Etan Frankel is an American

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and

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and producer.

Career

Frankel got his start as a playwright, writing a number of plays including ''Create Fate'', ''The Fearless'', and ''Truth and Reconciliation'', which won the Williamstown Theatre Festival's 2006 Weissberger Playwriting Award. He began writing for television for the second season of ''

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'' in 2008. He wrote the episodes "There Might be Blood" and "The Grandfather". He joined the crew of '' Friday Night Lights'' as a writer for the series fourth season in 2009. He wrote the episode "A Sort of Homecoming". He was nominated for the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for Best Drama Series at the February 2010 ceremony for his work on the fourth season. In 2011, Frankel joined the first season staff of the

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'' Shameless'', as executive story editor and writer. He served as writer and producer through to 2016. Subsequent projects included episodes of '' Animal Kingdom'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. In June 2021, Frankel wrote and produced the limited series '' Joe vs. Carole''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Frankel, Etan 21st-century American screenwriters American dramatists and playwrights American male dramatists and playwrights American male screenwriters American television writers Juilliard School alumni Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American male television writers