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Janine Nabers is an American playwright and television writer. Early life[edit] Nabers was born in Houston, Texas to Janet and Cornelius Nabers. She attended Alief Elsik High School in Houston. Nabers has a BA in theater from Ithaca College and an MFA in playwriting from The New School.
Janine Nabers. Producer: Swarm. A New Yorker. Also a playwright and librettist. Was a two time Lila Acheson Wallace fellow at The Juilliard School from 2011-2013. In 2014 she was the winner of the Yale Drama Series Prize for her play "Serial Black Face." A writer for Bravo's first scripted series: Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce.
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Mar 20, 2023 · And if you ask the seven-episode series’ showrunner, who co-created the show with Donald Glover (aka rapper Childish Gambino), Janine Nabers tells The Hollywood Reporter she expected nothing...
Mar 21, 2023 · Janine Nabers co-created Swarm, a limited series about a Black woman obsessed with a pop star, for Amazon Prime. She talks to Sam Sanders about the show's provocative themes, Houston setting, and Beyoncé factor.
Mar 23, 2023 · Janine Nabers, who co-created Swarm with Donald Glover, talks to EW about the challenges and rewards of telling a story about a Black woman who kills for love. She also discusses the show's genre-bending, the documentary episode, and the representation of Black women in TV.
- Lester Fabian Brathwaite
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Jan 12, 2024 · Janine Nabers, the showrunner and cocreator of the Emmy-nominated Prime Video series Swarm, talks to TheWrap about her passion for TV, the writers' strike and the importance of giving writers agency. She also reveals how the strike ended the practice of mini-rooms and changed the business for a new generation of storytelling.
Jun 30, 2021 · The 'Watchmen' and 'Atlanta' alum will develop, produce, and write TV projects for the streamer. Her first project is 'Syd', a thriller about a Black tech CEO, co-created with Etan Marciano.
