Karen Maser
Karen Maser is an American television writer and producer. She has worked extensively on the NBC medical drama ER and the CBS crime drama Criminal Minds.
Biography
Maser began her television career as a freelance writer. She wrote an episode of Cosby entitled "The Perfect Valentine" in 2000. She wrote an episode for the eleventh season of ER in 2005 entitled "You Are Here".[1] She also contributed an episode to the twelfth season entitled "Out on a Limb".[2]
She was hired as a staff writer for the thirteenth season of ER. As a permanent crew member she wrote two further episodes - "Tell Me No Secrets"[3] and "Photographs and Memories".[4] She returned as a story editor for the fourteenth season. She wrote three episodes personally - "In A Different Light",[5] "Skye's The Limit",[6] and "Truth Will Out".[7] She was promoted to executive story editor part way through the fourteenth season. She joined the production team as a co-producer for the fifteenth and final season. She wrote the episode "Haunted".[8]
In 2015, Maser was hired as a writer and co-executive producer at the start of the eleventh Season of Criminal Minds. She wrote two episodes for the eleventh season ("'Til Death Do Us Part" and "Drive") and she wrote three episodes for the twelfth Season ("Taboo", "Scarecrow" and "Alpha Male").
Filmography
Producer
| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–2018 | Criminal Minds | Co-executive producer | Season 13 Season 12 Season 11 |
| 2008 | ER | Co-producer | Season 15 |
| Executive story editor | Season 14 | ||
| 2007 | Story editor | ||
| Staff Writer | Season 13 | ||
| 2006 | |||
Writer
| Year | Show | Episode | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Criminal Minds | "All You Can Eat" | Season 13, episode 20 |
| "Bad Moon on the Rise" | Season 13, episode 12 | ||
| 2017 | "The Bunker" | Season 13, episode 5 | |
| "Alpha Male" | Season 12, episode 15 | ||
| 2016 | "Scarecrow" | Season 12, episode 8 | |
| "Taboo" | Season 12, episode 3 | ||
| "Drive" | Season 11, episode 12 | ||
| 2015 | "'Til Death Do Us Part" | Season 11, episode 3 | |
| 2008 | ER | "Haunted"[8] | Season 15, episode 5 |
| "Truth Will Out"[7] | Season 14, episode 16 | ||
| 2007 | "Skye's The Limit"[6] | Season 14, episode 9 | |
| "In A Different Light"[5] | Season 14, episode 2 | ||
| "Photographs and Memories"[4] | Season 13, episode 18 | ||
| 2006 | "Tell Me No Secrets"[3] | Season 13, episode 10 | |
| 2005 | "Out on a Limb"[2] | Season 12, episode 16 | |
| 2004 | "You Are Here"[1] | Season 11, episode 20 | |
| 2000 | Cosby | "The Perfect Valentine" | Season 4, episode 16 |
Awards/Nominations
Maser won a 2008 Prism Award.
References
- Ernest R Dickerson (director); Karen Maser, Dee Johnson (writers) (2005-05-05). "You Are Here". ER. Season 11. Episode 20. NBC.
- Lesli Linka Glatter (director); Karen Maser (writer) (2006-03-16). "Out on a Limb". ER. Season 12. Episode 16. NBC.
- Laura Innes (director); Karen Maser (writer) (2006-11-30). "Tell Me No Secrets". ER. Season 13. Episode 10. NBC.
- Stephen Cragg (director); Karen Maser (writers) (2007-04-12). "Photographs and Memories". ER. Season 13. Episode 18. NBC.
- Richard Thorpe (director); Lisa Zwerling, Karen Maser (writers) (2007-10-04). "In A Different Light". ER. Season 14. Episode 2. NBC.
- Paul McCrane (director); Karen Maser (writer) (2007-11-29). "Skye's The Limit". ER. Season 14. Episode 9. NBC.
- Andrew Bernstein (director); Karen Maser (Story), Karen Maser & Lisa Zwerling (Teleplay) (2008-04-24). "Truth Will Out". ER. Season 14. Episode 16. NBC.
- Christopher Chulack (director); Karen Maser (writer) (2008-10-30). "Haunted". ER. Season 15. Episode 5. NBC.
External links
- "IMDb | Help". us.imdb.com. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
- "WireImage.com – The Largest Entertainment Photo & Video Archive". Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
- "into africa". Archived from the original on 2006-10-01. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
- "ER". theage.com.au. 15 January 2008. Retrieved 2020-12-23.