Shonda Rhimes
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| Shonda Rhimes | |
| Born | January 13, 1970 Chicago, Illinois, USA |
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| Occupation | producer, screenwriter, and director. |
Shonda Rhimes is a screenwriter, director and producer. She is best known as the creator and executive producer of television series Grey's Anatomy and its spin-off Private Practice. In May 2007, she was named as one of the Time 100 people who help shape the world.[1]
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[edit] Personal life
Rhimes attended Marian Catholic High School, Dartmouth College and earned a bachelor's degree. She earned a master of fine arts from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television.
[edit] Career
Rhimes initially struggled to find a writing or production gig after graduation. For a time, she lived with her sister in San Francisco and worked in advertising. Later, she worked as an office administrator, and then as a counselor at a job center that taught mentally ill and homeless people job skills.
Eventually, Rhimes began to break into the market, and sold several scripts.
Rhimes received first position credit for the HBO movie Introducing Dorothy Dandridge. When that movie was a critical and commercial success, she was hired to write Crossroads and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement.
Rhimes won the Best Drama TV Series Golden Globe award in 2007 for Grey's Anatomy.
[edit] Grey's Anatomy
Shonda Rhimes is the creator and executive producer of Grey's Anatomy, as well as one of the show's many writers. The ABC series debuted as a midseason replacement on March 27, 2005. The show revolves around Dr. Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo), a surgical intern at the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital in Seattle, Washington. The show features an ensemble cast, but Meredith is featured as the main character, with a voice-over narration at the beginning and end of most episodes.
On May 16, 2006 the morning following the close of the second season, ABC announced plans for a third season of Grey's Anatomy to anchor the network's Thursday evening programming,[2] by airing Thursdays at 9 p.m. EST. As Thursday has historically been the most competitive programming night among American broadcast networks, the announced schedule change for the series has been viewed by media analysts as another vote of confidence in the series from ABC.
The fourth season premiered September 27, 2007 in the primetime block on ABC.
[edit] Trivia
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- As a Dartmouth alumna, Rhimes often peppers the scripts with references to the college.
- Rhimes has said that of all of the Grey's Anatomy characters, her own personality is best represented by the character of Meredith; however, she also draws some similarities with the no-nonsense natures of Cristina Yang.[3]
- Rhimes has said that her time spent as a candy striper while in high school sparked an interest in hospital environments.[4]
- Rhimes has said in several interviews that she already has the "bible" of Grey's Anatomy mapped out, and has planned the arc of each season.
[edit] References
- ^ Oh, Sandra. The TIME 100, ARTISTS & ENTERTAINERS. TIME. Retrieved on 2007-05-05.
- ^ ABC Fall 2006 Schedule. Zap2it (2006-07-11). Retrieved on 2006-10-25.
- ^ Johnson, Pamela K. (2005), Written By (no. 2005-09), 2005-09, <http://www.wga.org/writtenby/writtenbysub.aspx?id=883>. Retrieved on 2 August 2006.
- ^ Maureen, Ryan (2005-12-21). Shonda Rhimes, creator of 'Grey's Anatomy' and a Chicagoan of the Year. The Watcher. Retrieved on 2008-01-21.
[edit] External links
- Shonda Rhimes at the Internet Movie Database
- 'Grey Matter' Writer's Blog on ABC.com
- Interview with Shonda Rhimes on the Tavis Smiley show
- Writer's Guild of America profile
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