Occupation Television Writer Role Television writer Name Erin Levy | Nationality American | |
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Awards Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Dramatic Series Nominations Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Similar People Matthew Weiner, Semi Chellas, Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Lisa Albert | ||
Emmy winning writer erin levy on being the real life peggy olson from mad men
Erin Levy is an American television writer. She has worked on the AMC drama Mad Men and has won an Emmy Award and a Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award.
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- Emmy winning writer erin levy on being the real life peggy olson from mad men
- Gianna Sobol Erin Levy on Writing Dialogue for Counterpart
- Biography
- References
Gianna Sobol & Erin Levy on Writing Dialogue for "Counterpart"
Biography
Daughter of television writer Lawrence H. Levy, Erin Levy took a screenwriting seminar at USC in high school, which sparked her interest in following in her father's footsteps.
Levy attended USC undergraduate for screenwriting, where one of her professors was Matthew Weiner. The two kept in touch, and when Weiner needed a writing assistant, Levy joined the crew of AMC drama Mad Men as a writing assistant for the third season in 2009. The first episode she co-wrote was the season finale, "Shut the Door. Have a Seat." Levy and the writing staff won the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for Best Drama Series at the February 2010 ceremony for their work on the third season.
"The Chrysanthemum and the Sword" is her first episode where she is given solo writing credit.
In 2010, she won and the rest of the writing staff an Emmy Award for her writing in the AMC drama Mad Men.
