Elizabeth Sarnoff is an American

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and producer. She has written episodes of ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Deadwood'', '' Lost'' and '' Barry''. She was the co-creator of the

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/ mystery series ''

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''.

Career

Sarnoff joined the crew of ''Deadwood'' as an executive story editor and writer for the first season in 2004. Sarnoff wrote the episodes "Here Was a Man" and "Suffer the Little Children". She was promoted to producer for the second season in 2005. She wrote the episodes "New Money" and "Amalgamation and Capital". Sarnoff and the writing staff were nominated for the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2006 ceremony for their work on the second season. She joined the crew of ''Lost'' as a producer and writer for the series second season in fall 2005. Sarnoff and the ''Lost'' writing staff won the WGA Award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2006 ceremony for their work on the first and second seasons. She was promoted to supervising producer for the third season in 2006. Sarnoff and her co-writer Christina M. Kim were nominated for the WGA award for Best Episodic Drama at the February 2007 ceremony for their work on the second season episode " Two for the Road". The writing staff were again nominated for the WGA Award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2007 ceremony for their work on the second and third seasons. She remained a supervising producer and regular writer for the series fourth season in 2008. She was nominated for the WGA Award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2009 ceremony for her work on the fourth season of ''Lost''. She was promoted to co-executive producer for the fifth season in 2009. The writing staff was nominated for the award again at the February 2010 ceremony for their work on the fifth season. She was promoted to executive producer for the series sixth and final season in 2010. In 2011, Sarnoff, along with Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt, co-created the

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series ''

''. It premiered in the U.S. on January 16, 2012, but was cancelled after one series. She has since worked on series such as '' Crossbones'', ''

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'' and '' Barry''.

Trivia

Her name was used for a character in ''

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'' episode "

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". Like '' Lost'', ''

'' was co-created by J. J. Abrams and produced by

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''Deadwood'' episodes

*"Here Was a Man" (Season 1, Episode 4) *"Suffer the Little Children" (Season 1, Episode 8) *"New Money" (Season 2, Episode 3) *"Amalgamation and Capital" (Season 2, Episode 8)

''Lost'' episodes

*" Abandoned" (Season 2, Episode 6) *" The Hunting Party" (Season 2, Episode 11) with Christina M. Kim *" The Whole Truth" (Season 2, Episode 16) with Christina M. Kim *" Two for the Road" (Season 2, Episode 20) with Christina M. Kim *" Further Instructions" (Season 3, Episode 3) with Carlton Cuse *" Stranger in a Strange Land" (Season 3, Episode 9) with Christina M. Kim *"

Left Behind ''Left Behind'' is a multimedia franchise of apocalyptic fiction written by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, released by Tyndale House Publishers from 1995 to 2007. The bestselling premillennial novels are Christian eschatological narrat ...

" (Season 3, Episode 15) with

Damon Lindelof Damon Laurence Lindelof (born April 24, 1973) is an American screenwriter, comic book writer, and producer. Among his accolades, he received three Primetime Emmy Awards, from twelve nominations. In 2010, ''Time (magazine), Time'' magazine named ...

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" (Season 3, Episode 20) with

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*" Eggtown" (Season 4, Episode 4) with

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*" Meet Kevin Johnson" (Season 4, Episode 8) with Brian K. Vaughan *" Cabin Fever" (Season 4, Episode 11) with Kyle Pennington *" Jughead" (Season 5, Episode 3) with Paul Zbyszewski *" LaFleur" (Season 5, Episode 8) with Kyle Pennington *" Dead is Dead" (Season 5, Episode 12) with Brian K. Vaughan *" Follow the Leader" (Season 5, Episode 15) with Paul Zbyszewski *"

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" (Season 6, Episode 4) with Melinda Hsu Taylor *" Recon" (Season 6, Episode 8) with Jim Galasso *" The Candidate" (Season 6, Episode 14) with Jim Galasso *" What They Died For" (Season 6, Episode 16) with Adam Horowitz and

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''Alcatraz'' episodes

*"Pilot" 01.01 (with Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt)

''Salem'' episodes

*”In Lies” 01.03 *”Vain” 01.05 *”Children, Be Afraid” 01.09

''Crossbones'' episodes

*”Antoinette” 01.04

''Marco Polo'' episodes

*”Mesaure Against The Linchpin” 01.03 *”Whitehorse“ 01.08 *”The Fellowship” 01.10

''Barry'' episodes

*" Chapter Seven: Loud, Fast, and Keep Going" 01.07 *" The Audition" 02.07 *" candy asses" 03.07 *" a nice meal" 04.07

References

External links

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