Meredith Stiehm

Meredith Stiehm (born 1969) is a television producer and writer. She is a member of the Writers Guild of America and the Producers Guild of America.

Career

Stiehm has chiefly contributed to the television series Cold Case (as creator and show runner/head writer), ER, and NYPD Blue. She won an Emmy Award in 1998 for "Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series" on NYPD Blue. In 2004, Stiehm was one of five women at CBS who were in charge of a television series.^[1]

Although her later work exemplifies Stiehm's interest in high pressure, male-dominated environments, Stiehm got her start in the entertainment industry writing for Northern Exposure and, later, Beverly Hills, 90210.^[2][3]

Future projects

Stiehm is writing and acting as executive producer alongside Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay for Cocaine Cowboys, an upcoming drama series project at HBO based on a 2006 documentary film of the same name.^[4]

Personal

Stiehm grew up in Santa Monica, California and studied English and playwrighting at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn), graduating in 1990. Stiehm's experiences in urban Philadelphia at UPenn and as a young woman in the entertainment industry provided much of the inspiration for Cold Case.^[1][2]

Awards and nominations

• Emmy Award (Won), "Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series", for NYPD Blue, 1998
• Emmy Award (Nominated), "Outstanding Drama Series", for NYPD Blue, 1999
• Emmy Award (Nominated), "Outstanding Drama Series", for ER, 2001

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Littwin, Susan (November 2004). "In the Company of Women". Written By. Writers Guild of America, west. http://www.wga.org/writtenby/writtenbysub.aspx?id=831. Retrieved 2008-05-25. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Knox, Malcolm (2004-09-09). "Chill factor". The Age. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/08/1094530677311.html. Retrieved 2008-05-25. 
3. ^ Gray, Ellen (2003-12-31). "'Cold Case' writer is intrigued with character, a female cop in a man's world". Houston Chronicle. 
4. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (2008-12-19). "HBO sniffs "Cocaine"". Reuters. http://www.reuters.com/article/televisionNews/idUSTRE4BI1XX20081219. Retrieved 2008-12-22. 

External links

• Meredith Stiehm at the Internet Movie Database

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