Janine Ditullio
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Janine Ditullio is an American comedy writer, voice actress, and stand-up comedian. She has been nominated for six Emmy Awards and won two Writers Guild of America Awards for her writing on Late Night with Conan O'Brien .
Career
As a stand-up comedian from Massachusetts, Ditullio has performed in the Boston area, including at the Catch a Rising Star club,[1][2] several Boston First Night events,[2] the Comedy Studio,[3] and a fundraiser with Paula Poundstone, Jimmy Tingle, and Jonathan Katz for the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts.[4] In New York City, she twice performed at the King Sized Laundromat and Dry Cleaners during Spin Cycle Comedy evenings in the late 1990s.[5]
In 1994, Ditullio joined The Jon Stewart Show as a writer, and in 1995, then became a writer for Late Night with Conan O'Brien.[6][7] She was the first woman hired as a writer at each show.[6] She was a writer at Late Night with Conan O'Brien until 2001,[7] and part of the team that wrote the nightly monologue.[2] She also wrote for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon from May through November 2010.[7]
She was also the voice of Paula Small in the animated series Home Movies, replacing the original voice actress, Paula Poundstone.[7][8][9] She played a scientist who stabs monkeys on the Onion News Network.[10] In 2012, she joined Superjail! as the writing director.[11] Ditullio wrote the Metalocalypse episode "Dethmas" with show creator Brendon Small, along with several other scripts for seasons three and four of the series.[12]
Both Ditullio and her writing partner Kelly Kimball served as co-executive producers on the short lived ABC series My Kind of Town starring Johnny Vaughan.[13]
Ditullio is also the founder of Chirpbug, an interactive online technology.[7]
Awards and honors
| Year | Show | Award | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program | Nominee | [14] |
| Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy-Variety Talk Series | Winner | [15] | ||
| 1997 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program | Nominee | [14] | |
| 1998 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program | Nominee | [14] | |
| Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy-Variety Talk Series | Shortlist | [16] | ||
| 1999 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program | Nominee | [14] | |
| Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy-Variety Talk Series | Winner | [17] | ||
| 2000 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Program | Nominee | [14] | |
| Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy-Variety Talk Series | Shortlist | [18][19] | ||
| 2001 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Program | Nominee | [14] |
Filmography
| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994–1995 | The Jon Stewart Show | Writer | 5 episodes |
| 1995–2001 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Writer | 464 episodes |
| 2001 | Home Movies | Writer | 7 episodes |
| 2001–2004 | Home Movies | Actress: Paula Small | 47 episodes |
| 2005 | My Kind of Town | Head writer | 5 episodes |
| 2010 | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Writer | 84 episodes |
| 2009–2010 | Metalocalypse | Writer | 14 episodes |
| 2012 | Superjail! | Writer[20] | 4 episodes |
| 2012 | Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell | Producer | 2 episodes |
References
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