- Janae Bakken
Janae Bakken (born in
Minneapolis, Minnesota ) is an American television producer and screenwriter best known for her work on the television series "Scrubs".She has worked on "Scrubs" since 2001, as a writer, and in 2002 served as a story editor, but was promoted and until 2004, served as an executive story editor. From there to 2005, she worked as a co-producer and in 2006 became a producer, and between 2006 and 2007 was supervising producer of twenty episodes. Aside from "Scrubs", she has written the 2005 film "Artistic License" and two episodes of "
Malcolm in the Middle "'s third season.She once commented that almost all of the ideas brought into and discussed in the "Scrubs"' writers' room were parallel to the writers' own lives, and that she specifically had suggested a number of storylines and subplots based on her own life. [ [http://odeo.com/audio/11899733/view Sarah Chalke (Eliot) and Janae Bakken (Writer) comment on "MY COLD SHOWER"] "ODEO.com". Retrieved on
2007-11-09 .] She is a fan ofThe Beatles andIndigo Girls , as well as the film "The Big Chill" and the television series "The Wonder Years ". [Ken P. (October 27, 2005) [http://au.movies.ign.com/articles/650/650103p1.html Scrubs Bios: Meet and greet.] "IGN ". Retrieved on2007-11-09 .]She is an alumna of
Northwestern University [ [http://www.communication.northwestern.edu/creative/alumni/ Alumni] "School of Communication at Northwestern". Retrieved on2007-11-09 .] and has held a number of lectures at their School of Communication. [ [http://www.communication.northwestern.edu/events/lectures/tv/ Television Writing Panel: Creative Writing for the Media] "School of Communication at Northwestern". Retrieved on2007-11-09 .] She married actorMichael Cotter on April 24, 2004 [ [http://www.northwestern.edu/magazine/northwestern/summer2005/classnotes/marriages.htm Marriages] , Summer 2005, "Northwestern University". Retrieved on2007-11-09 .] and gave birth to their first son, Ansel Shepard Bakken Cotter, on January 4, 2008. [ [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117982255.html?categoryid=26&cs=1 Ansel Shepard Bakken Cotter] "Variety" (March 11, 2008). Retrieved on2008-09-27 .]References
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