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Erica Messer
Erica Messer is an American television writer, producer, and story editor. Since 2011, she has been the showrunner of ''Criminal Minds'' after being one of the main writers since the premiere in 2005. She has written episodes for television such as '' Alias'', '' The O.C.'', ''Charmed'', and ''Criminal Minds''. She has also co-produced two shows: ''Charmed'' and ''Criminal Minds'', as well as acting as a story editor on ''Alias'' and executive story editor on ''The O.C.'' Career Messer began her career with the television series '' Alias'' in 2001 as a screenwriter. In 2002, she was promoted to story editor on ''Alias''. Messer, then in 2003–04, wrote several episodes for '' The O.C.'' and serving as executive story editor. She wrote one episode for ''Charmed'' in 2004. From 2004 to 2005, Messer was the co- producer of ''Charmed''. From 2005 to the present, she has been with the television series ''Criminal Minds'' as a screenwriter, producer, supervising producer, and execu ...
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Television Writer
A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television commercials, video games, and the growing area of online web series. Terminology In the silent era, screenwriters were denoted by terms such as photoplaywright, photoplay writer, photoplay dramatist, and screen playwright.Maras, Steven. ''Screenwriting: History, Theory and Practice'', Wallflower Press, 2009, pp. 82–85. Screenwriting historian Steven Maras notes that these early writers were often understood as being the authors of the films as shown, and argues that they could not be precisely equated with present-day screenwriters because they were responsible for a technical product, a brief "Film scenario, scenario", "treatment", or "synopsis" that is a written synopsis of what is to be filmed. Profession Screenwriting is a contra ...
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Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American trade magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation. It was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933, ''Daily Variety'' was launched, based in Los Angeles, to cover the film industry, motion-picture industry. ''Variety'' website features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, plus a credits database, production charts and film calendar. History Founding ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville, with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. He subsequently decided to start his own publication that, he said, would "not be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father-in-law, he launched ''Variety'' as publisher and editor. In additi ...
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Year Of Birth Missing (living People)
A year is a unit of time based on how long it takes the Earth to orbit the Sun. In scientific use, the tropical year (approximately 365 solar days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 45 seconds) and the sidereal year (about 20 minutes longer) are more exact. The modern calendar year, as reckoned according to the Gregorian calendar, approximates the tropical year by using a system of leap years. The term 'year' is also used to indicate other periods of roughly similar duration, such as the lunar year (a roughly 354-day cycle of twelve of the Moon's phasessee lunar calendar), as well as periods loosely associated with the calendar or astronomical year, such as the seasonal year, the fiscal year, the academic year, etc. Due to the Earth's axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by changes in weather, the hours of daylight, and, consequently, vegetation and soil fertility. In temperate and subpolar regions around the planet, four seasons a ...
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Living People
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American Television Writers
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label that was previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams S ...
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Executive Producer
Executive producer (EP) is one of the top positions in the production of media. Depending on the medium, the executive producer may be concerned with management accounting or associated with legal issues (like copyrights or royalties). In films, the executive producer generally contributes to the film's budget and their involvement depends on the project, with some simply securing funds and others being involved in the filmmaking process. Motion pictures In films, executive producers may finance the film, participate in the creative effort, or work on set. Their responsibilities vary from funding or attracting investors into the movie project to legal, scripting, marketing, advisory and supervising capacities. Executive producers vary in involvement, responsibility and power. Some executive producers have hands-on control over every aspect of production, some supervise the producers of a project, while others are involved in name only. The crediting of executive produce ...
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Charmed (season 7)
The seventh season of ''Charmed'', an American supernatural drama television series created by Constance M. Burge, premiered in the United States on The WB from September 12, 2004 through May 22, 2005. Airing on Sundays at 8:00 pm. Paramount Home Entertainment released the complete seventh season in a six-disc box set on February 2, 2007. It was later released on high-definition blu-ray on October 26, 2021. Cast and characters Main * Alyssa Milano as Phoebe Halliwell * Rose McGowan as Paige Matthews * Holly Marie Combs as Piper Halliwell * Brian Krause as Leo Wyatt * Dorian Gregory as Darryl MorrisOnly credited for the episodes he appears in. Recurring * Jennifer Rhodes as Penny Halliwell * James Read as Victor Bennett * Rebecca Balding as Elise Rothman * Sandra Prosper as Sheila Morris * Jenya Lano as Inspector Sheridan * Nick Lachey as Leslie St. Clair * Elizabeth Dennehy as Sandra * John de Lancie as Odin * Charisma Carpenter as Kyra * Kerr Smith as Kyle Bro ...
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Alias (season 2)
The second season of '' Alias'' premiered September 29, 2002 on ABC and concluded May 4, 2003 and was released on DVD in region 1 on December 2, 2003. Guest stars in season two include David Carradine, Ethan Hawke, Richard Lewis, Faye Dunaway, Rutger Hauer, Christian Slater, and Danny Trejo. The thirteenth episode of the season, "Phase One", aired after Super Bowl XXXVII. Cast Main * Jennifer Garner as Sydney Bristow (22 episodes) * Ron Rifkin as Arvin Sloane (22 episodes) * Michael Vartan as Michael Vaughn (22 episodes) * Bradley Cooper as Will Tippin (19 episodes) * Merrin Dungey as Francie Calfo and Allison Doren (21 episodes) * Carl Lumbly as Marcus Dixon (16 episodes) * Kevin Weisman as Marshall Flinkman (21 episodes) * David Anders as Julian Sark (15 episodes) * Lena Olin as Irina Derevko (17 episodes) * Victor Garber as Jack Bristow (22 episodes) Recurring Episodes Reception Despite earning critical acclaim from ''USA Today'' and attracting the lar ...
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Alias (season 1)
The first season of '' Alias'' premiered September 30, 2001 on ABC and concluded May 12, 2002 and was released on DVD in region 1 on September 2, 2003. Guest stars in season one include Sir Roger Moore, Terry O'Quinn, Quentin Tarantino, and Gina Torres. Apart from "Truth Be Told", the episodes of ''Alias'' are often unconventionally structured in that the title credits are usually shown well into the plot, almost as an afterthought. Also, usually a plot finishes at mid-episode and a new plot begins, so that every episode finishes with a cliffhanger. The impression thus created is that an episode will conclude the previous one and plant the seeds of the next one. Cast and characters Main * Jennifer Garner as Sydney Bristow (22 episodes) * Ron Rifkin as Arvin Sloane (22 episodes) * Michael Vartan as Michael Vaughn (22 episodes) *Bradley Cooper as Will Tippin (22 episodes) * Merrin Dungey as Francie Calfo (20 episodes) * Carl Lumbly as Marcus Dixon (19 episodes) * Kevin ...
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Kirsten Vangsness
Kirsten Vangsness (born July 7, 1972) is an American actress and writer best known for her role as FBI Technical Analyst Penelope Garcia on CBS's ''Criminal Minds'', as well as the spin-off, '' Suspect Behavior'' and '' Beyond Borders''. Early life Vangsness attended Cypress College in Cypress, California. She later graduated from California State University, Fullerton in 1996. Career Acting Vangsness became involved in acting as a child to help overcome shyness and got her first big break in the theatre, where she won several awards, including the 15 Minutes of Female Best Actress Award, the Los Angeles Drama Critics Award for Best Emerging Comic Actress, and the Golden Betty Award. Writing Vangsness' work has been published in the ''Los Angeles Times''. Since 2014, Vangsness has co-written four episodes of ''Criminal Minds''. In 2014, she co-wrote " Nelson's Sparrow" with executive producer, Erica Messer. In 2015, she co-wrote " A Beautiful Disaster" once again with Messer an ...
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