Corinne Brinkerhoff Explained

Birth Name:Corinne Noel Brinkerhoff
Birth Place:Lawrence, Kansas, United States
Occupation:Television producer, writer
Years Active:2006–present
Television:The Good Wife, Boston Legal

Corinne Noel Brinkerhoff (born 1979) is an American television writer and producer. She has worked on the series The Good Wife and Boston Legal. She was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for best new series in 2010.[1]

Background

Brinkerhoff was born in Lawrence, Kansas, and graduated from Lawrence High School.[2] She is an alumna of Truman State University, initially majoring in aerospace engineering, with a minor in creative writing.[3] She changed majors, graduated, and took graduate studies at the Boston University College of Communication.[4]

Career

Boston Legal

Brinkerhoff began working in television in 2004 as the executive assistant to showrunner David E. Kelley on Boston Legal. She became a writer in 2006, writing nine episodes in the entire series' run. In 2007, she became a story editor and was promoted to executive story editor in 2008.

The Good Wife

She became a co-producer and writer for new legal drama The Good Wife in 2009, writing 10 episodes over the course of 67 episodes produced.[5] Brinkerhoff and the writing team were nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for best new television series in 2010 for their work on the first season of The Good Wife.[1]

Elementary to present

From 2012 to 2013, Brinkerhoff was co-executive producer for the television series Elementary, writing three episodes and a teleplay for another. In 2014, she was co-executive producer for the short-lived series Reckless, writing one episode. She wrote an unnamed pilot episode before becoming co-executive producer and writer for the television series Jane the Virgin from 2014 to 2015.

In 2016, she created the series American Gothic, of which she was showrunner, executive producer and writer. She was also executive producer for the series No Tomorrow, which debuted in 2016.

Personal life

Brinkerhoff is married to Laura Kampf.[6]

Filmography

YearWorkProducerWriterNotes
2006–08Boston LegalStory editor
2009–12The Good Wife
2012–13Elementary
2014IdentityTV pilot
2014Reckless
2014–15Jane the Virgin
2016American GothicSeries creator
2016No TomorrowSeries developer
2020Miss FarahArabic-language remake of Jane the Virgin

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2010 Writers Guild Awards Television, Radio, News, Promotional Writing, and Graphic Animation Nominees Announced . April 7, 2010 . Writers Guild of America . 2010 . Gregg Mitchell, Sherry Goldman . Press Release . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131019053744/http://www.wga.org/content/default.aspx?id=3888 . October 19, 2013 .
  2. Web site: Lawrence native Corinne Brinkerhoff helms CBS whodunnit 'American Gothic'. Hlavacek. Joanna. June 26, 2016. ljworld.com. July 12, 2016.
  3. Web site: Alumna: Corinne Brinkerhoff. truman.edu. July 13, 2016.
  4. Web site: From BU to Boston Legal and The Good Wife. Ehrlich. Lara. November 5, 2013 . bu.edu. July 12, 2016.
  5. Web site: 'American Gothic': How 'Boston Legal,' 'Jane the Virgin' Influenced CBS' Murder Mystery Drama. Huggins. Sarah. June 22, 2016. hollywoodreporter.com. July 12, 2016.
  6. Web site: Kampf . Laura . Instagram Post: "Kampf is married to Corinne Brinkerhoff" . 2024-02-03 . Instagram.