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Jane Espenson

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She was an ABC/Disney Writing Fellow for 1992-1993. See more trivia »

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Jane Amanda Espenson
in Ames, Iowa, USA
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Hide HideProducer (17 titles)
2014 Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (TV series) (consulting producer - 1 episode) (post-production)
– Episode #1.1 (2014) (consulting producer)
 
2011-2013 Once Upon a Time (TV series) (consulting producer - 28 episodes)
– Tiny (2013) (consulting producer)
– The Cricket Game (2013) (consulting producer)
– Child of the Moon (2012) (consulting producer)
– Tallahassee (2012) (consulting producer)
– The Doctor (2012) (consulting producer)
See all 28 episodes »
 
2011-2012 Husbands (TV series) (executive producer - 13 episodes)
– The Straightening (2012) (executive producer)
– Appropriate Is Not the Word (2012) (executive producer)
– Winky Face (2011) (executive producer)
– Return of the Zebra (2011) (executive producer)
– Instant Love (2011) (executive producer)
See all 13 episodes »
 
2011 Torchwood (TV series) (co-executive producer - 10 episodes)
– Miracle Day: The Blood Line (2011) (co-executive producer)
– Miracle Day: The Gathering (2011) (co-executive producer)
– Miracle Day: End of the Road (2011) (co-executive producer)
– Miracle Day: Immortal Sins (2011) (co-executive producer)
– Miracle Day: The Middle Men (2011) (co-executive producer)
See all 10 episodes »
 
2010 Caprica (TV series) (executive producer - 11 episodes, 2010) (co-executive producer - 6 episodes, 2010)
– Apotheosis (2010) (executive producer)
– Here Be Dragons (2010) (executive producer)
– The Heavens Will Rise (2010) (executive producer)
– The Dirteaters (2010) (executive producer)
– Blowback (2010) (executive producer)
See all 17 episodes »
 
2009 The Plan (video) (executive producer)
 
2009 Dollhouse (TV series) (consulting producer - 8 episodes)
– Epitaph One (2009) (consulting producer)
– Omega (2009) (consulting producer)
– Briar Rose (2009) (consulting producer)
– Haunted (2009) (consulting producer)
– A Spy in the House of Love (2009) (consulting producer)
See all 8 episodes »
 
2008-2009 Battlestar Galactica (TV series) (co-executive producer - 20 episodes)
– Daybreak: Part 2 (2009) (co-executive producer)
– Daybreak: Part 1 (2009) (co-executive producer)
– Islanded in a Stream of Stars (2009) (co-executive producer)
– Someone to Watch Over Me (2009) (co-executive producer)
– Deadlock (2009) (co-executive producer)
See all 20 episodes »
 
2008-2009 Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy (TV mini-series) (executive producer - 10 episodes)
– Episode #1.10 (2009) (executive producer)
– Episode #1.9 (2009) (executive producer)
– Episode #1.8 (2009) (executive producer)
– Episode #1.7 (2008) (executive producer)
– Episode #1.6 (2008) (executive producer)
See all 10 episodes »
 
2007 Battlestar Galactica: Razor (TV movie) (co-executive producer)
 
2007 Battlestar Galactica: Razor Flashbacks (TV mini-series) (co-executive producer - 7 episodes)
– Escape (2007) (co-executive producer)
– Survivors (2007) (co-executive producer)
– The Lab (2007) (co-executive producer)
– Free Fall (2007) (co-executive producer)
– Operation Raptor Talon (2007) (co-executive producer)
See all 7 episodes »
 
2007 Andy Barker, P.I. (TV series) (consulting producer - 3 episodes)
– Dial M for Laptop (2007) (consulting producer)
– Three Days of the Chicken (2007) (consulting producer)
– Fairway, My Lovely (2007) (consulting producer)
 
2005-2006 Jake in Progress (TV series) (co-executive producer - 20 episodes)
– PB & J (2006) (co-executive producer)
– Eyebrow Girl vs. Smirkface (2006) (co-executive producer)
– The Annie-dote (2006) (co-executive producer)
– The Hot One (2006) (co-executive producer)
– The Lying, the Watch, and Jake's Wardrobe (2006) (co-executive producer)
See all 20 episodes »
 
2005 The Inside (TV series) (co-executive producer - 13 episodes)
– Declawed (2005) (co-executive producer)
– Loneliest Number (2005) (co-executive producer)
– Thief of Hearts (2005) (co-executive producer)
– Everything Nice (2005) (co-executive producer)
– Pre-Filer (2005) (co-executive producer)
See all 13 episodes »
 
2005 Tru Calling (TV series) (co-executive producer - 6 episodes)
– 'Twas the Night Before Christmas... Again (2005) (co-executive producer)
– Enough (2005) (co-executive producer)
– The Last Good Day (2005) (co-executive producer)
– In the Dark (2005) (co-executive producer)
– Grace (2005) (co-executive producer)
See all 6 episodes »
 
2003-2004 Gilmore Girls (TV series) (co-executive producer - 22 episodes)
– Raincoats and Recipes (2004) (co-executive producer)
– Last Week Fights, This Week Tights (2004) (co-executive producer)
– Luke Can See Her Face (2004) (co-executive producer)
– Afterboom (2004) (co-executive producer)
– Tick, Tick, Tick, Boom! (2004) (co-executive producer)
See all 22 episodes »
 
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series) (co-executive producer - 22 episodes, 2002-2003) (co-producer - 22 episodes, 1999-2000) (producer - 22 episodes, 2000-2001) (supervising producer - 22 episodes, 2001-2002)
– Chosen (2003) (co-executive producer)
– End of Days (2003) (co-executive producer)
– Touched (2003) (co-executive producer)
– Empty Places (2003) (co-executive producer)
– Dirty Girls (2003) (co-executive producer)
See all 88 episodes »
 
Show ShowWriter (31 titles)
2009-2013 Warehouse 13 (TV series)
– Parks and Rehabilitation (2013) (creator)
– The Living and the Dead (2013) (creator)
– The Truth Hurts (2013) (creator)
– We All Fall Down (2012) (creator)
– The Ones You Love (2012) (creator)
See all 51 episodes »
 
2011-2013 Once Upon a Time (TV series)
– The Evil Queen (2013) (written by)
– The Miller's Daughter (2013) (written by)
– In the Name of the Brother (2013) (written by)
– Tallahassee (2012) (written by)
– We Are Both (2012) (written by)
See all 11 episodes »
 
2012 Star Wars: Detours (TV series) (2012)
 
2011 Husbands (TV series)
– Winky Face (2011)
– Return of the Zebra (2011)
– Instant Love (2011)
– This Together Thing (2011)
– Normal People (2011)
See all 11 episodes »
 
2011 Torchwood (TV series)
– Miracle Day: The Blood Line (2011) (teleplay)
– Miracle Day: End of the Road (2011) (teleplay)
– Miracle Day: Immortal Sins (2011) (written by)
– Miracle Day: The Categories of Life (2011) (written by)
– Miracle Day: Dead of Night (2011) (written by)
 
2011 Torchwood: Web of Lies (TV series)
– Missing Day: Part 1 (2011) (written by)
 
2011 Game of Thrones (TV series)
– A Golden Crown (2011) (teleplay)
 
2011 Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8 Motion Comic (video)
 
2010 Caprica (TV series)
– Apotheosis (2010) (written by)
– Gravedancing (2010) (story / teleplay)
 
2009 The Plan (video) (written by)
 
2009 Dollhouse (TV series)
– Briar Rose (2009) (written by)
– Haunted (2009) (written by)
 
2006-2009 Battlestar Galactica (TV series)
– Deadlock (2009) (written by)
– The Hub (2008) (written by)
– Escape Velocity (2008) (written by)
– Dirty Hands (2007) (written by)
– The Passage (2006) (written by)
 
2008-2009 Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy (TV mini-series)
– Episode #1.10 (2009) (written by)
– Episode #1.9 (2009) (written by)
– Episode #1.8 (2009) (written by)
– Episode #1.7 (2008) (written by)
– Episode #1.6 (2008) (written by)
See all 10 episodes »
 
2007 Eureka (TV series)
– Family Reunion (2007) (story)
 
2007 The Batman (TV series)
– The Joining: Part 2 (2007) (written by)
– The Joining: Part 1 (2007) (written by)
 
2007 Andy Barker, P.I. (TV series)
– Fairway, My Lovely (2007) (written by)
 
2006 Jake in Progress (TV series)
– The Two Jakes (2006) (written by)
 
2005 The Inside (TV series)
– Everything Nice (2005) (written by)
– Aidan (2005) (written by)
– Gem (2005) (teleplay)
– Skin and Bone (2005) (teleplay)
 
2005 Tru Calling (TV series)
– In the Dark (2005) (written by)
 
2003-2004 Gilmore Girls (TV series)
– The Reigning Lorelai (2004) (written by)
– Chicken or Beef? (2003) (written by)
 
2003 The O.C. (TV series)
– The Gamble (2003) (written by)
 
1998-2003 Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)
– End of Days (2003) (written by)
– Storyteller (2003) (written by)
– First Date (2003) (written by)
– Sleeper (2002) (written by)
– Conversations with Dead People (2002) (written by)
See all 23 episodes »
 
2002 Firefly (TV series)
– Shindig (2002) (written by)
 
1999-2000 Angel (TV series)
– Guise Will Be Guise (2000) (written by)
– Rm w/a Vu (1999) (story / teleplay)
 
1997-1998 Ellen (TV series)
– Womyn Fest (1998) (written by)
– Like a Virgin (1997) (written by)
 
1996-1997 Something So Right (TV series)
– Something About Secrets & Rules (1997) (written by)
– Something About a Silver Anniversary (1997) (written by)
– Something About Thanksgiving (1996) (written by)
– Something About Jack's Ex (1996) (written by)
 
1996 Nowhere Man (TV series)
– Zero Minus Ten (1996) (written by)
 
1996 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV series)
– Accession (1996) (written by)
 
1995 Me and the Boys (TV series)
– The Age of Reason (1995) (written by)
 
1994 Dinosaurs (TV series)
– Variations on a Theme Park (1994) (written by)
– Driving Miss Ethyl (1994) (written by)
 
1994 Monty (TV series)
– The Principal's Interest (1994) (written by)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (3 titles)
1998-1999 Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series) (executive story editor - 22 episodes)
– Earshot (1999) (executive story editor)
– Graduation Day: Part 2 (1999) (executive story editor)
– Graduation Day: Part 1 (1999) (executive story editor)
– The Prom (1999) (executive story editor)
– Choices (1999) (executive story editor)
See all 22 episodes »
 
1997-1998 Ellen (TV series) (story editor - 22 episodes)
– Vows (1998) (story editor)
– When Ellen Talks, People Listen (1998) (story editor)
– Ellen: A Hollywood Tribute: Part 1 (1998) (story editor)
– Ellen: A Hollywood Tribute: Part 2 (1998) (story editor)
– Hospital (1998) (story editor)
See all 22 episodes »
 
1996-1997 Something So Right (TV series) (story editor - 23 episodes)
– Something About Getting the Hell Out of Here (1997) (story editor)
– Something About Inter-Ex-Spousal Relations (1997) (story editor)
– Something About Secrets & Rules (1997) (story editor)
– Something About New Beds and Old Friends (1997) (story editor)
– Something About Carly on a Hot Tin Roof (1997) (story editor)
See all 23 episodes »
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
2010 Caprica (TV series)
– Rebirth (2010) (lyrics: "Caprica Abides" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (17 titles)
2013 Showrunners: A Documentary Film (documentary) (post-production)
Herself
 
2012 Syfy 20th Anniversary Special (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2012 Stupid for Game of Thrones (TV series)
Herself - guest
– The Ghost of Harrenhal Analysis (2012) … Herself - guest
 
2012 TableTop (TV series)
Herself - Player
– Settlers of Catan (2012) … Herself - Player
 
2012 Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines (documentary)
Herself
 
2012 Conversations with Hollywood (TV series)
Herself
– Writing for Scripted Television (2012) … Herself
 
2009 A Comicbook Orange (TV series)
Herself - Interviewee
– Crossed & Buffy Writer Jane Espenson (2009) … Herself - Interviewee
 
2009 Battlestar Galactica: The Journey Ends - The Arrival (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2009 Battlestar Galactica: ...And They Have a Plan (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2009 The 1st Annual Streamy Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Winner: Best Writing in a Drama Web Series
 
2009 The Music of 'Battlestar Galactica' (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2004 'Buffy': Season 7 Overview (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2004 'Buffy': Season 6 Overview (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2003 'Buffy': Season 5 Overview (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2003 Here's How It Was: The Making of 'Firefly' (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2003 'Buffy': Season 4 Overview (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2003 'Buffy': Season 3 Overview (video documentary short)
Herself
 

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Editor, "Finding Serenity: Anti-Heroes, Lost Shepherds, and Space Hookers in Joss Whedon's 'Firefly,'" a collection of essays about Firefly, for which she was a writer. (BenBella Books, Dallas, Texas, 2004) See more »

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Personal Quote:

Look at the Romans and the Greeks. Perfectly thriving, perfectly mature cultures with religion in it, and it didn't have a stigma against gay relationships. In fact, those were considered the true love relationships that were exalted. The relationship between a man and woman was more procreatory, but the true love that inspires you to write poetry was not that. See more »

Trivia:

She was an ABC/Disney Writing Fellow for 1992-1993. See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer