Occupation Television writer Role Television writer Name Bridget Bedard | Notable works Mad Men Nationality American Shows Transparent | |
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Bridget Bedard is an American television writer and producer. She is most known for her work on the award-winning Amazon series, TRANSPARENT. Bedard is a three-time recipient of the Peabody Award.
Life and career
Bridget Bedard grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah. She graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in Film Studies then earned her MFA in Directing from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. While at Tisch, Bedard received grants from the National Endowment of the Arts, Screen Gems Inc., The Wasserman Awards, and was named Best Female Student Director by the Directors Guild of America – East. Her thesis film, BABY, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2001 and aired on the Sundance Channel and cable networks worldwide.
Bedard taught screenwriting and directing before making her television writing debut in 2007 on Mad Men, for which she won a Writer’s Guild of America Award for Best New Series and a Peabody. Following Mad Men, she was a writer and producer on Ray Romano’s Men of a Certain Age, for which she also won a Peabody.
In 2014 Bridget teamed up with Jill Soloway as the head writer on the first season of the acclaimed series, TRANSPARENT, the success of which is often credited with the launch of Amazon Studios. She became an Executive Producer going into Season Three and took on the role of showrunner for Season Four. TRANSPARENT is the winner of eight Emmy Awards, two Golden Globes, two Peabody Awards, a BAFTA, Critics Choice Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Producers Guild of America Award.
She resides in Los Angeles with her family and is currently developing projects with Amazon, Showtime, and Hulu.