Elodie Keene Explained

Elodie Keene
Birth Date:10 April 1949
Birth Place:Berkeley, California, U.S.
Occupation:Film director, television director, television editor, television producer
Years Active:1979–present
Spouse:Bruce Fortune
Children:2

Elodie Keene (born April 10, 1949, in Berkeley, California) is an American film director, television director, producer and editor. As a television director, her credits include ER, NYPD Blue, The Practice, Ally McBeal, Charmed, Felicity, The Wire, House, M.D., The Closer, and Nip/Tuck, among other series.[1]

She has won three Primetime Emmy Awards, two for best dramatic series and one for best editing in a single camera series, all for her work on L.A. Law.[2] Keene is the daughter of Yvonne (née Cyr) and Jim Keene.[3] Her mother was of Acadian, German, and Scottish descent.[4] Her parents divorced in 1953 and her mother remarried to Jim San Jule in 1954 until their divorce in 1970.[5] [6] She has three siblings: Philip Keene (born 1941), Christopher Keene (born 1946),[7] and Tamsen (née San Jule) Calhoon (born 1956).[8] Her mother remarried to biochemist Daniel E. Koshland Jr. in 2000, of the Haas family, the owners of Levi Strauss & Co.

Filmography

Director

style=background:#B0C4DE Yearstyle=background:#B0C4DE Filmstyle=background:#B0C4DE Episode Titlestyle=background:#B0C4DE Notes
1990L.A. Law"The Bitch Is Back"Season 5, episode 1
"Forgive Me Father, for I Have Sued"Season 4, episode 20
1991"TV or Not TV"Season 6, episode 2
"There Goes the Judge"Season 5, episode 20
"He's a Crowd"Season 5, episode 12
"Splatoon"Season 5, episode 9
1992"Second Time Around"Season 7, episode 2
"Silence of the Lambskins"Season 6, episode 19
"From Here to Paternity"Season 6, episode 16
"Steal It Again, Sam"Season 6, episode 13
"Back to the Suture"Season 6, Episode 10
1993"How Much Is That Bentley in the Window"Season 8, episode 3
"Hackett or Pack It"Season 7, episode 22
"That's Why the Lady Is a Stamp"Season 7, episode 17
"Spanky and the Art Gang"Season 7, episode 10
1994"Tunnel of Love"Season 8, episode 19
"Whose San Andreas Fault Is It, Anyway?"Season 8, episode 16
"Cold Cuts"Season 8, episode 12
NYPD Blue"You Bet Your Life"Season 2, episode 8
ER"Chicago Heat"Season 1, episode 6
1995My So-Called Life"In Dreams Begin Responsibilities"Season 1, episode 19
NYPD Blue"Heavin' Can Wait"Season 3, episode 4
"Dirty Socks"Season 2, episode 17
ER"The Birthday Party"Season 1, episode 17
1996NYPD Blue"A Tushful of Dollars"Season 3, episode 13
1997Spy Game"Why Spy?"Season 1, episode 1
1998To Have & to Hold"Tangled Up in You"Season 1, episode 3
Maximum Bob"Good Dog Karl"Season 1, episode 5
The Practice"Duty Bound"Season 2, episode 27
Ally McBeal"Once in a Lifetime"Season 1, episode 15
1999Popular"Fall on Your Knees"Season 1, episode 10
Charmed"The Power of Two"Season 1, episode 20
Felicity"Happy Birthday"Season 1, episode 18
Ally McBeal"Pyramids on the Nile"Season 2, episode 14
2000"Noncompliance"Season 2, episode 6
Family Law"Love and Money"Season 1, episode 22
"Media Relations"Season 1, episode 12
Felicity"Things Change"Season 2, episode 15
2001Scrubs"My Day Off"Season 1, episode 9
Boston Public"Chapter Eighteen"Season 1, episode 18
Judging Amy"Crime & Puzzlement"Season 3, episode 11
"The Beginning, the End and the Murky Middle"Season 2, episode 13
Family Law"Planting Seeds"Season 2, episode 24
"Americans"Season 2, episode 21
2002For the People"Textbook Perfect"Season 1, episode 8
Once and Again"One Step (Parent) Backward"Season 3, episode 15
Judging Amy"Cause for Alarm"Season 4, episode 5
"Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition"Season 3, episode 23
2003Line of Fire"Boom, Swagger, Boom"Season 1, episode 5
Nip/Tuck"Antonia Ramos"Season 1, episode 12
"Kurt Dempsey"Season 1, episode 5
The Wire"Hard Cases"Season 2, episode 4
"Hot Shots"Season 2, episode 3
Boston Public"Chapter Seventy-Six"Season 4, episode 10
2004Medical Investigation"The Unclean"Season 1, episode 11
North Shore"Leverage"Season 1, episode 13
The D.A."The People vs. Oliver C. Handley"Season 1, episode 3
Joan of Arcadia"Recreation"Season 1, episode 13
Nip/Tuck"Trudy Nye"Season 2, episode 14
"Rose and Raven Rosenberg"Season 2, episode 9
"Manya MabikaSeason 2, episode 3
2005The Closer"The Big Picture"Season 1, episode 3
Medical Investigation"Black Book"Season 1, episode 18
Nip/Tuck"KiKi"Season 3, episode 2
"Momma Boone"Season 3, episode 1
2006The Closer"To Protect & to Serve"Season 2, episode 5
"Slippin'"Season 2, episode 3
Nip/Tuck"Dawn Budge"Season 4, episode 5
"Monica Wilder"Season 4, episode 3
2007The Closer"Culture Shock"Season 3, episode 10
"Dumb Luck"Season 3, episode 6
Nip/Tuck"Duke Collins"Season 5, episode 8
2008The Closer"Live Wire"Season 4, episode 4
Life"The Business of Miracles"Season 2, episode 3
2009The Closer"Good Faith"Season 4, episode 11
Life"Hit Me Baby"Season 2, episode 16
Glee"Vitamin D"Season 1, episode 6
"Mash-Up"Season 1, episode 8
Dollhouse"Haunted"Season 1, episode 10
Saving Grace"Do You Believe in Second Chances?"Season 2, episode 9
Lie to Me"Fold Equity"Season 2, episode 9
2010Nip/Tuck"Dan DalySeason 6, episode 11
"Past Lives"Season 1, episode 12
Glee"Bad Reputation"Season 1, episode 17
"Funk"Season 1, episode 21
Pretty Little Liars"To Kill a Mockingbird"Season 1, episode 3
Huge"Movie Night"Season 1, episode 5
"Birthdays"Season 1, episode 8
"Parents' Weekend, Part II"Season 1, episode 10
The Glades"Booty"Season 1, episode 10
Hawaii Five-O"Heihei"Season 1, episode 10
2011Memphis Beat"Inside Man"Season 2, episode 2
Pretty Little Liars"My Name Is Trouble"Season 2, episode 3
Switched at Birth"Pandora's Box"Season 1, episode 8
Necessary Roughness"Whose Team Are You On?"Season 1, episode 7
The Lying Game"Over Exposed"Season 1, episode 5
2012The Mentalist"My Bloody Valentine"Season 4, episode 12
Pretty Little Liars"The Naked Truth"Season 2, episode 19
Switched at Birth"The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters"Season 1, episode 21
Necessary Roughness"Shrink or Swim"Season 2, episode 1
Bunheads"Money for Nothing"Season 1, episode 5
Covert Affairs"Hello Stranger"Season 3, episode 6
Hart of Dixie"If It Makes You Happy"Season 2, episode 3
Animal Practice"The Two George Colemans"Season 1, episode 6
The New Normal"The XY Factor"Season 1, episode 10
The Mentalist"Black Cherry"Season 5, episode 9
2013The New Normal"The Goldie Rush"Season 1, episode 12
"Gaydar"Season 1, episode 14
"Blood, Sweat and Fears"Season 1, episode 19
"Finding Name-O"Season 1, episode 21
Glee"Sweet Dreams"Season 4, episode 19
Necessary Roughness"Snap Out of It"Season 3, episode 14
Hart of Dixie"Friends in Low Places"Season 3, episode 2
The Mentalist"The Great Red Dragon"Season 6, episode 7
2014The Fosters"Family Day"Season 1, episode 14
Glee"City of Angels"Season 5, episode 11
The Fosters"Take Me Out"Season 2, episode 2
Rush"Get Lucky"Season 1, episode 8
Nashville"I Feel Sorry For Me"Season 3, episode 4
2015Jane the Virgin"Chapter Ten"Season 1, episode 8
The Fosters"Stay"Season 2, episode 13
Perception"Mirror"Season 3, episode 13
"Rock-A-Bye Baby"Season 1, episode 20
The Fosters"Going South"Season 3, episode 5
The Astronaut Wives Club"Flashpoint"Season 1, episode 5
"Rendezvous"Season 1, episode 7
NCIS: New Orleans"Broken Hearted"Season 2, episode 7
2016Just Add Magic"Just Add Birthdays"Season 1, episode 6
"Just Add Mama P"Season 1, episode 7
The Fosters"If and When"Season 3, episode 15
"Sixteen"Season 3, episode 17
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."The Team"Season 3, episode 17
The Fosters"Trust"Season 4, episode 3
Devious Maids"Blood, Sweat and Smears"Season 4, episode 7
"I Saw the Shine"Season 4, episode 8
"Chapter 7"Season 6, episode 7
2017Sweet/Vicious"Heartbreaker"Season 1, episode 7
"Back to Black"Season 1, episode 8
Chicago Justice"Judge Not"Season 1, episode 4
"Borealis 301"Season 1, episode 5
Taken"Solo"Season 1, episode 7
Scorpion"Nude Kids on the Block"Season 4, episode 4
2018S.W.A.T."Contamination"Season 1, episode 12
Taken"Strelochnik"Season 2, episode 8
Insatiable"Banana Heart Banana"Season 1, episode 10
All American"Lose Yourself"Season 1, episode 4
2019Chicago Med"Old Flames, New Sparks"Season 4, episode 16
Proven Innocent"A Minor Confession"Season 1, episode 3
Dynasty"New Lady in Town"Season 2, episode 20
Grand Hotel"Groom Service"Season 1, episode 9
2020"Invisible"Season 1, episode 7
Chicago Med"It May Not Be Forever"Season 5, episode 14
Dynasty"You Make Being a Priest Sound Like Something Bad"Season 3, episode 18
FBI: Most Wanted"Deconflict"Season 2, episode 3
2022Monarch"Not Our First Rodeo"Season 1, episode 4

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elodie Keene Biography (1948-) . Film Reference . September 27, 2011.
  2. Web site: Elodie Keene Primetime Emmy Award wins and nominations . Primetime Emmy® Award Database . September 27, 2011.
  3. Web site: Daniel Koshland, Jr. Retrospective Oral History Project: Yvonne Koshland - Interviews conducted by Sally Smith Hughes in 2011. University of California - Berkeley Regional Oral History Office - The Bancroft Library . 2014.
  4. Smith, p. 1
  5. Smith, p. 6
  6. Web site: Dave . Weinstein . Jim San Jule: Tireless Crusader . Eichler Network. April 5, 2019.
  7. Smith, p. 5
  8. Smith, p. 6