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Elaine Arata

  • Producer
  • Writer
  • Additional Crew
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Elaine Arata is known for The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008), The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1987) and Gilmore Girls (2000).
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    Known for

    Shailene Woodley and Daren Kagasoff in The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008)
    The Secret Life of the American Teenager
    4.9
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Blair Brown in The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1987)
    The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Alexis Bledel and Lauren Graham in Gilmore Girls (2000)
    Gilmore Girls
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Rue McClanahan, Gregory Harrison, Orlando Brown, Christopher Khayman Lee, Chyler Leigh, and Jamie Williams in Safe Harbor (1999)
    Safe Harbor
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Producer

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    Producer

    • Shailene Woodley and Daren Kagasoff in The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008)
      The Secret Life of the American Teenager
      4.9
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • consulting producer
      • 2008–2013
    • Jessica Biel, Beverley Mitchell, Barry Watson, David Gallagher, Catherine Hicks, Mackenzie Rosman, and Happy in 7th Heaven (1996)
      7th Heaven
      5.3
      TV Series
      • consulting producer
      • 2001–2007
    • Rue McClanahan, Gregory Harrison, Orlando Brown, Christopher Khayman Lee, Chyler Leigh, and Jamie Williams in Safe Harbor (1999)
      Safe Harbor
      7.6
      TV Series
      • supervising producer
      • 1999
    • Bonnie Hunt in Bonnie (1995)
      Bonnie
      7.4
      TV Series
      • supervising producer
      • 1995–1996
    • Love and Marriage
      7.4
      TV Series
      • supervising producer
      • 1996
    • Gary Busey, Michael Paré, and Wendii Fulford in Warriors (1994)
      Warriors
      4.4
      • co-producer
      • 1994
    • The Building (1993)
      The Building
      7.0
      TV Series
      • supervising producer
      • 1993
    • Kate Capshaw in Black Tie Affair (1993)
      Black Tie Affair
      7.5
      TV Series
      • supervising producer
      • 1993
    • Shelley Long and Treat Williams in Good Advice (1993)
      Good Advice
      6.6
      TV Series
      • supervising producer
      • 1993
    • Jami Gertz, Margaret Colin, Marsha Mason, and Alex Rocco in Sibs (1991)
      Sibs
      6.8
      TV Series
      • co-producer
      • 1991–1992
    • Blair Brown in The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1987)
      The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
      8.1
      TV Series
      • co-producer
      • 1988–1991
    • Lisa Bonet, Bill Cosby, Tempestt Bledsoe, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Phylicia Rashad, and Malcolm-Jamal Warner in The Cosby Show (1984)
      The Cosby Show
      7.4
      TV Series
      • co-producer
      • 1990–1991
    • Geena Davis in Sara (1985)
      Sara
      6.2
      TV Series
      • associate producer
      • 1985

    Writer

    • Carsyn Rose in Amber Brown (2022)
      Amber Brown
      5.7
      TV Series
      • story by
      • 2022
    • Shailene Woodley and Daren Kagasoff in The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008)
      The Secret Life of the American Teenager
      4.9
      TV Series
      • written by
      • teleplay
      • story
      • 2008–2013
    • Jessica Biel, Beverley Mitchell, Barry Watson, David Gallagher, Catherine Hicks, Mackenzie Rosman, and Happy in 7th Heaven (1996)
      7th Heaven
      5.3
      TV Series
      • written by
      • writer
      • 1999–2007
    • Alexis Bledel and Lauren Graham in Gilmore Girls (2000)
      Gilmore Girls
      8.2
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2001
    • Rue McClanahan, Gregory Harrison, Orlando Brown, Christopher Khayman Lee, Chyler Leigh, and Jamie Williams in Safe Harbor (1999)
      Safe Harbor
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 1999
    • Love and Marriage
      7.4
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 1996
    • Bonnie Hunt in Bonnie (1995)
      Bonnie
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 1995
    • The Building (1993)
      The Building
      7.0
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 1993
    • Jami Gertz, Margaret Colin, Marsha Mason, and Alex Rocco in Sibs (1991)
      Sibs
      6.8
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 1992
    • Blair Brown in The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1987)
      The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
      8.1
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 1989–1991
    • Lisa Bonet, Bill Cosby, Tempestt Bledsoe, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Phylicia Rashad, and Malcolm-Jamal Warner in The Cosby Show (1984)
      The Cosby Show
      7.4
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 1991

    Additional Crew

    • Alexis Bledel and Lauren Graham in Gilmore Girls (2000)
      Gilmore Girls
      8.2
      TV Series
      • consultant
      • 2001
    • Blair Brown in The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1987)
      The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
      8.1
      TV Series
      • story editor
      • assistant to producer
      • 1988–1990
    • Michael J. Fox, Justine Bateman, Meredith Baxter, Tina Yothers, and Michael Gross in Family Ties (1982)
      Family Ties
      7.3
      TV Series
      • production assistant
      • 1982–1987

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    • Alternative names
      • Elaine Arata Akemi

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