Janine Sherman Barrois is an American television writer, producer, and showrunner. She is known for her work on ''
ER'', ''
Third Watch'' and ''
Criminal Minds''.
[ From 2017 to 2022, she executive produced crime comedy-drama '' Claws'' on TNT. She also produced Netflix miniseries '' Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker'', the Oprah Winfrey Network prime time soap opera, '' The Kings of Napa'', and Apple TV+ thriller '' The Big Cigar''. She owned production banner, Folding Chair Prods., which she launched at Warner Bros. Television Group in 2015.
]
Career
Sherman Barrois began her career as an assistant on the 1994 television series, '' South Central'' and later in films '' The Glass Shield'' (1994) and '' Major Payne'' (1995). Her first producer credit was in the 1996 film '' Bulletproof''. From 1997 to 1998, Barrois worked as a writer on '' The Jamie Foxx Show''. She wrote three episodes across the second and third seasons. She went on to become a co-producer of '' The PJs'' and then was hired as an executive story editor for '' Third Watch'' by John Wells.
When ''Third Watch'' ended she became a co-executive producer for another Wells series, '' ER''. She joined the crew of ''ER'' in the twelfth season. She was nominated for a Humanitas Prize
The Humanitas Prize is an American award for film and television writing, presented to writers whose work explores the human condition in a nuanced and meaningful manner. It began in 1974 with Father Ellwood "Bud" Kieser—also the founder of ...
in the 60 minutes category and an Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series for her work on the twelfth season ''ER'' episode "Darfur" in 2007.
Filmography
Writer
References
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sherman Barrois, Janine
American television producers
American television writers
American women television producers
American women television writers
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women