Stacy A. Littlejohn
Stacy A. Littlejohn | |
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Born | Stacy Littlejohn |
Occupation(s) | Writer Producer Showrunner |
Stacy A. Littlejohn is an American screenwriter, producer and
Early life
Littlejohn was born in the San Francisco Bay Area. She attended the University of California, Berkeley with initial plans of becoming a criminal defense attorney, but along the way reevaluated her direction and shifted focus to Mass Communications. In her last year of college, she worked in the writer's room as an intern on Nickelodeon's sitcom My Brother and Me.
Career
After college, Littlejohn relocated to
Littlejohn next worked on such shows as One on One, Life with Bonnie, Platinum, Cedric the Entertainer Presents and Barbershop. She also lent her talents to an episode of Half & Half before working as a writer and producer on Will Smith's All of Us, culminating in Smith flying her out to New York to assist him on rewrites for the big-screen blockbuster Hitch.[3]
During the
She worked as a writer and producer on American Crime, on ABC, created by John Ridley. She has more recently worked on Lethal Weapon, Proven Innocent and Dirty John. She had been developing an Empire spin-off series, but it was cancelled.[7]
References
- ^ Stelter, Brian (May 8, 2011). "In Cable Niches, Less Reality and More Original Shows". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-06-06.
- ^ Martinez, Janel (May 27, 2011). "'Single Ladies' Creator Stacy Littlejohn on TV's Image of Black Women". Black Enterprise. Retrieved 2011-06-06.
- ^ "'Single Ladies' Creator Talks Season 2". 26 May 2012.
- ^ Ho, Rodney (May 30, 2011). "VH1 embraces Atlanta with new 'Singles Ladies' show debuting May 30". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 2011-06-06.
- ^ Washington, Nyle (June 1, 2011). "Monday Night's Premiere of VH1's "Single Ladies" and "Basketball Wives" Season Three Propel Network to Highest Rated Night Since October 2009". ABC27 WHTM. Retrieved 2011-06-17.
- ^ "'Single Ladies' Creator Stacy A. Littlejohn Exits VH1 Series". 4 September 2012.
- ^ "'Empire' Cookie Spinoff Starring Taraji P. Henson Not Moving Forward at Fox". 14 December 2020.
External links
- Stacy A. Littlejohn at IMDb
- Stacy A. Littlejohn on Twitter