Jane Amanda Espenson Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Jane Espenson (born July 14, 1964) is an American television writer and producer.She has worked on both situation comedies and serial dramas. She had a five-year stint as a writer and producer on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and shared a Hugo Award for her writing on the episode "Conversations with Dead People". Between 2009-2010 she served on Caprica, as co-executive and executive producer for the television series. In 2010 she wrote an episode of HBO's Game of Thrones, and joined the writing staff for season four of the British television program Torchwood, which aired on BBC One in the United Kingdom and Starz in the United States during mid-2011. She is currently working as a consulting producer and writer on ABC's 2011 series Once Upon a Time, and has co-written and produced her first independent original web series with co-creator Brad Bell, entitled Husbands.
Look at the Romans and the Greeks. Perfectly thriving, perfectly mature cultures with religion in it, and it didn't have a stigma against gay relationships. In fact, those were considered the true love relationships that were exalted. The relationship between a man and woman was more procreatory, but the true love that inspires you to write poetry was not that.
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Fact
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Currently working as a writer/producer on the show 'Jake in Progress' and pitching pilot projects under an overall deal with 20th Century Fox television. [July 2005]
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Currently Co-Executive Producer of Battlestar Galactica while under a development deal with NBC/Universal. [May 2007]
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Currently working as a staff writer/producer on the WB show 'Gilmore Girls' and writing a new short story for inclusion in the new 'Tales Of The Slayers' collection (a branch of the extensive Buffy-related fiction franchise.) [November 2003]
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Invented the name of the drink "Zima" while working for a marketing firm.
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In her five years as staff writer and producer for the show Buffy the Vampire Slayer, she wrote a total of 23 episodes. She was the only staff writer (besides series creator Joss Whedon and executive producer Marti Noxon) to be credited on more than five episodes in a single season. (She was credited as writer on no less than 6 episodes in the show's seventh and final season.)
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Her favourite characters on Buffy were Jonathan (the littlest geek) and Spike (the errant vampire.)
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At mid-Season 7, she is one of the only long-term Buffy writers never to have directed an episode of the show.
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She was an ABC/Disney Writing Fellow for 1992-1993.
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Jane Espenson grew up in Ames, Iowa, and attended graduate school at UC Berkeley, where she studied linguistics.
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Once Upon a Time
TV Series consulting producer - 63 episodes, 2011 - 2014 co-executive producer - 48 episodes, 2014 - 2016
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
2013-2014
TV Series consulting producer - 5 episodes
Once Upon a Time: Wicked Is Coming
2014
TV Movie documentary consulting producer
Once Upon a Time: Journey to Neverland
2013
TV Movie documentary consulting producer
Husbands
2011-2013
TV Series executive producer - 16 episodes
Once Upon a Time: The Price of Magic
2013
TV Movie documentary consulting producer - uncredited
Once Upon a Time: Magic Is Coming
2012
TV Movie consulting producer
Torchwood
2011
TV Series co-executive producer - 10 episodes
Caprica
TV Series executive producer - 11 episodes, 2010 co-executive producer - 6 episodes, 2010
TV Series created by - 64 episodes, 2009 - 2014 story - 1 episode, 2009 teleplay - 1 episode, 2009
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
TV Series created by - 13 episodes, 2013 - 2014 written by - 2 episodes, 2013
Husbands
TV Series 13 episodes, 2011 - 2012 writer - 3 episodes, 2012 - 2013
Torchwood
TV Series written by - 3 episodes, 2011 teleplay - 2 episodes, 2011
Torchwood: Web of Lies
2011
TV Series written by - 1 episode
Game of Thrones
2011
TV Series teleplay by - 1 episode
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8 Motion Comic
2011
Video
Caprica
TV Series written by - 1 episode, 2010 story - 1 episode, 2010 teleplay - 1 episode, 2010
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
2009
Video written by
Dollhouse
2009
TV Series written by - 2 episodes
Battlestar Galactica
2006-2009
TV Series written by - 5 episodes
Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy
2008-2009
TV Mini-Series written by - 10 episodes
Eureka
2007
TV Series story - 1 episode
The Batman
2007
TV Series written by - 2 episodes
Andy Barker, P.I.
2007
TV Series written by - 1 episode
The Inside
TV Series teleplay - 2 episodes, 2006 written by - 2 episodes, 2005
Jake in Progress
2006
TV Series written by - 1 episode
Tru Calling
2005
TV Series written by - 1 episode
Gilmore Girls
2003-2004
TV Series written by - 2 episodes
The O.C.
2003
TV Series written by - 1 episode
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
TV Series written by - 22 episodes, 1998 - 2003 executive story editor - 22 episodes, 1998 - 1999 story by - 1 episode, 1999 teleplay by - 1 episode, 1999
Firefly
2002
TV Series written by - 1 episode
Angel
TV Series written by - 1 episode, 2000 story - 1 episode, 1999 teleplay - 1 episode, 1999
Ellen
1997-1998
TV Series written by - 2 episodes
Something So Right
TV Series 2 episodes, 1997 teleplay - 1 episode, 1996 written by - 1 episode, 1996
Nowhere Man
1996
TV Series written by - 1 episode
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1996
TV Series written by - 1 episode
Me and the Boys
1995
TV Series written by - 1 episode
Dinosaurs
1994
TV Series written by - 2 episodes
Monty
1994
TV Series written by - 1 episode
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Ellen
1997-1998
TV Series story editor - 22 episodes
Something So Right
1996-1997
TV Series story editor - 19 episodes
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Cocktails with Stan
2012
TV Series
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Caprica
2010
TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Jessica Jones
TV Series thanks to - 8 episodes, 2015 special thanks - 2 episodes, 2015
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The 4th Annual International Academy of Web Television Awards
2015
TV Movie
Herself - Presenter
Showrunners: The Art of Running a TV Show
2014
Documentary
Herself
GeekRockTV
2014
TV Series
Herself
We Love Soaps TV
2014
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Teens Wanna Know
2014
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Who's Changing: An Adventure in Time with Fans
2014
Documentary
Herself
Syfy 20th Anniversary Special
2012
TV Special documentary
Herself
Tweet Out
2012
TV Series
Herself
Stupid for Game of Thrones
2012
TV Series
Herself - guest
TableTop
2012
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines
2012
Documentary
Herself
Conversations with Hollywood
2012
TV Series
Herself
FilmSnobbery Live!
2011
TV Series
Herself
A Comicbook Orange
2009
TV Series
Herself - Interviewee
Battlestar Galactica: ...And They Have a Plan
2009
Video documentary short
Herself
Battlestar Galactica: The Journey Ends - The Arrival
2009
Video documentary short
Herself
The 1st Annual Streamy Awards
2009
TV Special
Herself - Winner: Best Writing in a Drama Web Series
The Music of 'Battlestar Galactica'
2009
Video documentary short
Herself
'Buffy': Season 7 Overview
2004
Video documentary short
Herself
'Buffy': Season 6 Overview
2004
Video documentary short
Herself
'Buffy': Season 5 Overview
2003
Video documentary short
Herself
Here's How It Was: The Making of 'Firefly'
2003
Video short documentary
Herself
'Buffy': Season 4 Overview
2003
Video documentary short
Herself
'Buffy': Season 3 Overview
2003
Video documentary short
Herself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2014
IAWTV Award
International Academy of Web Television Awards
Best Writing (Comedy)
Husbands (2011)
2013
ISA
Indie Series Awards
Best Writing (Comedy)
Husbands (2011)
2012
Hugo
Hugo Awards
Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form
Game of Thrones (2011)
2009
Streamy Award
The Streamy Awards
Best Writing for a Dramatic Web Series
Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy (2008)
2003
Hugo
Hugo Awards
Best Dramatic Presentation - Short Form
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2014
Streamy Award
The Streamy Awards
Best Writing
Husbands (2011)
2014
WGA Award (TV)
Writers Guild of America, USA
Short Form New Media - Original
Husbands (2011)
2014
WGA Award (TV)
Writers Guild of America, USA
Short Form New Media - Original
Husbands (2011)
2012
OFTA Television Award
Online Film & Television Association
Best Writing in a Drama Series
Game of Thrones (2011)
2012
WGA Award (TV)
Writers Guild of America, USA
Dramatic Series
Game of Thrones (2011)
2012
WGA Award (TV)
Writers Guild of America, USA
New Series
Game of Thrones (2011)
2009
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Special Class - Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Programs
Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy (2008)