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Greer Shephard
American television producer and director From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Greer Shephard (born 16 March 1967) is an American television producer, showrunner and director. [1]
Early Career
In 1991, she joined ABC to serve as vice president of drama programming. She ultimately left in 1997.[2]
Work
In 1998, she and director Michael M. Robin launched The Shephard/Robin Company with a commitment deal at Buena Vista TV Productions.[3][4] In 2001, Shephard and Robin, after three years at Disney, joined Warner Bros. Television.[5] Their producing success included Nip/Tuck, The Closer, Major Crimes and Popular. Together they showran the neo-western series Longmire. The show was subsequently cancelled by A&E in 2014, but revived by Netflix for a further two seasons. [6][7]
Showrunners Ryan Murphy and Tony Tost consider Shepherd to be their mentor and the first person to give them a break. [8][9]
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Awards
Shepherd won the Golden Globe in 2005 for the series, Nip/Tuck.[10]
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