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''Grey's Anatomy'' is an American medical drama television series focusing on the personal and professional lives of surgical internship (medicine), interns, residency (medicine), residents, and attending physician, attendings at the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital, later named the Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. The series premiered on March 27, 2005, on American Broadcasting Company, ABC as a mid-season replacement. The show's title is a reference to ''Gray's Anatomy'', a classic human anatomy textbook. Writer Shonda Rhimes developed the pilot and served as showrunner, head writer, and executive producer until stepping down in 2015. Set in Seattle, Washington, the series is filmed primarily in Los Angeles, California, and Vancouver, British Columbia. The original cast consisted of nine star-billed actors: Ellen Pompeo, Sandra Oh, Katherine Heigl, Justin Chambers, T. R. Knight, Chandra Wilson, James Pickens Jr., Isaiah Washington, and Patrick Dempsey. For most of its run, the s ...
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Medical Drama
A medical drama is a Television film, television movie or film in which events center upon a hospital, clinic, doctor's office, a paramedic, or any other medical topic or environment. Most recent medical drama (film and television), dramatic programming goes beyond the events pertaining to the characters' jobs and portray some aspects of their personal lives. The longest running prime-time medical drama in the world is the British series ''Casualty (TV series), Casualty'', airing since 1986, and the longest running medical soap opera is ''General Hospital'', running since 1963. History ''City Hospital (U.S. TV series), City Hospital'', which first aired in 1951, is usually considered to be the first televised medical drama. (The first serialized medical drama was probably the ''Dr. Kildare'' film series (1937–1947), starring a number of actors in the eponymous role, and Lionel Barrymore throughout the series.) ''Medic (TV series), Medic'', which featured Richard Boone, ran two se ...
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Marti Noxon
Martha Mills Noxon (born August 25, 1964) is an American television and film writer, director, and producer. She is best known for her work as a screenwriter and executive producer on the supernatural drama series '' Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' (1997–2003). She was also executive producer, writer, and creator of the Bravo comedy-drama series '' Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce'' (2014–18) and the Lifetime drama series '' UnREAL'' (2015–18), and an executive producer of the CBS medical drama series '' Code Black'' (2015–17). Noxon also wrote the science fiction action film '' I Am Number Four'' (2011), the horror thriller film '' Fright Night'' (2011), and the biographical drama film '' The Glass Castle'' (2017). She wrote and directed the drama film '' To the Bone'' (2017). Noxon created the AMC dark comedy series '' Dietland'' and the HBO limited series '' Sharp Objects'', both of which premiered in 2018. Early life Noxon was born in Los Angeles, California, to Nati ...
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The Mark Gordon Company
The Mark Gordon Company (formerly The Meledandri/Gordon Company) is an American production company owned by Mark Gordon. It is notable for their output, including feature films, like ''Speed'', many of Roland Emmerich's films Gordon produced like '' The Day After Tomorrow'', '' 10,000 B.C.'' and ''2012'', and TV shows like ''Grey's Anatomy'', '' Criminal Minds'', '' The Rookie'' and '' Ray Donovan''. History Original era (1987–1995) In 1987, film producers Mark Gordon and Chris Meledandri, the latter of whom would later go on to found Illumination Entertainment, formed The Meledandri/Gordon Company, with a non-exclusive deal with Paramount Pictures. Meledandri quit in 1991 to join Dawn Steel's production company, and it was renamed to The Mark Gordon Company. Its big break came in 1994 when Gordon made its first success with its film ''Speed'', which grossed $350.4 million at the box office. Their second big success from Gordon was the 1996 film '' Broken Arrow'', whi ...
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Lionsgate Television
Lionsgate Television is the television division of the American production company Lionsgate Studios. History The company was established in July 1997 as Lions Gate Television, Inc. with the establishment of Lionsgate Films. In June 1998, it acquired documentary/reality production company Termite Art Productions but that company was itself acquired by Erik Nelson in September 2004 and renamed Creative Differences. The company acquired Mandalay Television in September 1997, before acquiring a minority investment in Mandalay Entertainment outright before splitting in 2002. Lionsgate sold off its shares in Mandalay Television in April 1999. In March 1999, Lions Gate Television, Inc. became an incorporated entity. In January 2003, Lionsgate and New Line Television set up a partnership to provide twenty motion pictures designed for television. On July 12, 2006, Lionsgate expanded into television syndication when the company acquired television distribution company Debmar–M ...
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Shondaland
Shondaland (stylized as ShondaLand from 2005 to 2016 and shondaland thereafter) is an American television production company founded by television writer and producer Shonda Rhimes. She founded it to be one of the production companies of her first series, the medical drama ''Grey's Anatomy'' in 2005. It has since gone on to produce Rhimes's other creations, ''Grey's'' spinoff '' Private Practice'' and the political drama ''Scandal'', and her other productions—the short-lived '' Off the Map'', the Viola Davis-starring legal thriller '' How to Get Away with Murder'', and the crime thriller '' The Catch''—all of which are co-produced with ABC Studios and air on ABC. As of 2017, it has a partnership affiliation with Netflix creating shows like ''Bridgerton'' and the spin-off '' Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story''. History Programming block In 2014, the ABC network programmed its entire Thursday primetime lineup with television series produced by Shondaland, then branded ...
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Single-camera
In filmmaking, television production and video production, the single-camera setup or single-camera mode of production (also known as portable single crew, portable single camera or single-cam) is a method in which all of the various shots and camera angles are taken using the same camera. The single-camera setup originally developed during the birth of the Classical Hollywood cinema in the 1910s and has remained the standard mode of production for cinema. In television production, both single-camera and multiple-camera methods are commonly used. Description In this setup, all of the various shots and camera angles are taken using the same camera, or multiple cameras pointed in one direction, which are moved and reset to get a new angle. If a scene cuts back and forth between actor A and actor B, the director will first point the camera toward A and run part or all of the scene from this angle, then move the camera to point at B, relight, and then run the scene through from th ...
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Susan Vaill
Susan Vaill, ACE, is an American film and television editor, director and producer. She is best known for her work on the television series '' Hacks'', '' This Is Us'', and ''Grey's Anatomy''. Life and career Susan was born in Los Angeles. She and her twin sister Sarah Vaill appeared as child actors in 1970s film and television, most notably '' Sunshine'' (1973) and '' Bound For Glory'' (1976). She studied art history at Williams College and earned her MFA in film production at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Susan edited 70 episodes of ''Grey's Anatomy'' and directed 3 episodes. She is a member of the Directors Guild of America and the American Cinema Editors Founded in 1950, American Cinema Editors (ACE) is an honorary society of film editing, film editors who are voted in based on the qualities of professional achievements, their education of others, and their dedication to editing. Members use the .... Filmography Awards and nominations References External links ...
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Peter Nowalk
Peter Nowalk (born September 12, 1978) is an American television writer and producer. He is known as the creator of the legal thriller, '' How to Get Away with Murder''. Early life Nowalk was raised in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, and graduated from Point Pleasant Borough High School in 1996. Speaking of his childhood, he has stated "I think my family's really nice, where I grew up was really pretty and nice, and I wanted to go to the dark side because my life wasn't dark. The TV shows I like are all twisted and dark." Nowalk attended Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, where he graduated in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in American civilization. He is openly gay. Career Nowalk co-wrote ''The Hollywood Assistants Handbook: 86 Rules for Aspiring Power Players'', published by Workman Publishing Company in 2008. In the same year, Nowalk was hired as a writer for the Shonda Rhimes medical drama series ''Private Practice''. After a few months, Nowalk beg ...
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Mimi Schmir
Mimi Schmir is an American television producer and screenwriter. Her most notable work has been for the medical drama ''Grey's Anatomy'', for which she has served as producer, supervising producer and writer for over thirty episodes, and the legal drama ''Shark'', as writer and consulting producer. Aside from her ''Grey's Anatomy'' and ''Shark'' work, she wrote episodes for ''Promised Land'', '' Party of Five'' and '' Felicity''. She was also credited as executive story editor for several episodes of ''Felicity''. She was nominated, along with the rest of the ''Grey's Anatomy'' crew, for two Emmys in 2006 and 2007, both for "Outstanding Drama Series". Also for the ''Grey's Anatomy'' crew, she won the Writers Guild of America Award for "New Series" in 2006, and was nominated for two others in 2006 and 2007, both in the "Dramatic Series" category. Personal life Schmir was married to TV producer and writer Gary Glasberg, with whom she had two sons, Dash and Eli. Glasberg died in h ...
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Harry Werksman
Harry M. Werksman Jr. is an American television screenwriter and producer. Biography Harry Werksman was born Pittsburgh and grew up in Palm Springs before leaving to attend St. George's School in Newport, Rhode Island. He then attended Northwestern University and received a BA in history and political science. He is member of Pi Sigma Alpha, National Honorary Political Science Society, was awarded a Special Political Science Departmental Certificate in international relations and his honors thesis examined the historical roots of emerging capitalist economic systems in the sixteenth century. Werksman then went on to New College, Oxford University, and graduated with a Master of Letters (M.Litt.) in modern history. His thesis was titled "Politics, Religion and Social Control in Wiltshire, 1603-1625". He was also the first American captain in the more than 150 year history of New College Boat Club. After moving back to the United States, he shifted his focus away from academics ...
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Gabrielle Stanton
Gabrielle Gail Stanton (born in South Orange, New Jersey) is an American television writer and producer. She is known for her work on the ABC series ''Grey's Anatomy'' and ''Ugly Betty'', for The CWs ''The Flash'', and for Syfys Stephen King adaptation series '' Haven''. Life and career After attending the all-girls Kent Place School in Summit, New Jersey and graduating from the women's Barnard College and Columbia University in Manhattan, New York, Stanton worked as the national publicity coordinator in the New York office of the Public Broadcasting Service until 1991. In 1992 she made her way into the film industry as the assistant to writer-producer George Zaloom on the film '' Encino Man'' and later appeared in the 1998 film '' Free Enterprise'' in a minor role as the character "Gabrielle", while her then husband and writing partner Harry Werksman also appeared in the film as "Harry". She also worked on the movie Edward Scissorhands. It was also in 1998 that she broke i ...
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Elisabeth R
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