Robin Green (born July 31, 1945) is an American writer and producer. She was a writer and executive producer on the HBO series The Sopranos and was the co-creator and executive producer of the CBS series Blue Bloods.[1][2] In the 1970s, Green was a writer for Rolling Stone.
Robin Green | |
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| Born | July 31, 1945 Providence, Rhode Island |
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Brown University (B.A.) Iowa Writers' Workshop (MFA) |
| Notable works | The Sopranos, Blue Bloods |
| Spouse | Mitchell Burgess |
Biography
editA Rhode Island native,[3] Robin Green earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in American literature from Pembroke College in Brown University, and a Master of Fine Arts from the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa.[3] Green is Jewish.[4]
In 1968, Green worked as Marvel Comics' secretary-receptionist and "Gal Friday" for editor-in-chief Stan Lee.[5]
After moving on from Marvel she spent time as a magazine journalist in such publications as Rolling Stone.[6]
Upon entering the television industry as a writer, Green wrote and produced for such series as The Sopranos, Northern Exposure, A Year in the Life and Almost Grown, and wrote the Showtime TV movie Critical Choices.[7][8] In 2010, Green worked as an executive consultant and writer on the second season of police drama Southland.
In August 2018 Little Brown and Company published Green's memoir, The Only Girl: My Life and Times on the Masthead of Rolling Stone.[9]
Green is married to Sopranos co-writer Mitchell Burgess. Together, they created the CBS police procedural Blue Bloods, which premiered in 2010.[10][11]
Works
edit- Green, Robin (August 21, 2018). The Only Girl: My Life and Times on the Masthead of Rolling Stone. Little, Brown. ISBN 978-0-316-44005-9.
Awards
editGreen won an Emmy Award for her work on the CBS series Northern Exposure. She was awarded Emmys for Best Writing of a Drama Series for episodes of The Sopranos in 2001 and 2003, as well as an Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series in 2004. In addition, she won two Peabody Awards and a Golden Globe Award for the series.
References
edit- ^ Franks, Don (October 28, 2004). Entertainment Awards: A Music, Cinema, Theatre and Broadcasting Guide, 1928 through 2003, 3d ed. McFarland. ISBN 9781476608068.
- ^ "Robin Green". Little, Brown and Company. February 27, 2018. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
- ^ a b "Robin Green". Archived from the original on August 8, 2012.
- ^ "Financial Times". www.ft.com. September 14, 2018. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
- ^ Green, Robin, "Face Front! Clap Your Hands, You're on the Winning Team!", Rolling Stone #91, September 16, 1971, via "Green Skin's Grab-Bag" (fan site) (Archive.org archive): "It was three ago that I went to work at Marvel Comics. I replaced Flo [Steinberg], whose place I really couldn't take. Fabulous Flo Steinberg, as she was known to her public, was as much an institution in Marvel's Second Golden Age as Editor Stan (The Man) Lee himself".
- ^ "Robin Green". Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
- ^ "The Sopranos". The Telegraph. September 2007. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
- ^ "Distinguished Alumni Award: Robin L. Green, 77MFA". The University of Iowa Center for Advancement. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
- ^ "Book Marks reviews of The Only Girl: My Life and Times on the Masthead of Rolling Stone by Robin Green Book Marks". bookmarks.reviews. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
- ^ "Interview: "Blue Bloods" Executive Producers Leonard Goldberg & Robin Green". TheFutonCritic.com. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
- ^ Josef Adalian (May 26, 2010). "Vulture Exclusive: CBS Finds Itself in the Middle of an Old Sopranos Family Feud". Vulture.com. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
External links
edit- Robin Green at IMDb