{{short description|American television writer and producer}} {{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see :Template:Infobox writer/doc --> | image = Gabrielle Stanton by Gage Skidmore.jpg | name = Gabrielle Stanton | birth_place = South Orange, New Jersey | occupation = Television producer, screenwriter | nationality = American | alma_mater = Barnard College | notableworks = ''Grey's Anatomy'', ''Ugly Betty'', ''Haven'', ''The Vampire Diaries'', ''The Flash'', ''The Summer I Turned Pretty'' | spouse = Harry Werksman (divorced) }} '''Gabrielle Gail Stanton''' (born in South Orange, New Jersey) is an American television writer and producer. She is known for her work on the ABC series ''Grey's Anatomy'' and ''Ugly Betty'', for The CW{{'}}s ''The Flash'', and for Syfy{{'}}s Stephen King adaptation series ''Haven''.
==Life and career== After attending the all-girls Kent Place School in Summit, New Jersey and graduating from the women's Barnard College and Columbia University in Manhattan, New York, Stanton worked as the national publicity coordinator in the New York office of the Public Broadcasting Service until 1991.<ref name=married>{{cite news| url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE0D71E38F937A25754C0A967958260| title = Gabrielle G. Stanton Is Married in England| access-date = 2008-03-08| date = 14 July 1991| newspaper = The New York Times}}</ref> In 1992 she made her way into the film industry as the assistant to writer-producer George Zaloom on the film ''Encino Man'' and later appeared in the 1998 film ''Free Enterprise'' in a minor role as the character "Gabrielle", while her then husband and writing partner Harry Werksman also appeared in the film as "Harry". She also worked on the movie Edward Scissorhands. It was also in 1998 that she broke into television. Her first job was on ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', which she followed with writing positions on ''V.I.P.'' and the science fiction series ''Earth: Final Conflict'', ''Farscape'', ''The Invisible Man'' and ''Veritas: The Quest'', in the latter two of which she also served as co-producer. She wrote the teleplay for the made-for-television movie ''Deathlands'' before she was hired as a writer and producer for the medical drama series ''Grey's Anatomy'', for which she made her debut with the 2005 episodes "Who's Zoomin' Who" and "Much Too Much".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.greyswriters.com/2005/11/from_gabrielle_.html |title=From Gabrielle Stanton & Harry Werksman, writers of "Much Too Much" |access-date=2008-03-08 |author=Gabrielle Stanton & Harry Werksman |date=28 November 2005 |publisher=Grey Matter |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080318235400/http://www.greyswriters.com/2005/11/from_gabrielle_.html |archive-date=2008-03-18 }}</ref> Her work on ''Grey's Anatomy'' earned her a shared Primetime Emmy Award nomination with the other production crew members in the Outstanding Drama Series category<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/awards_festivals/emmys/nominations/2006.jsp |title=58th Annual Emmy Award winners and nominees |access-date=2008-03-08 |year=2006 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011092122/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/awards_festivals/emmys/nominations/2006.jsp |archive-date=October 11, 2007 }}</ref> and one Writers Guild of America Award and two nominations; nominations in 2006 and 2007 for Dramatic Series, and a win in 2006 in the New Series category.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1517 |title=Writers Guild Awards: 2006 Awards Winners |access-date=2008-03-08 |date=2008 |publisher=Writers Guild of America, west |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503192836/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1517 |archive-date=2012-05-03 }}</ref> She moved from ''Grey's Anatomy'' to the dramedy series ''Ugly Betty'' in 2007, writing the episode "Petra-Gate" and serving as a supervising producer for eight other episodes. She and the other ''Ugly Betty'' producers were nominated in 2007 for a Primetime Emmy Award in the Outstanding Comedy Series category.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/awards_festivals/emmys/nominations/2007.jsp |title=59th Annual Emmy Award winners and nominees |access-date=2008-03-08 |year=2007 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011085424/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/awards_festivals/emmys/nominations/2007.jsp |archive-date=October 11, 2007 }}</ref>
Stanton also worked on the CBS television series ''Moonlight'', for which she wrote three episodes and served as first co-executive producer, then executive producer. Upon its cancellation in May 2008,<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.eonline.com/gossip/kristin/detail/index.jsp?uuid=bcd23d80-5b18-48f7-b51d-849b9ce82e17| title = Exclusive: Moonlight Producers Confirm Cancellation| author = Kristin Dos Santos| author-link = Kristin Dos Santos| access-date = 2008-06-05| date = 13 May 2008| publisher = E!}}</ref> she served as co-executive producer on the ABC series ''Castle'', then as consulting producer on The CW's ''The Vampire Diaries''. Stanton was a co-executive producer on the ABC series ''The Gates''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/tv-reviews/the-gates-tv-review-1004098948.story |title=The Gates -- TV Review |date=June 17, 2010 |last=Dawn |first=Randee |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=July 12, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100621073855/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/tv-reviews/the-gates-tv-review-1004098948.story |archive-date=June 21, 2010 }}</ref>
She served as showrunner for the Syfy series ''Haven'' over its five-season run. She then joined the writing team of The CW superhero drama ''The Flash'', where she also served as consulting producer for the last five episode of the first season. She co-wrote the teleplay for the season finale, along with showrunner Andrew Kreisberg, "Fast Enough". Entering its sophomore year. Stanton was promoted to co-showrunner/executive producer; co-writing the teleplay, again with Kreisberg, for the premiere, "The Man Who Saved Central City". Next she co-penned the pivotal sixth episode, "Enter Zoom", with story editor Brooke Eikmeier.<ref name="ep206">{{cite web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20151022cw04/|title=(#206) "Enter Zoom"|work=The Futon Critic|access-date=November 8, 2015}}</ref> At the conclusion of 2015, Stanton departed the series for uncited reasons. Prior to joining ''Flash'', Stanton had written a first-season episode of its parent-series ''Arrow'', "Trust But Verify".
==Personal life== Stanton and her former husband Harry Werksman announced their wedding plans in April 1991<ref>{{cite news| url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE0DC173AF937A25757C0A967958260| title = Gabrielle Stanton to Wed| access-date = 2008-03-08| date = 14 April 1991| newspaper = The New York Times}}</ref> and married in July 1991 in the chapel of New College at the University of Oxford, where Werksman had just received his master of letters degree in English history in June.<ref name=married/> They divorced in 2008. Her father is James Stanton, a lawyer,<ref name=married/> and she has a sister named Lexie.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.greyswriters.com/2006/03/from_harry_and_.html |title=From Gabrielle and Harry, writers of "Band-aid covers the bullet hole" |access-date=2008-03-08 |author=Gabrielle Stanton & Harry Werksman |date=13 March 2006 |publisher=Grey Matter |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080318235406/http://www.greyswriters.com/2006/03/from_harry_and_.html |archive-date=2008-03-18 }}</ref>
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0822748}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080318235411/http://www.greyswriters.com/gabrielle_stanton/index.html Grey Matter blog]
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