Amy Lippman

{{short description|American television writer and producer}} {{Infobox person | name = Amy Lippman | birth_date = | birth_place = | education = Harvard University | other_names = Amy Flender | spouse = Rodman Flender | children = | parents = | relatives = Timothée Chalamet (nephew)<br>Pauline Chalamet (niece) }}

'''Amy Lippman''' is an American television writer and producer known for ''Party of Five'' (1994–2000)

==Biography== Lippman grew up in Los Angeles and San Francisco.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|title=COVER STORY; Exploring a Time of Life When Choices Are No Longer Made by Chance|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/08/tv/cover-story-exploring-a-time-of-life-when-choices-are-no-longer-made-by-chance.html|work=The New York Times|date=1998-03-08|access-date=2026-02-02|issn=0362-4331|language=en-US|first=James|last=Sterngold}}</ref> She attended Harvard College, where she studied English. In a playwriting class, Lippman met her future writing partner Christopher Keyser, who was a student at Harvard Law School at the time.<ref>{{Cite web |last=laura_levis@harvard.edu |date=2015-01-23 |title=Susanne Daniels and Amy Lippman discuss their careers in television {{!}} Harvard Magazine |url=https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2015/01/lives-in-television |access-date=2025-02-27 |website=www.harvardmagazine.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> They both graduated in 1985 and moved to New York City, where Lippman wrote for soap operas such as ''Santa Barbara'' and ''Loving'' and Keyser was a speechwriter for political figures (including the 1988 presidential candidate and Arizona governor Bruce Babbitt) and wrote screenplays.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Taking Lessons From 'Party' to 'Others'|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-mar-07-ca-26245-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times|date=1998-03-07|access-date=2026-02-02|language=en-US}}</ref>

In 1988, Lippman and Keyser moved to Los Angeles with their future spouses and became known as a television writing duo by 1989.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://time.com/archive/6732428/television-its-twentysomething/|title=Television: It’s Twentysomething|last=Collins|first=James|date=16 March 1998|access-date=1 February 2026|work=Time (magazine)}}</ref> After working as writers for the shows ''L.A. Law'' (1986–1994) and ''Sisters'' (1991–1996), Lippman and Keyser were asked by Fox to develop a series about young orphans, which became ''Party of Five'' (1994–2000), a primetime drama that aired on for six seasons. In 1996, ''Party of Five'' won the Golden Globe Award for Best Drama Series. Lippman and Keyser received the Humanitas Prize for the episode "Thanksgiving", in which the main characters confront the drunk driver that was responsible for their parent's deaths.

Lippman also worked with Keyser also developed the television dramas ''Significant Others'' (1998) and ''Time of Your Life'' (1999–2000), a spin-off of ''Party of Five'' starring Love Hewitt's character Sarah leaving San Francisco in favor of New York and searching for the biological family she never even knew she had.

Lippman has since worked on a variety of shows, including ''In Treatment'' (2008–2010) and ''Masters of Sex'' (2013–2016), a Showtime series based on the sex researchers William Masters and Virginia Johnson for which Lippman served as executive producer''.''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Susanne Daniels and Amy Lippman discuss their careers in television {{!}} Harvard Magazine|url=https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2015/01/lives-in-television|website=www.harvardmagazine.com|date=2015-01-23|access-date=2026-02-02|language=en|first=Laura|last=Levis}}</ref> She oversaw the 2020 reboot of ''Party of Five'', which dealt with immigration.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Freeform’s ‘Party of Five’: TV Review|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/reviews/party-of-five-reboot-review-freeform-1203458697/|website=Variety|date=2020-01-08|access-date=2026-02-02|language=en-US|first=Caroline|last=Framke}}</ref> In 2023, it was announced that she would be writer and showrunner for a television adaption of ''Three Identical Strangers''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ben Stiller Poised To Play Title Roles In ‘Three Identical Strangers’ Limited Series From Amy Lippman & Sony TV|url=https://deadline.com/2023/02/ben-stiller-star-title-roles-three-identical-strangers-limited-series-amy-lippman-sony-tv-1235251379/|website=Deadline|date=2023-02-06|access-date=2026-02-02|language=en-US|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva}}</ref>

== Personal life == Lippman is married to American actor, writer, director, and producer Rodman Flender.<ref>[http://newsok.com/article/3589624 The Oklahoman: "A boxy stucco eyesore is transformed into a modern, spacious charmer" by Lisa Boone] July 30, 2011{{404|date=February 2025}}</ref> Together, they have one son, Haskell Flender, who was named after cinematographer Haskell Wexler.<ref>{{cite web|last=Siegel|first=Tatiana|url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/anna-delvey-interview-house-arrest-felonies-freedom-1235695552/|title=Reinventing Anna Delvey: How House Arrest, Being Hated and Yearning for Freedom Is Changing the Scammer|date=August 15, 2023|work=Variety|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240110165848/https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/anna-delvey-interview-house-arrest-felonies-freedom-1235695552/ |archive-date=January 10, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://issuu.com/harvardlampoon/docs/hyyyqpml___for_site_2_|title=The Hey You, Yeah You, Quit Pulling My Leg #|magazine=The Harvard Lampoon|page=6|volume=CXLII|date=March 3, 2019|access-date=January 24, 2025|archive-date=January 24, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250124140138/https://issuu.com/harvardlampoon/docs/hyyyqpml___for_site_2_|url-status=dead}}</ref> Her nephew by marriage is Academy Award-nominated actor Timothée Chalamet. She is politically conscious and has donated to Democratic candidates and causes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amy Lippman - $7,050 in Political Contributions for 2008|url=https://www.campaignmoney.com/political/contributions/amy-lippman.asp?cycle=08|access-date=2025-02-27|website=www.campaignmoney.com}}</ref>

== Awards == *1995 Humanitas Prize for ''Party of Five'' with Christopher Keyser.<ref>[http://www.humanitasprize.org/Prize_PastWinners.html Humanitas Prize Winners (60 Minutes)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406055244/http://www.humanitasprize.org/Prize_PastWinners.html |date=2010-04-06}} </ref>

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== External links == *{{IMDb name|0513658}}

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