Karen Maser
Karen Maser is an American television writer and producer. She has worked extensively on the NBC medical drama ER and the CBS crime drama Criminal Minds.
Biography
Maser began her television career as a freelance writer. She wrote an episode of Cosby entitled "The Perfect Valentine" in 2000. She wrote an episode for the eleventh season of ER in 2005 entitled "You Are Here".[1] She also contributed an episode to the twelfth season entitled "Out on a Limb".[2]
She was hired as a staff writer for the thirteenth season of ER. As a permanent crew member she wrote two further episodes - "Tell Me No Secrets"[3] and "Photographs and Memories".[4] She returned as a story editor for the fourteenth season. She wrote three episodes personally - "In A Different Light",[5] "Skye's The Limit",[6] and "Truth Will Out".[7] She was promoted to executive story editor part way through the fourteenth season. She joined the production team as a co-producer for the fifteenth and final season. She wrote the episode "Haunted".[8]
In 2015, Maser was hired as a writer and co-executive producer at the start of the eleventh Season of Criminal Minds. She wrote two episodes for the eleventh season ("'Til Death Do Us Part" and "Drive") and has currently written two episodes for the twelfth Season ("Taboo" and "Scarecrow").
Filmography
Producer
| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–present | Criminal Minds | Co-executive producer | Season 12 Season 11 |
| 2008 | ER | Co-producer | Season 15 |
| Executive story editor | Season 14 | ||
| 2007 | Story editor | ||
| Staff Writer | Season 13 | ||
| 2006 |
Writer
| Year | Show | Episode | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Criminal Minds | "Scarecrow" | Season 12, episode 8 |
| "Taboo" | Season 12, episode 3 | ||
| "Drive" | Season 11, episode 12 | ||
| 2015 | "'Til Death Do Us Part" | Season 11, episode 3 | |
| 2008 | ER | "Haunted"[8] | Season 15, episode 5 |
| "Truth Will Out"[7] | Season 14, episode 16 | ||
| 2007 | "Skye's The Limit"[6] | Season 14, episode 9 | |
| "In A Different Light"[5] | Season 14, episode 2 | ||
| "Photographs and Memories"[4] | Season 13, episode 18 | ||
| 2006 | "Tell Me No Secrets"[3] | Season 13, episode 10 | |
| 2005 | "Out on a Limb"[2] | Season 12, episode 16 | |
| 2004 | "You Are Here"[1] | Season 11, episode 20 | |
| 2000 | Cosby | "The Perfect Valentine" | Season 4, episode 16 |
Awards/Nominations
Maser won a 2008 Prism Award.
References
- ^ a b Ernest R Dickerson (director); Karen Maser, Dee Johnson (writers) (2005-05-05). "You Are Here". ER. Season 11. Episode 20. NBC.
{{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter|serieslink=ignored (|series-link=suggested) (help) - ^ a b Lesli Linka Glatter (director); Karen Maser (writer) (2006-03-16). "Out on a Limb". ER. Season 12. Episode 16. NBC.
{{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter|serieslink=ignored (|series-link=suggested) (help) - ^ a b Laura Innes (director); Karen Maser (writer) (2006-11-30). "Tell Me No Secrets". ER. Season 13. Episode 10. NBC.
{{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter|serieslink=ignored (|series-link=suggested) (help) - ^ a b Stephen Cragg (director); Karen Maser (writers) (2007-04-12). "Photographs and Memories". ER. Season 13. Episode 18. NBC.
{{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter|serieslink=ignored (|series-link=suggested) (help) - ^ a b Richard Thorpe (director); Lisa Zwerling, Karen Maser (writers) (2007-10-04). "In A Different Light". ER. Season 14. Episode 2. NBC.
{{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter|serieslink=ignored (|series-link=suggested) (help) - ^ a b Paul McCrane (director); Karen Maser (writer) (2007-11-29). "Skye's The Limit". ER. Season 14. Episode 9. NBC.
{{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter|serieslink=ignored (|series-link=suggested) (help) - ^ a b Andrew Bernstein (director); Karen Maser (Story), Karen Maser & Lisa Zwerling (Teleplay), (2008-04-24). "Truth Will Out". ER. Season 14. Episode 16. NBC.
{{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter|serieslink=ignored (|series-link=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ a b Christopher Chulack (director); Karen Maser (writer) (2008-10-30). "Haunted". ER. Season 15. Episode 5. NBC.
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