Ellen Levine (Production)

Ellen Levine began her career in entertainment working in feature films for Doty-Dayton Productions, where she wrote numerous television commercials for the company’s popular family films and then moved into media buying for radio and television. She eventually transitioned to production, coordinating many network pilots and series including The Fitzpatricks; as well as television movies, including, for ABC, More Than Friends starring Rob Reiner and Penny Marshall and Salvage starring Andy Griffith and Joel Higgins; and, for CBS, Blinded by the Light starring Kristi McNichol and Stand By Your Man, the Tammy Wynette story. Levine became especially interested in long-form docudrama and moved up to associate producer on the prestigious CBS film The Ordeal of Bill Carney starring Ray Sharkey and Richard Crenna. She continued as an associate producer on CBS’s The Gift of Life about surrogate parenting, starring Susan Dey; and White Water Rebels with James Brolin. She then began developing...Read More