Winnie Holzman

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Winnie Holzman
Born
New York City, U.S.
EducationPrinceton University (BA)
New York University (MFA)
Occupation(s)Dramatist, screenwriter, television producer, poet
Years active1990–present
Known forMy So-Called Life
Wicked
Spouse
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(m. 1984)​
ChildrenSavannah Dooley

Winnie Holzman is an American dramatist, screenwriter, and poet.

Emmy Award in 1995,[2] as well as her work writing for thirtysomething and Once and Again. Holzman has garnered fame for her work on Broadway, most notably for co-writing the smash stage musical Wicked
.

Early life

Holzman was born in

Manhattan but grew up in Roslyn Heights, New York, on Long Island[3] in a Jewish family.[4] Although she was shy, she wanted to become an actor.[3] At 13, she attended the Circle in the Square Theatre School in New York.[5]

Career

Holzman graduated with a degree in English and a concentration in Creative Writing at Princeton University. She won many poetry awards, including the Academy of American Poets Prize.[5]

Holzman had been performing in sketch comedy for years, "determined to never make a dime,"

Hal Prince, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, and Leonard Bernstein.[1]

Theater

Her stage writing credits include Serious Bizness.[5] While at NYU she wrote the musical Birds of Paradise (with composer David Evans), which was produced off-Broadway in 1987 and directed by Laurents.[6] It got scathing reviews.[3]

Holzman made her

novel of the same name by Gregory Maguire. She won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical.[citation needed
]

Television writing

In 1988, Holzman's husband, actor-writer

Ed Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz bought a spec script from Holzman, and she went on to become a staff writer on thirtysomething in 1989.[3] She wrote nine episodes during its last two seasons.[5] Zwick and Herskovitz later executive produced My So-Called Life, a show about a teenage girl. Holzman went from story editor to executive story editor to a creator and writer of the show.[3]

Holzman has collaborated on various short films with her daughter, Savannah. They penned a TV

ABC Family greenlit in January 2010 with a direct-to-series order.[7][8] Huge premiered in late June 2010. The show team included Holzman, Dooley, her daughter, and her brother, who was the cinematographer.[3] The series was cancelled on October 4, 2010 due to low ratings compared with the network's other summer hits.[9]

From 2014 to 2016, Holzman was one of the producers and writers of the Showtime series Roadies, a behind-the-scenes comedy about people working with a touring rock band created by Cameron Crowe, J. J. Abrams (executive producing), and Holzman, that ran for a season.[10] The series starred Luke Wilson, Imogen Poots, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Peter Cambor, Rafe Spall[11] and Carla Gugino.[12]

Acting

Holzman has had a number of acting spots, primarily cameo roles on her own TV shows and a role as a therapist on Curb Your Enthusiasm. She also had a small role in the film Jerry Maguire. She wrote and performed several personal essays at the Un-Cabaret spoken word shows in Los Angeles and is featured on their CD Play the Word (Vol. 1).

Personal life

Holzman has been married to

Los Angeles, California.[13]

Filmography

Writing credits

Acting credits

References

  1. ^ a b de Giere, Carol. "Winnie Holzman (Book Writer for Wicked)". Wicked West End London. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  2. Emmys
    . Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  3. ^
    Kevin Pollak's Chat Show
    . Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  4. ^ Jennifer Altmann (March 21, 2012). "Winnie Holzman '76, on writing for television". Princeton Alumni Weekly.
  5. ^ a b c d "The So-Called Players". My So-Called Life Bible. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  6. ^ "Winnie Holzman". Playscripts. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  7. ^ "ABC Family Announces Pick-Up Of Dramas "Huge" And "Pretty Little Liars"" (PDF) (Press release). ABC Family. 27 January 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  8. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (22 March 2010). "Nikki Blonsky to star in ABC Family's 'Huge'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
  9. ^ Ram, Archana (4 October 2010). "ABC Family cancels 'Huge': Are you sad to see it go?". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  10. ^ O'Connell, Michael (18 June 2014). "Showtime Orders Cameron Crowe's Rock Comedy Pilot 'Roadies'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  11. ^ Golberg, Lesley (8 December 2014). "Showtime's Cameron Crowe Comedy 'Roadies' Casts Quintet". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  12. ^ Wagmeister, Elizabeth (3 August 2015). "Carla Gugino Replaces Christina Hendricks in Showtime's 'Roadies' Pilot". Variety. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  13. ^
    The Los Angeles Times
    . Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  14. ^ Friedlander, Whitney (29 March 2013). "Wicked Writer Winnie Holzman and Her Husband Paul Dooley Wrote and Star in a Play Together. It Only Took Them 28 Years". LA Weekly. Retrieved 3 January 2014.

External links

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