"Ellen" (1994) TV series 1994-1998

Creators:

Carol Black
Neal Marlens
David S. Rosenthal
(more)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Release Date:

30 March 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Ellen Morgan a lesbian former book store owner deals with life through comedy and extensive rambling.

Plot Keywords:

Lesbian | Bookstore | Photographer | Gay | Lesbianism

Awards:

Nominated for 4 Golden Globes. Another 10 wins & 23 nominations

Cast

Ellen DeGeneres	...	Ellen Morgan (109 episodes, 1994-1998)
David Anthony Higgins	...	Joe Farrell / ... (102 episodes, 1994-1998)
Joely Fisher	...	Paige Clark / ... (96 episodes, 1994-1998)
Clea Lewis	...	Audrey Penney / ... (80 episodes, 1994-1998)
Jeremy Piven	...	Spence Kovak / ... (72 episodes, 1995-1998)

Series Directed by
Gil Junger		(30 episodes, 1996-1998)
Robby Benson		(25 episodes, 1995-1996)
Tom Cherones		(23 episodes, 1994-1995)
Gail Mancuso		(7 episodes, 1997-1998)
Rob Schiller		(5 episodes, 1994-1996)
Andrew D. Weyman		(5 episodes, 1994)
Lorraine Sevre-Richmond		(3 episodes, 1996-1998)
Alan Myerson		(3 episodes, 1996-1997)
D. Owen Trainor		(2 episodes, 1995-1997)
Iris Dugow		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
David S. Rosenthal		(32 episodes, 1994-1998)
Carol Black		(31 episodes, 1994-1998)
Neal Marlens		(31 episodes, 1994-1998)
Tracy Newman		(11 episodes, 1995-1997)
Jonathan Stark		(11 episodes, 1995-1997)
Mark Driscoll		(10 episodes, 1994-1997)
Dava Savel		(8 episodes, 1995-1997)
Richard Day		(7 episodes, 1994-1995)
David Flebotte		(7 episodes, 1995-1997)
Alex Herschlag		(7 episodes, 1995-1997)
Suzanne Martin		(5 episodes, 1994-1995)
David Walpert		(5 episodes, 1996-1998)
Lisa DeBenedictis		(4 episodes, 1995-1996)
Daryl Rowland		(4 episodes, 1995-1996)
Mark Wilding		(3 episodes, 1994-1997)
Maria Semple		(3 episodes, 1994-1995)
Tom Leopold		(3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Matt Berry		(3 episodes, 1997-1998)
Mike Larsen		(3 episodes, 1997-1998)
Ric Swartzlander		(3 episodes, 1997-1998)
Holly Hester		(2 episodes, 1994-1995)
Warren Bell		(2 episodes, 1994)
Eileen Heisler		(2 episodes, 1995-1996)
DeAnn Heline		(2 episodes, 1995-1996)
Vance DeGeneres		(2 episodes, 1996-1997)
Jennifer Fisher		(2 episodes, 1996-1997)
Matt Goldman		(2 episodes, 1996-1997)
Ellen Idelson		(2 episodes, 1996-1997)
Rob Lotterstein		(2 episodes, 1996-1997)
Dan Cohen		(2 episodes, 1997-1998)
Jane Espenson		(2 episodes, 1997-1998)
Tod Himmel		(2 episodes, 1997-1998)
Lisa K. Nelson		(2 episodes, 1997-1998)
F.J. Pratt		(2 episodes, 1997-1998)
Ellen DeGeneres		(2 episodes, 1997)
Tim Doyle		(2 episodes, 1998)

Series Produced by
Christie Stentz	....	associate producer (47 episodes, 1996-1998)
Vic Kaplan	....	executive producer (42 episodes, 1995-1998)
Mark Driscoll	....	co-producer / executive producer (41 episodes, 1994-1997)
Ellen DeGeneres	....	co-executive producer / producer (40 episodes, 1996-1998)
Frank Merwald	....	associate producer (36 episodes, 1994-1996)
David S. Rosenthal	....	executive producer / co-executive producer / ... (33 episodes, 1994-1996)
Tracy Newman	....	producer / co-executive producer / ... (31 episodes, 1994-1997)
Jonathan Stark	....	producer / co-executive producer / ... (31 episodes, 1994-1997)
Warren Bell	....	executive producer / co-executive producer (30 episodes, 1994-1995)
Tom Leopold	....	co-executive producer (27 episodes, 1995-1996)
Mark Grossan	....	producer (22 episodes, 1994-1996)
Matt Berry	....	supervising producer (22 episodes, 1997-1998)
Richard Day	....	producer / supervising producer (21 episodes, 1994-1996)
Dava Savel	....	executive producer / co-executive producer (21 episodes, 1995-1997)
Tim Doyle	....	executive producer (21 episodes, 1997-1998)
Maxine Lapiduss	....	consulting producer (21 episodes, 1997-1998)
Ric Swartzlander	....	supervising producer (21 episodes, 1997-1998)
Lawrence Broch	....	co-executive producer (20 episodes, 1997-1998)
F.J. Pratt	....	producer (20 episodes, 1997-1998)
Dan Cohen	....	producer (19 episodes, 1997-1998)
Jan Nash	....	supervising producer (18 episodes, 1996-1997)
Gil Junger	....	producer (13 episodes, 1997-1998)
Matt Goldman	....	consulting producer / co-executive producer (12 episodes, 1996-1997)
Ken Ornstein	....	coordinating producer / consulting producer (11 episodes, 1995-1998)
David Flebotte	....	co-producer (9 episodes, 1996-1997)
Holly Hester	....	co-producer (8 episodes, 1995)
Carol Black	....	executive producer (7 episodes, 1994-1996)
Neal Marlens	....	executive producer (7 episodes, 1994-1996)
Vicki S. Horwitz	....	producer (6 episodes, 1995)
Alex Herschlag	....	co-producer (6 episodes, 1996)
Lisa DeBenedictis	....	producer (4 episodes, 1995-1996)
Daryl Rowland	....	producer (4 episodes, 1995-1996)
Pamela Eells	....	co-executive producer / executive producer (3 episodes, 1995)
Sally Lapiduss	....	co-executive producer / executive producer (3 episodes, 1995)
Matt Goldman	....	co-executive producer (unknown episodes)
Mark Wilding	....	co-producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
W.G. Snuffy Walden		(21 episodes, 1994-1998)

Series Cinematography by
Thomas Marshall		(12 episodes, 1994-1996)
Richard Brown		(8 episodes, 1995-1998)

Series Film Editing by
Dennis C. Vejar		(10 episodes, 1994-1996)
Kris Trexler		(10 episodes, 1995-1998)
Tony Hayman		(2 episodes, 1994)

Series Casting by
Lisa London		(12 episodes, 1994-1996)
Tammara Billik		(8 episodes, 1995-1998)
Brian Chavanne		(6 episodes, 1994)

Series Production Design by
Bill Brzeski		(13 episodes, 1994-1996)

Series Art Direction by
Jay Pelissier		(7 episodes, 1997-1998)
Bill Brzeski		(unknown episodes)

Series Set Decoration by
Archie D'Amico		(74 episodes, 1995-1998)
Lynda Burbank		(12 episodes, 1994-1996)

Series Costume Design by
Bambi Breakstone		(94 episodes, 1994-1998)

Series Makeup Department
Robin LaVigne	....	make-up / makeup artist (19 episodes, 1994-1998)
Robert Hallowell II	....	hair stylist (13 episodes, 1994-1996)
Karen Kawahara	....	makeup: Ellen DeGeneres (7 episodes, 1997-1998)
Kent Nelson	....	hair stylist (5 episodes, 1995-1997)
Mitchell Stone	....	hair stylist: Ellen DeGeneres (4 episodes, 1997)
Sandra Rubin-Munk	....	hair stylist (3 episodes, 1998)

Series Production Management
Neil Rapp	....	production manager (62 episodes, 1994-1996)
Ken Ornstein	....	unit production manager (8 episodes, 1995-1998)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Joanne Keene Hall	....	second assistant director (109 episodes, 1994-1998)
Michael Looney	....	first assistant director (12 episodes, 1994-1996)
Daniel Orozco	....	dga trainee (12 episodes, 1995)
Lynn M. McCracken	....	first assistant director (7 episodes, 1997-1998)
Jana Spotts	....	assistant director (6 episodes, 1997-1998)
José Clemente Hernandez	....	dga trainee (unknown episodes)
Lincoln Myers	....	dga trainee (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Eric Yount	....	construction foreman (109 episodes, 1994-1998)
Conny Boettger	....	set designer (60 episodes, 1996-1998)
Tom Craig	....	on-set dresser (47 episodes, 1996-1998)
Gary Hidalgo	....	paint foreman (47 episodes, 1996-1998)
Scott L. London	....	property master (38 episodes, 1994-1998)
Greg Bartkus	....	on-set dresser (27 episodes, 1995-1996)
David Needham	....	leadman (24 episodes, 1994-1995)
Kelly H'Doubler	....	property master (8 episodes, 1995-1998)
Billy Campbell	....	on-set dresser (unknown episodes)
Paul Arthur Hartman	....	set dresser: 1996-1998 (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Richard Partlow	....	foley artist (105 episodes, 1994-1998)
Charles Bruce	....	supervising sound editor (19 episodes, 1997-1998)
Marti D. Humphrey	....	sound re-recording mixer / re-recording (12 episodes, 1994-1996)
Larry Stephens	....	production sound mixer (9 episodes, 1994-1998)
Michael Ballin	....	production sound mixer (7 episodes, 1994)
Bill Stephens	....	production sound mixer (5 episodes, 1994-1996)
Jeff A. Johnson	....	sound (unknown episodes)
Ken Kobett	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)
Todd Niesen	....	supervising sound editor (unknown episodes)
Mike Olman	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)
Valerie Stulman	....	sound recordist (unknown episodes)

Series Stunts
Thomas M. Ficke	....	stunt coordinator (unknown episodes)
Hubie Kerns Jr.	....	stunt coordinator (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Kevin McGill	....	assistant camera (107 episodes, 1994-1998)
John Cicolello	....	grip (30 episodes, 1994-1995)
Pascal M. Guillemard	....	lighting technician (25 episodes, 1996-1997)
Albert Cicolello	....	key grip (12 episodes, 1994-1996)
Drain M. Marshall	....	chief lighting technician (12 episodes, 1994-1996)
Gene A. Talvin	....	camera operator (12 episodes, 1994-1996)
Jeff Miller	....	camera operator (11 episodes, 1994-1996)
Ed Nielson	....	camera operator (11 episodes, 1994-1996)
Charles Young	....	camera operator (11 episodes, 1994-1996)
Victor Galvis	....	electrician (unknown episodes, 1997-1998)
Doug Byers	....	electrician (unknown episodes)
Michael R. Marquette	....	first assistant camera (unknown episodes)
Robert Schoenhut	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Diana Guthrie	....	casting associate (85 episodes, 1995-1998)
John Leamer	....	casting assistant (33 episodes, 1994-1996)
Lesli Gelles	....	casting assistant (unknown episodes)
Justine Hempe	....	casting assistant (unknown episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Wendy Range Rao	....	costume supervisor (13 episodes, 1994-1996)
Brian Cotton	....	costumer (11 episodes, 1994-1996)
Melissa Merwin	....	costumer (7 episodes, 1994-1996)
Robin Kennedy	....	costume supervisor (7 episodes, 1997-1998)
Janis Mekaelian	....	key costumer (5 episodes, 1994-1996)
Wendy J. Greiner	....	costumer (4 episodes, 1994)
Kathleen Brodbeck	....	key costumer (3 episodes, 1994)

Series Editorial Department
Marshall Boone	....	post-production coordinator (71 episodes, 1995-1998)
Jennifer Vejar	....	assistant editor (12 episodes, 1994-1996)
Andy Lichtstein	....	colorist (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
John McElhone	....	composer: theme (4 episodes, 1997)
Sharleen Spiteri	....	composer: theme (4 episodes, 1997)
Texas	....	performer: theme (4 episodes, 1997)

Series Other crew
Dailey Pike	....	audience warm-up (76 episodes, 1994-1997)
Nellie Stevens	....	production assistant (25 episodes, 1996-1997)
Bud Robertson	....	assistant production coordinator (24 episodes, 1994-1995)
Maria Semple	....	story editor (24 episodes, 1994-1995)
Jenny Siff	....	assistant to executive producer (24 episodes, 1994-1995)
Jane Espenson	....	story editor (22 episodes, 1997-1998)
Robert Boles	....	production assistant / assistant to producers (15 episodes, 1997-1998)
Scott Sites	....	production coordinator (14 episodes, 1994-1996)
Ellen DeGeneres	....	executive consultant (13 episodes, 1994-1996)
Kathy Karlin	....	assistant to producers (13 episodes, 1994-1996)
Jennifer Melchior	....	assistant to producers (13 episodes, 1994-1996)
D. Owen Trainor	....	technical coordinator (13 episodes, 1994-1996)
Amy Jo Weinstein	....	assistant to producers (13 episodes, 1994-1996)
Jeanne Andrews	....	production accountant (12 episodes, 1994-1996)
Keiann Collins	....	production assistant (12 episodes, 1994-1996)
Dianne Sullens Hoehing	....	script supervisor (12 episodes, 1994-1996)
Cindy Linnick	....	production assistant (12 episodes, 1994-1996)
Adam Rosen	....	production assistant (12 episodes, 1994-1996)
Keith Wheeler	....	production assistant (12 episodes, 1994-1996)
Sam Froelich	....	assistant to producers (11 episodes, 1994-1996)
Anji Sawant	....	assistant to producers (9 episodes, 1994-1996)
Susan Kong	....	first assistant accountant / assistant accountant / ... (9 episodes, 1994)
Tod Himmel	....	executive story editor (9 episodes, 1997-1998)
Mike Larsen	....	executive story editor (9 episodes, 1997-1998)
Lisa K. Nelson	....	executive story editor (9 episodes, 1997-1998)
David Walpert	....	story editor (9 episodes, 1997-1998)
David Driver	....	production assistant (8 episodes, 1994-1996)
Lorraine Sevre-Richmond	....	script supervisor (7 episodes, 1995-1998)
Katrina Edwards	....	production coordinator (7 episodes, 1997-1998)
John Yant	....	technical coordinator (7 episodes, 1997-1998)
Susan Kydd	....	assistant accountant / assistant to producers (6 episodes, 1994-1996)
Michael Becker	....	executive consultant (5 episodes, 1994)
Layne Kovach	....	assistant to producers (5 episodes, 1994)
Ani Sawant	....	assistant to producers (4 episodes, 1994-1996)
Taylor Bryon	....	assistant to producers (4 episodes, 1994)
Teddy Tenenbaum	....	script coordinator (4 episodes, 1994)
Jean Bock	....	assistant to producers (3 episodes, 1997-1998)
Marshall Boone	....	assistant to producers (3 episodes, 1997-1998)
Cynthia Greenburg	....	assistant to producers (3 episodes, 1997-1998)
Kevin O'Donnell	....	assistant to producers (3 episodes, 1997-1998)
Leif Sandaas	....	assistant to producers (3 episodes, 1997-1998)
Lynda Tarryk	....	assistant to producers (3 episodes, 1997-1998)
David Guilbeau	....	craft service / crafts services (2 episodes, 1994-1998)
Patrick Harrigan	....	assistant to producers (2 episodes, 1997)
Kit Pongetti	....	assistant to producers (2 episodes, 1997)
Kerry A. Vill	....	assistant to producers (2 episodes, 1997)
John D. Beck	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Angela Giannoni	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Mandie Green	....	assistant: Ellen Degeneres (unknown episodes)
Jennifer S. Hayes	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Leslie Shevick	....	assistant to writers / set production assistant (unknown episodes)
Tim Tortora	....	accountant (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Black-Marlens Company
• Touchstone Television

Distributors

• ABC1 (2004-) (UK) (TV)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1994-1998) (USA) (TV)
• Buena Vista Television
• TV1 (1998) (Estonia) (TV)

Other Companies

• Complete Post  post-production facilities
• Consortium Studios  set design (2006)
• Larson Sound Center  audio post-production
• Transition Music  music provided by

Also Known As:

"These Friends of Mine" - USA (first season title)

Runtime:

USA:30 min (109 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Burbank, California, USA

Company:

Black-Marlens Company

Trivia:

The original title of the show was "These Friends of Mine".

Quotes:

Margaret:Ellen, Ellen, where are you?
Ellen:[walks out of a coat closet] Here, I was in the closet.
Margaret:It's big isn't it?
Ellen:Yeah, but I wouldn't want to spend a lot of time in there, entertaining or anything.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "To the Contrary: Women in the Ministry (#6.2)" (1997)

Soundtrack:

The Promise

Great characters

Together with Seinfeld and Friends, it's another top American comedy show that we are viewing frequently in the U.K. recently. When I say "top", I mean "top notch". In the 70's and 80's I was used to switching off American comedies, but these 3 shows have made me reconsider my bias! I particularly like the way Ellen introduces so many irrelevancies into her dialogue, she kind of says what other people would only think but not dare say for fear of being boring. At some point in the series she declares herself to be gay, and while it obviously changes the direction of the show a little, it doesn't get heavy going about it and is still as funny as ever no matter what your tendencies. I love all the other characters too; the show was better for the entry of Audrey, Paige and cousin Adam - they each have their own very identifiable traits that enrich the plot. The cousin is particularly funny, especially in scenes together with Paige.