Dana Coen, co-executive producer of the long-running CBS series “JAG” (1997 to 2005) and “Bones” (2005), has joined the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Dana Coen, co-executive producer of the long-running CBS series “JAG” (1997 to 2005) and “Bones” (2005), has joined the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
A television writer/producer, screenwriter, playwright and stage actor/director, Coen will teach in the writing for the screen and stage program. He was named an adjunct assistant professor of communication studies in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences.
UNC students interested in earning a minor in writing for the screen and stage must apply by Feb. 20 for the 2009-2010 academic year. For information and application instructions, visit http://comm.unc.edu/undergraduate/minor.
Coen has more than 20 years of experience in television. He wrote for the prime-time series “NCIS,” “Room for Two,” “Carol & Company” and “The Wonder Years” and for the daytime soap opera “General Hospital.” From 1988 to 1990, he worked for the Walt Disney Company developing comedy series. He has written pilots for ABC, NBC, Fox, Jim Henson, Paramount Television and MCA Television.
He won the Jewish Image Award for his JAG episode “The Promised Land” and the Movie Guide Epiphany Prize for another, “Second Sight.”
Coen also has written, produced and directed plays for theater companies in Los Angeles and New York. As an actor, he toured in the Broadway musical “Shenandoah” and has appeared in regional theatres across the country.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in broadcasting and film at Boston University and a master’s in fine arts at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Theatre.
“We are fortunate to be able to bring Dana Coen to Chapel Hill,” said David Sontag, a longtime Hollywood producer and writer who directs the writing for the screen and stage program. “He has it all and can share with our students a lifetime of experience as a producer, screen and TV writer, playwright, director and actor.”
Note: Coen can be reached at (919) 843-9250, rcoen@email.unc.edu.
College of Arts and Sciences contact: Dee Reid, (919) 843-6339, deereid@unc.edu
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