Lindy DeKoven is an American television executive, and executive producer. She achieved success as a television executive with the ability to green-light movies and miniseriesfor NBC Television.
DeKoven produced Listen Up!, a comedy series for CBS Television as well as, television pilots, miniseries, and made-for-TV movies for networks such as ABC, CBS, The CW, NBC, and The WB.
As a television network executive, DeKoven ordered the production of: Merlin, Gulliver’s Travels, The Odyssey, The Temptations, Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story, A Woman of Independent Means[1], The 60’s[2], The 70’s[3], Asteroid, Noah's Ark, The Beast, Crime & Punishment, Pandora's Clock, The NBC Monday Night Movie female-teen franchise featuring Beverly Hills, 90210 stars, such as Tori Spelling, Tiffani Amber Thiessen, Brian Austin Green, and Jennie Garth, which was among the first television programs to feature soundtracks by new artists.
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DeKoven began her career at CBS Television City. She worked for such luminaries as Dan Melnick [4], and Frank Yablans, before becoming an independent TV movie producer with a deal at Mark Carliner Productions [5] and later, at ITC Productions.
DeKoven was Director of Network Television Development at Walt Disney Television, followed by Vice President of Creative Affairs for Alan Landsburg Productions. She was later hired by Leslie Moonves at Lorimar Television and then NBC, where she worked under Don Ohlmeyer.
In 1991, DeKoven became Vice President, Movies and Miniseries at the Warner Brothers Television. She was responsible for the development of all long-form projects for network and pay/cable television including the highly rated, Men Don’t Tell[6] and the Emmy Award winners, Miss Rose White and O Pioneers[7].
From 1993 to 2001, DeKoven was Executive Vice President of NBC Entertainment and NBC Productions. She was responsible for developing and ordering over 200 movies and miniseries, in addition to managing the in-house production company and a network staff. In 2003, As Executive Producer, her notable projects included Listen Up!, a situation comedy starring Jason Alexander for Paramount/CBS, and later the pilot, Mermaids, starring Sela Ward, for Touchstone/ABC. In 2004, DeKoven joined Paramount/CBS where she was an Executive Producer. Her projects included, the pilots, Bones, The Bobby Knight Show, and Waiting, and the miniseries Sea Creatures for CBS.
DeKoven is featured in Jennifer Siebel Newsom's 2011 documentary feature film, "Miss Representation."
In 2011, DeKoven was appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to the California State Film Commission. DeKoven served on the California State Parks & Recreation Commission [8] after Clint Eastwood and Bobby Shriver’s terms had expired. Schwarzenegger re-appointed DeKoven to the California Commission on the Status of Women [9], where she serves as Chair. She also serves on the Board of the Governor and First Lady’s Women’s Conference of California [10], as well as the Board of Directors of Los Angeles Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
DeKoven has served on The Board of Directors of the Koreh L.A. Literacy Program [11], as well as the Board of Trustees at the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association. She is a past member of the Museum of Television Executive Roundtable, The AFI Second Decade Council, The AFI Women’s Directing Workshop [12] Advisory Committee, Hollywood Radio & Television [13] Society Board Member, and Women In Film [14] Executive Committee.