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'''Ann Donahue''' is a prominent [[Screenwriting|television writer]]. She along with [[Carol Mendelsohn]] and [[Anthony E. Zuiker]] created the successful [[CSI (franchise)|''CSI'' franchise]] which includes ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'', ''[[CSI: Miami]]'', ''[[CSI: NY]]'', and ''[[CSI: Cyber]]''. |
'''Ann Donahue''' is a prominent [[Screenwriting|television writer]]. She along with [[Carol Mendelsohn]] and [[Anthony E. Zuiker]] created the successful [[CSI (franchise)|''CSI'' franchise]] which includes ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'', ''[[CSI: Miami]]'', ''[[CSI: NY]]'', and ''[[CSI: Cyber]]''. |
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Donahue's father was a pharmaceutical salesman, and she was raised in Cleveland and Cincinnati. She has five siblings. Writing for TV and film was an early ambition for her. She attended Ohio State University but left to get married and move to Los Angeles. After moving, she was a legal assistant by day and wrote at night. Her work gained notice when her 1985 play, ''Home Fires'', received the Los Angeles County Cultural Award after being produced locally. That recognition led to her being hired to write scripts for films and TV and to producing TV programs.<ref name="nyt" /> |
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She served as the showrunner for ''CSI: Miami'' until May 2012 when [[CBS]] cancelled the show.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/csi-miami-canceled-season-eleven-22999/ |
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|title=CSI: Miami: Cancelled by CBS, No Season 11|publisher=TV Series Finale|date=May 13, 2012|accessdate=May 14, 2012}}</ref> New long-term contracts in the fall of 2003 made Donahue and Mendelsohn "the two highest-paid female writers in television drama."<ref name="nyt">{{cite news |last1=Weinraub |first1=Bernard |title=Respect, and $20 Million: Thank You, 'C.S.I.': For Two Female Writers, Hollywood Is No Longer the Scene of the Crime |url=https://search-proquest-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/docview/92629587/13662DC2C36A49AAPQ/1?accountid=196403 |access-date=January 5, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=October 19, 2003 |page=AR 23|via = [[ProQuest]]}}</ref> |
|title=CSI: Miami: Cancelled by CBS, No Season 11|publisher=TV Series Finale|date=May 13, 2012|accessdate=May 14, 2012}}</ref> New long-term contracts in the fall of 2003 made Donahue and Mendelsohn "the two highest-paid female writers in television drama."<ref name="nyt">{{cite news |last1=Weinraub |first1=Bernard |title=Respect, and $20 Million: Thank You, 'C.S.I.': For Two Female Writers, Hollywood Is No Longer the Scene of the Crime |url=https://search-proquest-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/docview/92629587/13662DC2C36A49AAPQ/1?accountid=196403 |access-date=January 5, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=October 19, 2003 |page=AR 23|via = [[ProQuest]]}}</ref> |
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Ann Donahue is a prominent television writer. She along with Carol Mendelsohn and Anthony E. Zuiker created the successful CSI franchise which includes CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, and CSI: Cyber.
Donahue's father was a pharmaceutical salesman, and she was raised in Cleveland and Cincinnati. She has five siblings. Writing for TV and film was an early ambition for her. She attended Ohio State University but left to get married and move to Los Angeles. After moving, she was a legal assistant by day and wrote at night. Her work gained notice when her 1985 play, Home Fires, received the Los Angeles County Cultural Award after being produced locally. That recognition led to her being hired to write scripts for films and TV and to producing TV programs.[1]
She served as the showrunner for CSI: Miami until May 2012 when CBS cancelled the show.[2] New long-term contracts in the fall of 2003 made Donahue and Mendelsohn "the two highest-paid female writers in television drama."[1]
Donahue's television credits include Emmy Award-winning scripts for the popular series Picket Fences.
Other television writing credits include China Beach, 21 Jump Street, Murder One, M.Y.O.B., High Incident, and Beverly Hills, 90210. Donahue has also written and produced a number of off-Broadway plays.
References
- ^ a b Weinraub, Bernard (October 19, 2003). "Respect, and $20 Million: Thank You, 'C.S.I.': For Two Female Writers, Hollywood Is No Longer the Scene of the Crime". The New York Times. p. AR 23. Retrieved January 5, 2021 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "CSI: Miami: Cancelled by CBS, No Season 11". TV Series Finale. May 13, 2012. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
- ^ Curve Magazine, "Take That! TV's Top 10 "Lesbian" Crime-Fighter Shows", Volume 13, Number 4 Archived July 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Ann Donahue at IMDb
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