Katja Blichfeld
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Katja Blichfeld (born 1979) is an American writer, director, producer and casting director. She is known for co-creating and directing High Maintenance, a Vimeo web series and HBO television series. She won a Primetime Emmy award for Outstanding Casting on a Comedy Series for her work on 30 Rock.[1]
Personal life
Born and raised in Long Beach, California, Blichfeld was raised by Danish parents as an evangelical Christian.[1] She has also lived in Chicago and New York City.
In 2010 she married her writing partner and High Maintenance co-creator Ben Sinclair, after meeting at a 2009 party in Los Angeles.[2][3] They came up with the idea for the show while on a bicycle ride across the Williamsburg Bridge, and started the show in 2012.[3][4]
Blichfield and Sinclair divorced amicably in 2016, prior to undertaking Season 2 of High Maintenance.[3]
At 37, she came out as a lesbian.[3][4]
References
- ^ a b Gould, Emily (January 2018). "Katja Blichfeld Gets What She Wants". New York. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
- ^ Bromwich, Jonah (September 9, 2016). "Call It a Growing Family: 'High Maintenance' Moves to HBO". The New York Times. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
- ^ a b c d Blichfeld, Katja; Mechling, Lauren (January 11, 2018). "How Coming Out Made Me Whole: High Maintenance's Katja Blichfeld Tells Her Story". Vogue. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
- ^ a b Frank, Priscilla (February 23, 2018). "How Katja Blichfeld Went from Anxious 'Super Christian' to Queer Stoner Icon". Huffington Post. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
External links
- Katja Blichfeld at IMDb
- Katja Blichfeld – Tumblr blog
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