Aline Brosh McKenna
| Aline Brosh McKenna | |
|---|---|
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McKenna at the 2008 Screenwriting Expo in the Los Angeles Convention Center | |
| Born |
Aline Brosh August 2, 1967 France |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | Contemporary |
| Notable works |
The Devil Wears Prada 27 Dresses Crazy Ex-Girlfriend |
Aline Brosh McKenna (born August 2, 1967) is an American screenwriter and producer, known for her work on The Devil Wears Prada and, most recently, the television series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
Life and career
Aline Brosh was born in France and moved with her family to New Jersey, where she lived variously in Fort Lee, Demarest and Montvale, and attended Saddle River Day School in Saddle River.[1]
She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University, and went to New York City to seek a job in publishing. While there, she did some freelance writing work. A script she wrote during a six-week course in screenwriting at New York University helped her get an agent, and she later moved to Los Angeles, where she has seen several of her screenplays produced. She also wrote an episode of Margaret Cho's sitcom All American Girl.
Filmography as a screenwriter
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Three to Tango | Co-writer | Screenplay only, written with Rodney Patrick Vaccaro |
| 2004 | Laws of Attraction | Co-writer | Written with Robert Harling |
| 2006 | The Devil Wears Prada | Writer | Nominated for BAFTA award for Best Adapted Screenplay |
| 2008 | 27 Dresses | Writer | |
| 2010 | Morning Glory | Writer | |
| 2011 | I Don't Know How She Does It | Writer, executive producer | Based on the novel by Allison Pearson |
| 2011 | We Bought a Zoo | Co-writer | Written with Cameron Crowe, based on We Bought a Zoo by Benjamin Mee |
| 2014 | Annie | Co-writer | Written with Will Gluck, based on Annie by Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin and Thomas Meehan
and Little Orphan Annie by Harold Gray |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | All-American Girl | Writer | Episode: "Young Americans" |
| 2015 | Crazy Ex-Girlfriend | Co-creator | Also Executive Producer |
References
- ↑ Salemi, Vicki. "Glorifying Jersey: A noted Hollywood screenwriter uses her Jersey roots to help inform her storytelling.", New Jersey Monthly, December 13, 2010. Accessed October 26, 2011. "“It’s definitely part of who I am,” says the Los Angeles-based scribe, who was born in France and moved with her family to Fort Lee when she was 6 months old. The family later moved to Demarest and then Montvale, where she lived from age seven until college. Brosh McKenna, now 43, attended Saddle River Day School, studied literature at Harvard and, after graduation, co-wrote A Co-Ed’s Companion with her college roommate."
External links
- Aline Brosh McKenna at the Internet Movie Database
- Aline Brosh McKenna: Screenwriting Lecture part of the BAFTA Screenwriters on Screenwriting series
- If Cinderella Had a Blackberry..., nytimes.com, August 25, 2011