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Semi Chellas (born 1969) is a director, writer, producer who has written for film, television and magazines. She was born in Palo Alto, California and grew up in Calgary, Alberta. She is known for her work on the television series Mad Men and her film adaptation of American Woman based on Susan Choi's novel of the same name. Education.
Semi Chellas is known for Bury the Lead (2002), Mad Men (2007) and The Life Before This (1999).
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This is the subject of Mad Men writer Semi Chellas's directing debut and Tribeca premiere, American Woman. Rather than follow Hearst as a protagonist, Chellas tells the story from the little-known Wendy Yoshimura's point of view.
Jun 27, 2019 · Director and screenwriter Semi Chellas is recontextualizing old characters, whether that's 1970s television icons Charlie's Angels or Shakespeare's most misunderstood young lady, Ophelia.
Aug 28, 2019 · Semi Chellas, the Canadian-American screenwriter of your favourite Mad Men episodes, was crossing a street in Manhattan in April when suddenly she found herself catapulted into the...
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Sep 15, 2020 · American Woman: Directed by Semi Chellas. With Hong Chau, Sarah Gadon, John Gallagher Jr., Lola Kirke. Inspired by the headline-dominating kidnapping of heiress Patty Hearst in 1974, this atmospheric drama is a fictionalized re-imagining of her time in hiding, from the perspective of Jenny, a political activist assigned to take care ...
Chellas is best known as a writer/Co-Executive Producer of MAD MEN, where she was nominated for six Emmys and shared the Writers Guild Award with creator Matthew Weiner. She joined...
