Shonda Rhimes

66
Shonda Rhimes bigraphy, stories - American television writer, producer, and director

Shonda Rhimes : biography

January 13, 1970 –

Shonda Rhimes (born January 13, 1970) is an American screenwriter, director and producer. Rhimes is best known as the creator, head writer, and executive producer of the medical drama television series Grey’s Anatomy and its spin-off Private Practice. In May 2007, Rhimes was named one of Time magazine’s 100 people who help shape the world. Rhimes was an executive producer for the medical drama series Off the Map, and developed the ABC drama series Scandal, which debuted as a mid-season replacement on April 5, 2012.

Early life

Rhimes was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of a university administrator and a college professor.Paskin, Willa, , New York Times Magazine, May 9, 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-09. Rhimes resided in Park Forest South, Illinois (now University Park), with two older brothers and two older sisters. Rhimes has stated that she exhibited an early affinity for storytelling, hollywood.com bio. and that her time spent as a candy striper while in high school sparked an interest in hospital environments. Rhimes attended Marian Catholic High School, before enrolling at Dartmouth College, where she earned her Bachelor’s Degree. At Dartmouth, she divided her time between fiction and directing and performing in plays. After college, she relocated to San Francisco with an older sibling and obtained a job in advertising. Rhimes would later relocate to Los Angeles to attend USC to study screenwriting. Rhimes was ranked at the top of her class and earned the prestigious Gary Rosenberg Writing Fellowship Award. Rhimes earned a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinema-Television.

Awards

  • Rhimes was nominated for a Razzie Award for Worst Screenplay for the 2002 Britney Spears film Crossroads.
  • In 2005, Rhimes was nominated for a Black Reel Award in the category Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original for The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement.
  • Rhimes was nominated for an Emmy Award on three occasions: in 2006, for a dramatic series and a separate nomination for writing a dramatic series, followed by a third nomination in 2007 for a dramatic series.
  • Rhimes was nominated by PGA awards for the "Television Producer of the Year Award in Episodic" for Drama in Grey’s Anatomy in 2006, 2007 and 2008 and won the award in 2007.
  • Rhimes and fellow co-workers were nominated in 2006 and 2007 by the Writers Guild of America, USA for the WGA Award (TV) and won the award in 2006.
  • In 2007, Rhimes, along with the cast of Grey’s Anatomy, was awarded the Women in Film Lucy Award in recognition of her excellence and innovation in her creative works that have enhanced the perception of women through the medium of television., wif.org, nd.
  • In 2007, Rhimes won an Image Award for "Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series" for the episode "It’s the End of the World" on Grey’s Anatomy.
  • On February 14, 2008 at the 39th NAACP Image Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium in California, Rhimes won "Outstanding Writing for a Dramatic Series" for the episode "A Change is Gonna Come" on Grey’s Anatomy. In addition, Rhimes and fellow writer Krista Vernoff won an award for "Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series" for Private Practice.
  • Rhimes has gone on to win two more Image Awards. One was in 2009 for the episode "Freedom" (Parts 1 and 2), and the other in 2010 for "What a Difference a Day Makes"; both awards were for "Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series" on Grey’s Anatomy.

Filmography

Year Title Credited as
Director Writer Producer
1995 Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream
1998 Blossoms and Veils
1999 Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
2002 Crossroads
2004 The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
2005–present Grey’s Anatomy
2007–2013 Private Practice
2009 Inside the Box
2009 Seattle Grace: On Call
2009 Seattle Grace: Message of Hope
2011 Off the Map
2012 Gilded Lilys
2012–present Scandal