Nationality American Partner LouAnne Brickhouse Role Television producer | Name Ilene Chaiken Years active 1980s-Present. | |
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Born June 30, 1957 (age 67) ( 1957-06-30 ) Occupation television director, producer and screenwriter Children Tallulah Hood, Augusta Hood Awards GLAAD Media Davidson/Valentini Award Movies and TV shows The L Word, The Real L Word, Barb Wire, Westside, Confessions of a Backup D Similar People Laurel Holloman, Leisha Hailey, Jennifer Beals, Daniela Sea, Whitney Mixter Profiles |
Empire showrunner ilene chaiken at wgf tv symposium
Ilene Chaiken (born June 30, 1957) is an American television producer, director, writer, and founder of Little Chicken Productions. Chaiken is best known as being the co-creator, writer and executive producer of the television series The L Word and is currently an executive producer on the hit television series Empire.
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- Empire showrunner ilene chaiken at wgf tv symposium
- ILENE CHAIKEN TV Producer is a SuperWoman 2016
- Early life
- Career
- Personal life
- Executive Producer
- Director
- Producer
- Screenwriter
- References

ILENE CHAIKEN TV Producer is a SuperWoman! 2016
Early life

Born to a Jewish family, Chaiken studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and graduated with an undergraduate degree in graphic design in 1979.
Career

She began her career as an agent trainee for Creative Artists Agency, and as an executive for Aaron Spelling and Quincy Jones Entertainment. In 1988, she was the coordinating producer for the Fresh Prince of Bel Air and the associate producer for Satisfaction. She then wrote the screenplay Barb Wire (1996), and the television films Dirty Pictures (2000), and Damaged Care (2002) before the success of The L Word raised her profile. Since the L Word, she has been involved with Empire, a hit television series. She is also credited for her work in the new Hulu original, The Handmaids Tale.
Personal life

Chaiken has been married to LouAnne Brickhouse, a former executive at Disney, since 2013. They live in the Hollywood Hills area of Laurel Canyon in Los Angeles and have nutured more than 100 species of birds and other fauna, which they document regularly on an Instagram account. Chaiken is co-parent to twin daughters Tallulah and Augusta with her former partner, English architect Miggi Hood.
Executive Producer
