on Showtime in the United States. The episode was written by Daniel Cerone and was directed by Tony Goldwyn. In the episode, which takes place five weeks after the first-season finale, Sgt. James Doakes is following Dexter Morgan at all times, but when he gets his first opportunity Dexter finds himself unable to kill. Meanwhile, his sister Debra returns to work after her ex-fiancé Brian tried to kill her, and his girlfriend Rita Bennett refuses to believe that Dexter sent her ex-husband Paul to prison in spite of the evidence in front of her.

<i>Nurse Jackie</i> 2009 American medical comedy-drama television series

Nurse Jackie is an American medical comedy-drama television series. It premiered on Showtime on June 8, 2009, and its seventh and final season premiered on April 12, 2015. The series finale aired on June 28, 2015.

John Shiban American television writer and producer

John Shiban is an American television writer and producer. He worked in both capacities on The X-Files and its spin-off The Lone Gunmen, Star Trek: Enterprise, Smallville, Supernatural, Legend of the Seeker, Breaking Bad, and The Vampire Diaries. In 1997, he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for his work on The X-Files episode "Memento Mori". He shared the nomination with co-writers Chris Carter, Frank Spotnitz, and Vince Gilligan. In 1998, Shiban shared a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series with The X-Files production team.

Shameless is an American comedy-drama television series developed by John Wells that ran on Showtime from January 9, 2011 to April 11, 2021. It is an adaptation of Paul Abbott's British series of the same name and features an ensemble cast led by William H. Macy and Emmy Rossum. The show is set on the South Side of Chicago.

Michelle Maxwell MacLaren is a Canadian television director and producer. She has directed episodes of The X-Files, Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, and Westworld.

<i>Homeland</i> (TV series) American political thriller television series

Homeland is an American psychological spy thriller television series developed by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa based on the Israeli series Prisoners of War which was created by Gideon Raff, who serves as an executive producer on Homeland. The series stars Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison, a CIA officer with bipolar disorder, and Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody, a Marine Corps Scout Sniper. Brody was held captive by al-Qaeda as a prisoner of war, and Mathison becomes convinced that he was "turned" by the enemy and poses a threat to the United States. The series storyline grows from this premise, together with Mathison's ongoing covert work.

Robert Lloyd Lewis American television and film producer

Robert Lloyd Lewis is an American television and film producer. He has worked as a producer on the Showtime drama series Dexter since 2006 and has received multiple award nominations for his work on the series.

Nathan Ross American film and television producer

Nathan Ross is an American film and television producer.

References

  1. Jensen, Elizabeth (2008-09-26). "A Warmer, Fuzzier Kind of Serial Killer?". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  2. Andreeva, Nellie; Andreeva, Nellie (2021-01-29). "'Dexter' Revival: David Magidoff Joins Showtime Limited Series". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  3. "Women Behind the Scenes Spotlight: Sara Colleton – NiceGirlsTV.com" . Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  4. "2007–2008 Primetime Emmy Awards Nominations" (PDF) (Press release). Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. July 18, 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-06.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  5. "Sara Colleton". Television Academy. Retrieved 2021-04-28.