George Frederick "Chip" Johannessen (born November 16, 1955) is an American writer, editor, and producer of several popular television series. He is credited with work on '' 24'', ''

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'', and ''

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'', among others.

Early life and education

Johannessen graduated with honors from

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, where he wrote pieces for ''

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''. Subsequently he earned a J.D. at the

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Career

Johannessen began his television writing career with an episode of the sitcom '' Married... with Children'' in 1991. He then took a story editor position on the third season of ''

'' in 1992. He was promoted to executive story editor for the fourth season in 1993. He joined the production staff as a co-producer for the fifth season in 1994. He went on to work as a producer on ''The Monroes'' in 1994. He joined the crew of Chris Carter's series ''

'' as a writer and co-producer and writer for the first season in 1996. He was promoted to producer midseason. He returned as a consulting producer for the second season in 1997. He became an executive producer for the third season in 1998. He wrote an episode of another Carter series in 2000; ''

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''. He joined the crew of '' Dark Angel'' as a consulting producer for the first season in 2000 and continued this role for the second season in 2001. In late 2001 he wrote an episode for the first season of the action drama series '' 24''. In 2005 he joined the crew of freshman science fiction series ''

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'' as a consulting producer and writer. The series was canceled after one season. In 2007 he joined the crew of ''

'' as an executive producer and writer. The series focused on a vampire investigator. Johannessen served as

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for the first twelve episodes but left the crew after this. The series was also canceled after its first season. In 2009 he returned to ''24'' as a consulting producer and writer for the end of the seventh season. He became a co-executive producer for the eighth season in fall 2009 and was promoted to executive producer for the series final episodes in 2010. Johannessen replaced Clyde Phillips as executive producer and show runner for the fifth season of the

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drama series ''

''. He was joined on the series by ''24'' collaborator

Manny Coto Manuel Hector "Manny" Coto (born June 10, 1961) is an American writer, director and producer of films and television programs. Coto was the executive producer and showrunner of '' Star Trek: Enterprise'' in its final season, and executive prod ...

. Johannessen left the crew after the fifth season and was replaced as show runner by executive producer Scott Buck. Johannessen remained with Showtime as a producer for the new original drama series ''

'' which was developed by his ''The X-Files'' and ''24'' colleagues

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and

Howard Gordon Howard Gordon (born March 31, 1961) is an American television writer and producer. He is well known for his work on the Fox action series '' 24'' alongside the Showtime thriller ''Homeland'', which he co-developed with Alex Gansa and Gideon Ra ...

. In 2019, Johannessen joined other WGA members in firing his agents as part of the Guild's stand against the ATA after the two sides were unable to come to an agreement on a new "Code of Conduct" that addressed the practice of packaging.

Filmography

Films

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Johannessen, Chip 1955 births Writers from Detroit American television producers American television writers American male television writers The Harvard Lampoon alumni Living people UCLA School of Law alumni