Yvette Lee Bowser
Yvette Lee Bowser | |
|---|---|
| Born | Yvette Denise Lee June 9, 1965 |
| Education | Stanford University(BA) |
| Occupation(s) | Television producer,screenwriter |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Known for | A Different World Living Single Half & Half Black-ish Dear White People Run the World |
| Spouse |
Kyle Bowser (m.1994) |
Yvette Denise Lee Bowser(born 1965)[1]is an American television writer and producer best known for creating theFoxsitcomLiving Single.Early in her career, worked onThe Cosby Showspin-offA Different World.WithLiving Single,she became the first African-American woman to develop her own primetime series.[2]
Career
[edit]Bowser started onA Different Worldin 1987 as one of a number of apprentices, rising in prominence in the production company over the years and eventually becoming producer by the 1991–92 season.[3]She left the show to take a position withHangin' with Mr. Cooper.
Bowser created her own company, Sister Lee Productions, which produced or co-produced her later shows,Living SingleandHalf & Half.She has said in an interview that she draws many of her characters and plots from her own and her friends' personal experiences.[4]She has said, "I just basically rip pages out of my diary to tell stories on TV."[5]In the case ofHalf & Half,for example, the writer based the characters Mona and Dee-Dee on herself and an older half-sister, and plot ideas came from her experience as the youngest child in a blended family.[5]
Through Sister Lee Productions, Bowser served asshowrunner[6]for the critically acclaimed Netflix seriesDear White People,adapted withJustin Simienfrom his film of the same name. [7][8][9][10]In 2020, she became the showrunner on the Starz original seriesRun the World,created byLeigh Davenport.[11][12]
Personal life
[edit]Bowser lived inPhiladelphia'sCarroll Parkneighborhood until age 5, when she and her mother moved to California.[13]Bowser graduated fromSanta Monica High Schoolin 1983.[14]She attended withHolly Robinson,who was a part of theHangin' with Mr. Coopercast and later starred inFor Your Love.[15]Bowser also attended with her friendLori Petty,whom she later cast in her sitcomLush Life.[14]
After high school, Bowser attendedStanford Universitywhere, in spring 1986, she pledged the Xi Beta chapter ofAlpha Kappa Alphasorority.[16]
Yvette Lee married producer Kyle Bowser in 1994. The two worked together onLiving Single,Half & Half,andFor Your Love.[17]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991–1992 | A Different World | Producer, Program Consultant | 25 episodes |
| 1993 | Hangin' with Mr. Cooper | Producer | 17 episodes |
| 1993 | The Wayans Bros. | Executive Consultant | 17 episodes |
| 1993–1998 | Living Single | Creator, Executive Producer | 105 episodes |
| 1996 | Lush Life | Creator, Executive Producer | 7 episodes |
| 1998–2002 | For Your Love | Creator, Executive Producer | 84 episodes |
| 2002–2006 | Half & Half | Executive Producer | 91 episodes |
| 2008–2009 | Lipstick Jungle | Consulting Producer | 11 episodes |
| 2012 | The Exes | Consulting Producer | 12 episodes |
| 2012–2013 | Happily Divorced | Consulting Producer | 12 episodes |
| 2014–2016 | Black-ish | Consulting Producer | 3 episodes |
| 2017–2019 | Dear White People | Executive Producer | 30 episodes |
| 2021 | Run the World | Executive Producer | 8 episodes |
References
[edit]- ^Kranz, Rachel (2004).African-American Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs.Infobase Publishing. p. 23.ISBN9781438107790.Retrieved25 March2020.
- ^Gregory, Deborah. ""Yvette Lee Bowser: the sister who took 'Living Single' straight to the top! - African American television producer".Essence.December 1994.
- ^Brown, Malaika. (April–May 1995). "Sisterhood televised: Yvette Lee Bowser and the voices she listens to - creator and executive producer of the TV show, 'Living Single'".American Visions.
- ^Perkins, Ken Parish (March 29, 1998). "Yvette Lee Bowser's 'For Your Love' Breaks Sitcom Color Barriers".Fort Worth News-Telegram.The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, Iowa).
- ^abWalker, Nicole (March 15, 2004). "Two sisters, two different moms—TV's 'half & half' takes a fresh look at the blended black family".Jet.Archived fromthe originalon January 23, 2005.
- ^Young, Danielle (27 April 2017)."From A Different World to Dear White People: Meet the Black-TV-Series Whisperer, Yvette Lee Bowser".theroot.The Root.Retrieved16 January2019.
- ^"Dear White People(2017) ".Rotten Tomatoes.RetrievedMay 22,2018.
- ^"Dear White People: Season 1 reviews".Metacritic.RetrievedMay 3,2017.
- ^"Dear White PeopleSeason 2 ".Rotten Tomatoes.RetrievedJune 30,2018.
- ^"Dear White People: Season 2 reviews".Metacritic.RetrievedJune 3,2018.
- ^Low, Elaine (30 January 2020)."Starz Gives Series Order to Yvette Lee Bowser Comedy 'Run the World'".variety.Variety.Retrieved26 October2021.
- ^Venable, Malcolm (14 June 2021)."Why Yvette Lee Bowser Wanted to Make 'Run the World'".msn.MSN.Retrieved26 October2021.
- ^Shea, Kathleen (October 15, 1993). "A Single-minded Passion for Success".Philadelphia Daily News.p. 83.
- ^abPennington, Gail (July 22, 1996). "Fox Makes Plans for 'Super' Season".St. Louis Post-Dispatch.p. 6E.
- ^Bobbin, Jay (March 15, 1998). "Couples Live 'For Your Love'".The Palm Beach Post(West Palm Beach, Florida).
- ^"Xi Beta Legacy".Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Xi Beta Chapter.2016. Archived fromthe originalon July 3, 2105.
- ^Holmes, Kristin E.The Bible's fresh voice,Philadelphia Inquirer,Nov. 4, 2006
External links
[edit]| International | |
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| National | |
- Television producers from California
- American women television producers
- American women television writers
- African-American screenwriters
- American television writers
- 1965 births
- Living people
- American women screenwriters
- Writers from Philadelphia
- People from Santa Monica, California
- Stanford University alumni
- 20th-century American screenwriters
- 20th-century American women writers
- 21st-century American screenwriters
- 21st-century American women writers
- African-American women screenwriters