Elaine Ko is an American

television writer A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. T ...

and producer.

Early life

Ko is a

Korean American Korean Americans are Americans of Korean ancestry (mostly from South Korea). In 2015, the Korean-American community constituted about 0.56% of the United States population, or about 1.82 million people, and was the fifth-largest Asian American ...

Career

Ko's TV career began on the sitcom '' Back to You'', where she was a writing assistant. From there, she was a staff writer on '' Do Not Disturb'' and '' Family Guy''. Her main breakthrough was with ''

Modern Family ''Modern Family'' is an American family sitcom television series created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan for the American Broadcasting Company. It ran for 11 seasons, from September 23, 2009, to April 8, 2020. It follows the lives of th ...

'' (2011–20), where she worked as executive story editor, staff writer, producer, and executive producer. She also made an acting cameo, playing a receptionist in " The Future Dunphys" (2013), and directed two episodes ("Whanex?" and "The Prescott", 2019 and 2020). With ''Modern Family'', Ko was the co-winner of seven awards:

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series is an annual award given to the best television comedy series of the year. From 1960 to 1964, this category was combined with the Comedy Specials (one time programs) category so that both type ...

(twice), the American Comedy Award for Comedy Writing, the 2013

Humanitas Prize The Humanitas Prize is an award for film and television writing, and is given to writers whose work explores the human condition in a nuanced and meaningful way. It began in 1974 with Father Ellwood "Bud" Kieser—also the founder of Paulist P ...

(30 Minute Category), an Online Film & Television Association Award for Best Writing in a Comedy Series, a PGA Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy, and a

WGA Award WGA may refer to: In arts and entertainment: * Web Gallery of Art * Writers Guild of Alberta * Writers Guild of America, an American union ** Writers Guild of America, East ** Writers Guild of America, West Other uses: * Wagga Wagga Airport ...

for Best Comedy Series Writing. She was also the individual winner of the Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Comedy for "

Virgin Territory ''Virgin Territory'' is a 2007 romantic comedy film directed by David Leland and starring Hayden Christensen, Mischa Barton, Tim Roth, Rosalind Halstead and Kate Groombridge. Based upon Giovanni Boccaccio's ''Decameron'', it has also been know ...

", and was nominated in 2013 for "

Farm Strong "Farm Strong" is the fourth episode of the fifth season of the American sitcom ''Modern Family'', and the series' 100th overall. It was aired on October 9, 2013. The episode was written by Elaine Ko and directed by Alisa Statman and deals with t ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ko, Elaine American television producers American women television producers American television writers American women television writers American people of Korean descent