Stefani Robinson
Stefani Robinson is an American screenwriter. She is best known for her work on FX's Atlanta, for which she won two Writers Guild of America Awards, and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series. Robinson is currently a writer and executive producer for the FX television series What We Do in The Shadows, for which she received another Emmy nomination for writing, and a nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series.[1][2][3][4][5]
Life and career
Robinson moved to the Atlanta suburb of Marietta, Georgia from Hong Kong when she was 8 years old.[6] She watched the series The Mighty Boosh on YouTube as a high school student and described it as helping her develop her own writing style.[1] She names Willy Wonka, Austin Powers, and Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet as other major influences.[7]
Robinson started her career as an assistant at a talent agency.[8] After submitting a script to the American television network FX, she was hired to write for Atlanta, where she was the only woman and the youngest person in the writer's room.[9][10] While she has received praise for her work, she has experienced sexism for her “female” perspective on the show.[11]
Robinson signed a production deal with FX in 2017.[12] She has written for several of the network's programs, including Man Seeking Woman and Fargo.[13] Robinson is a co-executive producer and writer for What We Do in the Shadows.[7][9]
Awards
Atlanta
- Writers Guild of America Award, Comedy Series (2017)
- Writers Guild of America Award, New Series (2017)
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, "Barbershop" - Nomination (2018)
What We Do in the Shadows
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, "On the Run" - Nomination (2020)
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series - Nomination (2020)
References
- ^ a b Turchiano, Danielle (16 August 2018). "'Atlanta' Scribe Stefani Robinson on Creating a 'Low-Key' Workspace".
- ^ "Stefani Robinson on Being the Only Female Writer on 'Atlanta'". 31 May 2018.
- ^ "Emmys 2018: Donald Glover and "Atlanta" Dominate Nominations - Pitchfork". pitchfork.com.
- ^ "72nd Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners". emmys.com.
- ^ "72nd Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners". emmys.com.
- ^ "The Sky's The Limit For 'Atlanta' Writer Stefani Robinson". 19 April 2018.
- ^ a b Travers, Ben (5 June 2019). "'What We Do in the Shadows': How Writer Stefani Robinson Puts Herself Into the Batshit Vampire Comedy". Indie Wire. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "'Atlanta' Writer Stefani Robinson on Paper Boi's Fate: 'I Don't Think We're Afraid of Killing Anybody'". Complex.
- ^ a b "I Went from Being an Agency Assistant to Writing for 'Atlanta'". 1 March 2018.
- ^ Ferber, Taylor (2018-09-18). "Stefani Robinson on What It's Like to Be the Only Woman in Atlanta Writers Room". Vulture. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
- ^ "'Atlanta' Writer Sounds Off: Female Creator Label Suggests "Separate but Equal"".
- ^ Petski, Denise (4 October 2017). "'Atlanta' Producer Stefani Robinson Inks Overall Deal With FX Productions".
- ^ "Making Bieber Black — And Other Things Only "Atlanta" Can Do".
External links
- Stefani Robinson on IMDb