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. Schiff was a member of the comedy troupe The Groundlings. She hosts an interview series once a year for the Writers Guild Foundation called ''Anatomy Of A Script'', where she and Winnie Holzman (writer of the musical '' Wicked'' and creator of '' My So Called Life'') discuss the craft with other well-known writers. Schiff also teaches a writing class with Wendy Goldman (whom she met at The Groundlings) called ''Improv For Writing''.

Career

Film work

Schiff wrote the films ''Romy and Michele's High School Reunion'' (1997) and ''

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'' (1989).

Television work

Schiff began her television career as the story editor for ''

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'', NBC, 1987–88. She was the supervising producer for ''

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'', NBC, 1990. She was the creator and supervising producer for ''

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'', CBS, 1991. She was the supervising producer and creative consultant for ''

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'', CBS, 1992–93. She was the consulting producer for ''

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'', Fox, 1994–2000. She was the creator and executive producer for '' Almost Perfect'', CBS, 1995–96. She was the consulting producer for ''

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'', CBS, 1999. She was the executive producer for ''

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'', The WB, 2000–2001. She was the consulting producer for '' Coupling'', NBC, 2003 and for '' Miss Match'', NBC, 2003. Schiff produced the

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series '' Emily in Paris'' and ''

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'' with Darren Star. She was an executive producer of the YouTube Red series ''Sideswiped'' in 2018.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schiff, Robin Living people American women screenwriters American women television writers Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) American women film producers American television writers 21st-century American women