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|imdb = [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0922388 Wendy West]|gender = Female}} |
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− | Wendy West is an American television producer and writer |
+ | Wendy West is an American television producer and writer. |
==Early Life== |
==Early Life== |
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She attended Carleton College graduating in 1994. While there she was active in theater including directing John Guare's “Six Degrees of Separation”. |
She attended Carleton College graduating in 1994. While there she was active in theater including directing John Guare's “Six Degrees of Separation”. |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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+ | She has written epsiods of many TV series including Dexter, The Beast, The Closer and Numb3rs. |
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− | West began working in television as a story editor and writer for the first season of ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' in 1999 and was promoted to co-producer for the second season. She wrote eight episodes of the series over the first two seasons before leaving the crew in 2001. During this period she also worked as a co-producer and writer for ''Gideon's Crossing'', in 2000. She moved on to write for the legal dramas ''The Practice'' (2001) and ''For the People'' (2002). |
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− | In 2003, she became a writer and producer for the series ''Line of Fire''. In 2004, she was a producer for ''Hawaii''. In 2005, she worked as a freelance writer for ''Numb3rs'' and gained a further production role as a supervising producer and writer for the first season of ''The Closer''. In 2006, she was promoted to co-executive producer for the second season. She was a supervising producer and writer for the short-lived crime dramas ''K-Ville'' (2007) and ''The Beast'' (Spring 2009). |
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− | She became a supervising producer and writer for the fourth season of the Showtime drama ''Dexter'' in autumn 2009 and was nominated for the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for Best Drama Series at the February 2010 ceremony for that work. She was promoted to co-executive producer for the fifth season in 2010 and continued to write episodes. |
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