Gillian Horvath
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| birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.
| education = Yale University
| occupation = Television writer/producer
| years_active = 1989-present
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Gillian Horvath (born April 12, 1966) is a television writer and producer in the United States and Canada.
Background
Horvath was born and raised in New York City{{cite web|title=Gillian Horvath - Biography|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0395741/bio|website=IMDb.com|accessdate=25 April 2015}} Her mother was a social worker;{{cite web|title=Writer - Gillian Horvath|url=http://www.xenaville.com/cast/horvath.html|website=Xenaville.com|accessdate=25 April 2015}} her father, producer/director Imre Horvath, was an editor and documentary producer at CBS News.{{cite web|title=Women In Film + Television Vancouver - Gillian Horvath|url=http://www.womeninfilm.ca/cgi/page.cgi/_membership.html/4887-Gillian-Horvath|website=WomenInFilm.ca|accessdate=25 April 2015}} Horvath attended Yale University, where she graduated cum laude from the film studies program.{{cite web|last1=Chow|first1=Jason|title=Sanctuary Media Kit|url=https://issuu.com/c_jason/docs/sanctuarymediakit|website=ISSUU.org|date=15 December 2011 |accessdate=25 April 2015|pages=14}} While attending Yale, she also held internships at NBC Entertainment and Universal Television.
Career
Horvath's first story made it to television in 1989.{{cite web|title=Miami Vice, Miracle Man - Full Cast and Crew|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0647097/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_wr#writers|website=IMDb.com|accessdate=25 April 2015}} In 1993, she joined the team of the Highlander TV series. She spent four seasons with the series, first as script coordinator and later as associate creative consultant, and she had a hand in creating some of the show's most enduring characters (including Adam Pierson and Alexa Bond).{{cite web|title=PWFC Road Trip Portland - guests|url=http://www.pwfc.org/roadtrip/Portland/guests.html|website=PWFC.org|accessdate=25 April 2015}} Horvath oversaw Highlander's tie-in novels and other ancillary products, and represented the series at media conventions around the world. She also edited (and contributed to) An Evening at Joe's, a collection of stories written by the cast and crew of the series.{{cite web|last1=Speakman|first1=Christine I.|title=An Evening at Joe's Review|url=http://www.rainofhearts.com/methos/eveningatjoesreview.html|website=Rainofhearts.com|accessdate=25 April 2015}}
Horvath has since served as writer-producer on a number of sci-fi and action shows, including Sanctuary and Flash Gordon.{{cite web|title=Gillian Horvath - Filmography - Producer|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0395741/#producer|website=IMDb.com|accessdate=25 April 2015}} Her other notable TV writing credits include scripts for Xena: Warrior Princess, Forever Knight, Quantum Leap, and the original Beverly Hills, 90210.{{cite web|title=Gillian Horvath - Filmography - Writer|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0395741/#writer|website=IMDb.com|accessdate=25 April 2015}}
During the 2007-08 WGA Strike, Horvath founded the Pink Hat Brigade, a group of female science-fiction and genre writers.{{cite web|title=Interview: Gillian Horvath (part two)|url=http://www.pinkraygun.com/interview-gillian-horvath-part-two/|website=PinkRaygun.com|date=24 January 2008|accessdate=25 April 2015}}{{cite web|title=TrekToday - WGA's Strike Sci-Fi Themed Day|url=http://www.trektoday.com/news/080208_05.shtml|website=TrekToday.com|date=8 February 2008|accessdate=25 April 2015}} Her original superhero creation, The Survivor, was introduced in the Chicks in Capes anthology of female superheroes written by women authors, published by Moonstone Books in 2011.{{cite web|last1=McDole|first1=Jill M|title=Chicks in Capes|url=http://www.impactonline.co/reviews/380-chicks-in-capes|website=impactonline.co|date=21 April 2011|accessdate=25 April 2015}}
In 2012, Horvath developed and executive produced Primeval: New World, the North American spin-off of the UK hit series Primeval.{{cite web|last1=Andreeva|first1=Nellie|title=Syfy, Hulu Acquire 'Primeval: New World'|url=https://deadline.com/2012/10/syfy-hulu-acquire-primeval-new-world-347320/|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=3 October 2012|access-date=25 April 2015}}{{cite web|last1=Moore|first1=Debi|title=Canadian Primeval Spinoff Primeval: New World Heading to Syfy This June|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/42775/canadian-primeval-spinoff-primeval-new-world-heading-to-syfy-this-june/|website=DreadCentral.com|date=28 March 2013|accessdate=25 April 2015}} She appeared as herself in the 2013 film FANomenon.{{cite web|title=FANomenon (2013) - Full Cast and Crew|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2772780/fullcredits|website=IMDb.com|accessdate=25 April 2015}} From 2015-2016, Horvath was co-executive producer on the final season of Beauty & the Beast for The CW in 2022.
In 2022, Horvath was the show runner and head writer on Supernatural Academy, an animated series on Peacock based on the bestselling books by Jaymin Eve.{{cite web| url=https://www.assignmentx.com/2022/supernatural-academy-showrunner-gillian-horvath-on-the-new-peacock-animated-series-exclusive-interview-part-1/| title=SUPERNATURAL ACADEMY: Showrunner Gillian Horvath on the new Peacock animated series – Exclusive interview – Part 1| last=Bernstein |first=Abbie |date={{date|March 15, 2022}} |website=Assignment X |publisher=Midnight Productions |access-date={{date|November 29, 2023}}}} Later that year, she served as co-executive producer of the award-winning Apple TV+ series Circuit Breakers.{{cite web |url=https://www.vraimagazine.com/apple-tv-unveils-trailer-for-sci-fi-anthology-series-circuit-breakers-ahead-of-friday-november-11-global-debut/ |title=Apple TV+ Unveils Trailer for Sci-Fi Anthology Series "Circuit Breakers" Ahead of Friday, November 11 Global Debut |author= |date={{date|October 28, 2022}} |website=VRAI Magazine |access-date={{date|November 29, 2023}}}}
Writing credits
=Television=
- Miami Vice (1989)
- Quantum Leap (1992)
- Beverly Hills, 90210 (1993)
- Forever Knight (1994-1996)
- Diagnosis: Murder (1996)
- Baywatch (1997)
- Xena: Warrior Princess (1998)
- Shadow Raiders (1999)
- Queen of Swords (2001)
- MythQuest (2001)
- Beastmaster (2002)
- Adventure Inc. (2002-2003)
- Largo Winch (2003)
- Andromeda (2004-2005)
- Young Blades (2005)
- Painkiller Jane (2007)
- Flash Gordon (2007-2008)
- Sanctuary (2010-2011)
- The Haunting Hour: The Series (2011-2012)
- Primeval: New World (2012-2013)
- Olympus (2015)
- Beauty and the Beast (2015-2016)
- Ships in the Night: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery (2020)
- Supernatural Academy (2022)
=Film=
- Highlander: Endgame (2000)
- On the Other Hand, Death (2008)
Awards and Nominations
Horvath's episode of Beverly Hills, 90210, "Perfectly Perfect," earned the 1993 Scott Newman Drug Abuse Prevention Award for its depiction of diet-pill abuse.{{cite web|title=Beverly Hills, 90210 - Series - Awards - TV Tango|url=http://www.tvtango.com/asc/beverly_hills_nine_oh_two_one_oh/awards/sort/yearAward?filters%5byearaward%5d=1993|website=TVtango.com|accessdate=25 April 2015}} Her 2008 detective feature, On the Other Hand, Death, was nominated for a 2009 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Television Movie.{{cite web|title=On the Other Hand, Death - Awards|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1238298/awards|website=IMDb.com|accessdate=25 April 2015}} Her script "The Book of Ruth" was recognized as one of 2019's top television pilot scripts on WeForShe's 5th annual WriteHer List.{{cite web|url=https://www.weforshe.org/2019-writeher-list|title=2019 WriteHer List|website=WeForShe|access-date=15 July 2019}} One of Horvath's episodes of Circuit Breakers, "Secret Ingredient," won the 2023 Leo Award for Best Screenwriting, Youth or Children's Program or Series, and the show itself won the 2023 Leo Award for Best Youth or Children's Program or Series.{{cite web |url=https://www.leoawards.com/2023/nominees_and_winners/nominees_and_winners_by_name_2023.php |title=2023 Nominees & Winners by Name |author= |website=LEO AWARDS |publisher=Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Foundation of British Columbia |access-date={{date|November 29, 2023}}}}
References
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External links
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- {{IMDb name|id=0395741|name=Gillian Horvath}}
- Interview at [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083736/http://www.pinkraygun.com/interview-gillian-horvath-behind-the-scenes-on-flash-gordon/ Pink Raygun.com]
- "Meet Gillian Horvath" at [http://www.wendyd.ca/meet-gillian-horvath/ Wendy D Photography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160515111239/http://www.wendyd.ca/meet-gillian-horvath/ |date=2016-05-15 }}
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Category:American women television writers
Category:American television writers
Category:American television producers
Category:American women television producers
Category:Canadian television writers
Category:Canadian television producers
Category:Yale University alumni
Category:21st-century American women writers