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Story editor

Marc Abrams of the TV series The Bernie Mac Show said, "As you go from show to show you learn that each has its own temperature and its own etiquette. You recognize your role on that particular show. Certain show runners encourage the lower-level writers to pitch ideas, others don't. Some want ideas well thought out before they are presented, others like to hear the kernel of an idea that could be expanded."


Glen Mazzara

He was a story editor and writer for the fourth and fifth seasons of Nash Bridges.

Karen Hall

With their encouragement, she decided to move to California after graduating from the University of Virginia in 1979, and within a year she was story editor of Eight Is Enough and writing scripts for M*A*S*H.

Karen X. Tulchinsky

She was story editor for the documentary series KinK, a story editor and writer on the drama series The Guard, a creative consultant on Glutton for Punishment (Food Network) and a consulting producer on Dussault Inc. and The Opener.

Robin Bernheim

Robin Jill Bernheim, a.k.a. Robin Burger, is a female producer and writer for television, as well as a story editor and creative consultant.

Susan Nirah Jaffee

Beginning as an episode writer and story editor for Cybill in 1997, and remaining on the show for its last two seasons, she later worked as an executive story editor for Sex and the City, and a writer for Movie Stars, Maybe It's Me, and One on One, the later which she also produced.


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Andrew Chambliss

Chambliss began his career working as an assistant to the executive producers on Crossing Jordan and Heroes, after which he worked as a story editor on the short-lived 2007 remake of The Bionic Woman.

He continued to work on the show as a writer and story editor through the show's second season, for which he wrote four episodes, including the series finale.

Chris Brancato

Brancato wrote or was story editor for several episodes of the 1992 season of Beverly Hills, 90210.

Corry

Eoghan Corry (b. 1961) Irish columnist, travel writer, author of sports history, and founding story-editor of the Gaelic Athletic Association Museum at Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland.

Dan DiDio

DiDio was a freelance writer and story editor for Mainframe Entertainment, specifically working on ReBoot and War Planets.

Danny Fingeroth

From there, Fingeroth served as senior vice president for creative development at Visionary Media, home of Showtime's WhirlGirl, for which he served as story editor.

Darryl F. Zanuck

Screenwriter Frederica Sagor Maas, story editor at Universal Pictures' New York office, stated that one of the stories Zanuck sent out to movie studios around this time was completely plagiarized from another author's work.

David Chappe

In just five years he read and wrote coverage on over 5,000 screenplays, becoming the Story Editor for White Eagle Enterprises, Sylvester Stallone's company.

David W Zucker

Prior to joining Scott Free, Zucker worked as a Story Editor on the CBS series Judging Amy, and wrote pilot scripts for CBS and ABC, as well as various stage plays.

Eric Blakeney

Based on the strength of his work on Crime Story and Moonlighting, Blakeney was hired as a story editor on Wiseguy, until becoming a senior writer.

Family Guy: It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One

Family Guy: It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One is an American humor book about Family Guy written by executive story editor Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and writer/voice actress Alex Borstein.

Glen Mazzara

In 2002, he joined the drama series The Shield as an executive story editor and writer for its first season; was promoted to producer for the second season while continuing to write, to supervising producer for the third season, to co-executive producer for the fourth season and to executive producer for the fifth season; and left midway through the sixth season in 2006.

Ian B. Goldberg

Goldberg was an executive story editor and writer on the CBS drama Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, a spin-off from Criminal Minds.

Jack Mendelsohn

An Emmy-nominated television comedy writer and story editor, he has numerous credits as a TV scripter, including Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, Three's Company, The Carol Burnett Show and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Jason Cahill

Jason Cahill began his writing career on the short-lived CTV series Two in 1996 and then moved to NBC where he contributed scripts for ER and Profiler, where he also worked as an executive story editor.

Jason Daniel

He was a writer on Neighbours before going to New Zealand and helping set up Shortland Street as a story editor.

Jed MacKay

MacKay was creative consultant for CBC's game-changing "Canada's Super Speller" (winner of the ACCT 's 2010 Gemini Award for Best Children's or Youth Non-Fiction Series). Since 2009 he has developed, and been Creative Producer and Executive Story Editor, of DHX Media's "Pirates: Adventures in Art".

Jennifer M. Johnson

She became an executive story editor for the third and final season The Guardian in 2003.

Jennifer Pertsch

Jennifer Pertsch is a story editor, writer, series creator, and one of the founding partners of Fresh TV Inc (a partner Tom McGillis), a Toronto based production studio specializing in teen and family oriented animated series.

Joe Ansolabehere

It was here that he met Craig Bartlett (who had been the first story editor on the show).

Joyce Hooper Corrington

Her most recent position was as a producer and story editor for MTV's "The Real World."

Judith Feldman

She worked as an executive story editor and writer for L.A. Law and was nominated for an Emmy Award for her work on the episode "Lie Harder".

Kurt Sutter

He co-wrote the episodes "Dragonchasers" and "Two Days of Blood" with fellow staff writer Scott Rosenbaum and was promoted to story editor for the second season in 2003.

Lady Jaye

It has often been theorized by fans that Marissa was the daughter of Flint and Lady Jaye, and on the commentary track of The Transformers: The Movie 20th Anniversary DVD, it was confirmed by Flint Dille, story consultant on the Transformers movie as well as a writer, story editor and producer on G.I. Joe.

Makoto Nakamura

Kanon (2002 TV series), Storyboard (Ep 7, 8, 11), Series Story Editor

Matthew Pitts

"Concentrate and Ask Again" (3.12) (co-written with executive story editor Graham Roland)

Monsoon House

The writer, Al Rae, is stand up comic and also a writer and story editor for the CBC television series Little Mosque on the Prairie.

Neil Arksey

As a story editor, script editor, head writer and producer Neil has worked on a number of UK soaps and drama series Crossroads (TV series), River City, Family Affairs and Mile High.

Neil Docking

He later worked as a writer, script doctor, storyliner and story editor on such long running British television shows such as Crossroads, Emmerdale (ITV) and Casualty (BBC).

Pirates: Adventures in Art

The Creative Producer and Executive Story Editor for the show is Jed MacKay, and it is produced by Katrina Walsh.

Prudence Fenton

She was executive Producer and Story Editor for the award winning MTV series Liquid Television and with this series brought Beavis and Butt-head to MTV.

Liquid Television (1991–1993) (TV series) (executive producer, story editor)

Rebecca Parr Cioffi

Rebecca Parr, later billed as Rebecca Parr Cioffi, is an American television writer, story editor and producer best known for her work on Cheers, Roseanne, Max Headroom, Simon & Simon, and Hearts Afire amongst other shows.

Red Giant Entertainment

In November 2013, it was announced that DC Comics veteran Brian Augustyn had been hired as story editor for the Giant-Size Comics line.

Reid Harrison

He was also a story editor for The Simpsons and wrote the season eight episode "The Springfield Files" and, most recently, the season nineteen episode "Papa Don't Leech".

Robert N. Skir

He co-created and served as Story Editor on programs including Transformers: Beast Machines, Extreme Ghostbusters, Godzilla, and Dino Squad, and co-developed the series X-Men: Evolution.

Sam Catlin

In 2007 he became an executive story editor and writer for the short-lived series Canterbury's Law and wrote the episode "Baggage".

Star and the Forces of Evil

Dave Wasson will serve as director and Jordana Arkin as story editor, while both will also co-executive produce the series.

Tassie Cameron

She was a story editor and writer on CTV'S Degrassi: The Next Generation; an executive story editor and writer for two seasons of CTV's prime-time drama The Eleventh Hour (for which she co-won the Gemini for Best Writing with Semi Chellas); and a writer and story editor on CBC's Tom Stone.

Terry McGurrin

McGurrin recently wrapped up as the story editor for the new 2011 Cartoon Network/YTV show Scaredy Squirrel (which is based on the book series of the same name).

The Abducted

"The Abducted" was written by co-executive producer David Wilcox and executive story editor Graham Roland, and directed by filmmaker Chuck Russell.

Todd Swift

In the 1990s, Swift wrote hundreds of hours of television (mostly animation) for HBO, Paramount, Hanna-Barbera, Fox, Cinar and DIC Entertainment, and was story editor for many episodes of anime show Sailor Moon.