Cindy Chupack is a screenwriter and film director who has won three Golden Globes and two Emmys for her work as a writer/executive producer of HBO's ''

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'' and writer/co-executive producer of

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's ''

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''.

Early years

Chupack was born and raised in Tulsa, living there until she graduated from Edison High School. Although she moved away, and currently lives in California, she says she maintains close ties to high school girl friends, many of whom still live in Tulsa. She still credits her third-grade teacher, Virginia Davis, at Waite Phillips Elementary School, by praising her skill at writing. Chupack said in an interview that this encouraged her to pursue her dream of becoming a professional writer.Eaton, Kristi and Anna Holton Dean. "The road to fame." ''Tulsa People''. March 2019. Accessed March 22, 2019.
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Career

Several episodes she penned—namely, ''

''s "Evolution", "Attack of the 5'10" Woman", "Just Say Yes", "Plus One is the Loneliest Number", "I Love a Charade", and "Splat!", and ''

''s "Little Bo Bleep"—were individually nominated for Writer's Guild and/or Emmy awards. Chupack also worked on ''

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'' as a writer/co-executive producer. In May 2010,

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announced it had commenced production of '' Love Bites'', a television series created by Chupack for the NBC network. Her first book, ''The Between Boyfriends Book'', was published by

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. Her second book, a comic memoir about marriage entitled ''The Longest Date: Life as a Wife'', was published by Viking in January 2014. She has also written humorous essays for ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Harper's Bazaar'', ''

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'', '' Allure'', '' Slate'', and '' Glamour''. In April 2018, it was announced Chupack would make her directorial debut on ''

Otherhood ''Otherhood'' is a 2019 American comedy film, directed by Cindy Chupack, from a screenplay by Chupack and Mark Andrus. It is based upon the 2008 novel ''Whatever Makes You Happy'' by William Sutcliffe, and follows three suburban mothers who sho ...

'', with

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, Angela Bassett and Felicity Huffman starring.

Personal life

Chupack is from

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. She received a journalism degree from

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where she was a member of

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. Chupack now lives in Marina del Rey, California.Middleton, Nicole Marshall. "These bigtime stars are funny and they're from Oklahoma." June 11, 2014.
Accessed March 22, 2019.

References

External links

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Official website
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Early years

Career

Personal life

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