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By Jenny on Thursday 23 October 2008, 19:29 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Tim Minear (born October 29, 1963) is an American screenwriter and director. He was born in New York, grew up in Whittier, California, and studied film at California State University, Long Beach. Minear was an assistant director on the film Platoon, and wrote episodes for several television series including The X-Files and Lois and Clark. He later wrote, executive-produced, and directed episodes of Strange World, Angel, Firefly, Wonderfalls, and The Inside (which he also created, with Howard Gordon). Minear had another series, Drive, airing on FOX in April 2007, however it was cancelled by the network after only four episodes. Drive was set to return with two additional episodes on July 4, 2007, but these were rescheduled to July 13th and then cancelled. This continued his tradition of short-lived work on FOX. Minear often works with Joss Whedon, and his work is typically characterised by a sharp, black humour and an ability to portray characters who are sympathetic and understandable, but morally ambiguous. An example of this is Angel Season Two, where Minear wrote all of the key episodes in the 'beige Angel' arc. In 2004 Tim Minear stated that he was hired to write a screenplay of The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress. In 2006 Minear had finished the script, which was being shopped around to various directors. In 2007 Minear received a pilot commitment from ABC for Miracle Man, a drama series for which the company engaged in a bidding war with Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is being produced by 20th Century Fox Television, with which Minear is signed in an overall deal. External links By Jenny on Thursday 23 October 2008, 19:28 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain are American television screenwriters and producers, mostly working together as partners. They have also written two young-adult fiction novels together. Craft is married to producer Adam Fierro. Angel Craft and Fain joined Mutant Enemy Productions in 2002, during the fourth Season of Joss Whedon's Angel. They penned 8 episodes of seasons 4 and 5 and served as the show's executive story editors during it's fifth and final season. The Shield After Angel went off air in 2004, Craft and Fain joined the staff of The Shield as co-producers of the show's fourth season. They eventually became producers of the fifth, and supersiving producers of the sixth season, also writing two episodes during this time. Women's Murder Club In 2007 Craft and Fain created Women's Murder Club, a police procedural drama produced by 20th Century Fox Television and airing on ABC. The show premiered on October 12, 2007 and had Craft and Fain also serving as it's executive producers. After producing the first ten episodes, the show went on hiatus due to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, and Craft and Fain were subsequently fired from the project. They are therefore not involved in the final three episodes of Women's Murder Club. Dollhouse In 2008 Craft and Fain returned to working with Joss Whedon on his new and upcoming series Dollhouse as showrunners. The show got a thirteen episode commitment by Fox and is produced by 20th Century Fox Television for an early 2009 release. External links Joss Whedon From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joss Whedon in 2005, at the premiere of Serenity. | | Born | Joseph Hill Whedon
June 23, 1964 (1964-06-23) (age 43)
New York City, United States | | Occupation | writer, director, executive producer | | Spouse | Kai Cole | | Children | Arden, Squire |
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