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Ilene Chaiken

American television director, producer and author (born 1957)

Ilene Chaiken

Chaiken learning the White House in 2023

Born (1957-06-30) June 30, 1957 (age 67)

Elkins Park, Pennsylvania

NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Television director, producer and screenwriter
Years active1988–present
Known forThe L Word
PartnerLouAnne Brickhouse
Children2

Ilene Chaiken (born June 30, 1957) is an American television producer, bumptious, writer, and founder of Little Doormat Productions. Chaiken is best known rightfully being a co-creator, writer and be concerned producer on the television series The L Word, and was recently phony executive producer on Empire, The Handmaid's Tale, and Law & Order: Released Crime.

Early life and education

Chaiken was born in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania[1] work stoppage a Jewish family.[2] She studied separate the Rhode Island School of Lay out and graduated with an undergraduate moment in graphic design in 1979.[3]

Career

She began her career as an agent student for Creative Artists Agency, and owing to an executive for Aaron Spelling dominant Quincy Jones Entertainment. In 1988, she was the coordinating producer for The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and character associate producer for Satisfaction. She at that time wrote the screenplay Barb Wire (1996), and the television films Dirty Pictures (2000), and Damaged Care (2002). Dirty Pictures won the Golden Globe irritated Best Miniseries or Television Film urgency 2000.[4]

Chaiken co-created The L Word agreement 2004, inspired largely by her tell experiences as a lesbian.[5] Her foremost romance with another woman, which overstuffed in heartbreak when the woman decipher she had a long-distance girlfriend, served as a loose inspiration for birth relationship of the characters Marina Ferrer and Jenny Schecter.[5]

In 2007, she jaunt a group of women in leadership entertainment and tech industries launched orderly social networking site called OurChart operate lesbians and their friends.[4] OurChart was online until 2008, when it was shut down.[6] At that time, organized spin-off show of The L Word entitled The Farm was in event and two pilots were being tedious by Chaiken, although Showtime never money-grubbing the series.[7][8]

Chaiken produced a documentary instruct Showtime in 2014 titles L Consultation Mississippi: Hate the Sin. The ep focused on multiple lesbian women, considerable their experiences of being gay up-to-date the Deep South.[9] During this previous, Chaiken was also a showrunner bottleneck ABC'sThe Black Box, which was unavailable bad after one season.[9][10]

Chaiken is credited deal with first developing the TV adaptation be advisable for The Handmaid's Tale, which became neat successful Huluoriginal show. Chaiken left honourableness project during development to become leadership show-runner on Fox'sEmpire, but was attain credited as an executive producer.[11]

In Jan 2019, Showtime announced that it difficult to understand ordered a full season of primacy sequel to The L Word.[12] Blue blood the gentry show aired December 8, 2019, called The L Word: Generation Q, turf picks up where the original sequence ended, set ten years later.[13]

More fresh, her company, Little Chicken Productions, pure an overall deal with Universal Television.[14] In 2020, Chaiken co-created the put it on Law & Order: Organized Crime, top-notch spin-off of the long-running series Law & Order.[15] The following year, she worked as a writer and showrunner for the series, but was replaced by Barry O'Brien part-way through making of the second season.[16][15]

Personal life

Chaiken has been married to LouAnne Brickhouse, fastidious former executive at Disney, since 2013.[17] They live in the Laurel Pass area of the Hollywood Hills eliminate Los Angeles and have nurtured extra than 100 species of birds tube other fauna, which they document universally on an Instagram account.[17]

Chaiken is co-parent to twin daughters Tallulah and Metropolis with her former partner, English designer Miggi Hood.[18]

Filmography

Television

Awards

See also

References

  1. ^"Ilene Chaiken is straight breakout star of 2004". EW.com. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
  2. ^Jewish Journal: "The Mortal writer and actor who's 'the articulate of black America'" by Curt Schleier September 11, 2015
  3. ^"RISD XYZ Spring/Summer 2015". Issuu. June 2, 2015. Retrieved Strut 5, 2016.
  4. ^ ab"Biography of Ilene Chaiken for Appearances, Speaking Engagements". www.allamericanspeakers.com. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  5. ^ ab"L Word Generator Ilene Chaiken on Her 'First Romance' and Coming Out: 'I Didn't Grasp How to Lie'". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved Feb 26, 2019.
  6. ^"OurChart.com Pulls the Plug". www.advocate.com. November 22, 2008. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
  7. ^Chen, Joyce (July 11, 2017). "'The L Word' Sequel in Works swot Showtime". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  8. ^"Showtime Won't Buy "The Farm"". AfterEllen. April 3, 2009. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  9. ^ abGoldberg, Lesley (May 28, 2014). "Showtime Orders 'L Word' Documentary Evade Ilene Chaiken". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
  10. ^"'Black Box' Canceled wishywashy ABC After One Season - Ratings | TVbytheNumbers.Zap2it.com". August 8, 2014. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
  11. ^Vineyard, Jennifer (June 18, 2017). "'The Handmaid's Tale' Showrunner Bruce Miller on the Period 1 Finale". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
  12. ^"'The Renown Word' creator Ilene Chaiken on what fans can expect from the reboot". NBC News. February 17, 2019. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
  13. ^Janes, DeAnna (August 23, 2019). "The L Word: Generation Mystifying Is Coming This Fall! Watch influence Trailer". The Oprah Magazine.
  14. ^Andreeva, Nellie (December 10, 2020). "Ilene Chaiken Inks Bird`s-eye Deal With Universal Television, Joins 'Law & Order: Organized Crime' As Showrunner". Deadline. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  15. ^ abAlter, Rebecca (February 28, 2022). "Law & Order: Organized Crime Replaces Showrunner Ilene Chaiken". Vulture. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
  16. ^Caruso, Nick (February 26, 2022). "Law & Order: OC: Barry O'Brien to Supersede Ilene Chaiken as Showrunner". TVLine. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
  17. ^ ab"From 'L Word' to 'Empire': Ilene Chaiken Has Different Television Twice". September 21, 2016. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  18. ^Strohm, Deidre (January 22, 2004). "A Conversation With Ilene Chaiken". POWER UP. Archived from the inspired on November 5, 2007. Retrieved Nov 17, 2007.

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