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6 Salem episodes  





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Elizabeth Sarnoff
Sarnoff at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con
Sarnoff at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con
OccupationScreenwriter, producer
NationalityAmerican
Notable worksDeadwood, Lost, Alcatraz

Elizabeth Sarnoff is an American television writer and producer.

She has written episodes of NYPD Blue, Crossing Jordan, Deadwood and Lost. She is the co-creator of the Fox crime/mystery series Alcatraz.[1]

Career

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Sarnoff joined the crew of Deadwood as an executive story editor and writer for the first season in 2004. Sarnoff wrote the episodes "Here Was a Man"[2] and "Suffer the Little Children".[3] She was promoted to producer for the second season in 2005. She wrote the episodes "New Money"[4] and "Amalgamation and Capital".[5]

Sarnoff and the writing staff were nominated for the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2006 ceremony for their work on the second season.[citation needed]

She joined the crew of Lost as a producer and writer for the series second season in fall 2005. Sarnoff and the Lost writing staff won the WGA Award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2006 ceremony for their work on the first and second seasons.[6] She was promoted to supervising producer for the third season in 2006. Sarnoff and her co-writer Christina M. Kim were nominated for the WGA award for Best Episodic Drama at the February 2007 ceremony for their work on the second season episode "Two for the Road".[7] The writing staff were again nominated for the WGA Award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2007 ceremony for their work on the second and third seasons.[7] She remained a supervising producer and regular writer for the series fourth season in 2008. She was nominated for the WGA Award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2009 ceremony for her work on the fourth season of Lost.[8] She was promoted to co-executive producer for the fifth season in 2009. The writing staff was nominated for the award again at the February 2010 ceremony for their work on the fifth season.[9] She was promoted to executive producer for the series sixth and final season in 2010.[citation needed]

In 2011, Sarnoff, along with Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt, co-created the FOX series Alcatraz. It premiered in the U.S. on January 16, 2012, but was cancelled after one series. She has since worked on series such as Crossbones, Marco Polo and Barry.[citation needed]

Trivia

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Her name was used for a character in Fringe episode "The Cure". Like Lost, Fringe was co-created by J. J. Abrams and produced by Bad Robot.

Deadwood episodes

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Lost episodes

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Alcatraz episodes

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Salem episodes

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Crossbones episodes

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Marco Polo episodes

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Barry episodes

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References

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  • ^ Alan Taylor (director); Elizabeth Sarnoff (writer) (April 11, 2004). "Here Was a Man". Deadwood. Season 1. Episode 4. HBO.
  • ^ Dan Minahan (director); Elizabeth Sarnoff (writer) (May 9, 2004). "Suffer the Little Children". Deadwood. Season 1. Episode 8. HBO.
  • ^ Steve Shill (director); Elizabeth Sarnoff (writer) (March 20, 2005). "New Money". Deadwood. Season 2. Episode 3. HBO.
  • ^ Ed Bianchi (director); Elizabeth Sarnoff (writer) (May 1, 2005). "Amalgamation and Capital". Deadwood. Season 2. Episode 9. HBO.
  • ^ "Awards Winners". Writers Guild of America. Archived from the original on May 3, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2007.
  • ^ a b "2007 Writers Guild Awards Television & Radio Nominees Announced". Writers Guild of America. Archived from the original on December 5, 2007. Retrieved December 6, 2007.
  • ^ "2009 Writers Guild Awards Television, Radio, News, Promotional Writing, and Graphic Animation Nominees Announced". WGA. 2008. Archived from the original on December 12, 2008. Retrieved December 12, 2008.
  • ^ "2010 Writers Guild Awards Television, Radio, News, Promotional Writing, and Graphic Animation Nominees Announced". WGA. 2009. Archived from the original on January 29, 2010. Retrieved April 15, 2010.
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