Diane English
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Diane English (born May 18, 1948; Buffalo, New York) is an Emmy Award-winning American television producer, writer, and film director best known for creating and producing the television series Murphy Brown, which ran from 1988 to 1998.
The daughter of Richard and Anne English, Diane graduated from Nardin Academy in Buffalo, New York, and then from Buffalo State College in 1970. She was a writer and producer on the television series My Sister Sam, which ran from 1986 to 1988. In 1988, she created the television series Murphy Brown, for which she won one Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series and two for Outstanding Comedy Series. In 1992, English stirred up controversy when the title character of Murphy Brown decided to have a child out of wedlock. Vice President Dan Quayle strongly voiced his disapproval of this decision, opining that English was mocking the importance of a father's role in the rearing of a child. Quayle was also joined in his protest by English's brother Richard English, who is a Baptist preacher in Western New York. Several years later, President Bill Clinton stated that Quayle made some valid points in his remarks.
In 2007, English began shooting The Women, her feature film directorial debut. The comedy, which is a remake of the 1939 George Cukor film of the same name, stars Meg Ryan, Eva Mendes, and Annette Bening, and will be released in 2008.[1]
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