Elizabeth "Liz" Sarnoff 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. ...

and

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. She has written episodes of ''

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'', '' Crossing Jordan'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. She is the co-creator of the

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mystery Mystery, The Mystery, Mysteries or The Mysteries may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters *Mystery, a cat character in ''Emily the Strange'' Films * ''Mystery'' (2012 film), a 2012 Chinese drama film * ''Mystery'' ( ...

series '' Alcatraz''.

Career

Sarnoff joined the crew of ''Deadwood'' as an executive story editor and writer for the first season in 2004. Sarnoff wrote the episodes "Here Was a Man" and "Suffer the Little Children". She was promoted to producer for the second season in 2005. She wrote the episodes "New Money" and "Amalgamation and Capital". Sarnoff and the writing staff were nominated for the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2006 ceremony for their work on the second season. She joined the crew of ''Lost'' as a producer and writer for the series second season in fall 2005. Sarnoff and the ''Lost'' writing staff won the WGA Award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2006 ceremony for their work on the first and second seasons. She was promoted to supervising producer for the third season in 2006. Sarnoff and her co-writer Christina M. Kim were nominated for the WGA award for Best Episodic Drama at the February 2007 ceremony for their work on the second season episode " Two for the Road". The writing staff were again nominated for the WGA Award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2007 ceremony for their work on the second and third seasons. She remained a supervising producer and regular writer for the series fourth season in 2008. She was nominated for the WGA Award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2009 ceremony for her work on the fourth season of ''Lost''. She was promoted to co-executive producer for the fifth season in 2009. The writing staff was nominated for the award again at the February 2010 ceremony for their work on the fifth season. She was promoted to executive producer for the series sixth and final season in 2010. In 2011, Sarnoff, along with Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt, co-created the

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series '' Alcatraz''. It premiered in the U.S. on January 16, 2012 but was cancelled after one series. She has since worked on series such as '' Crossbones'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Trivia

Her name was used for a character in '' Fringe'' episode "

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". Like ''

'', '' Fringe'' was co-created by

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and produced by Bad Robot Productions.

''Deadwood'' episodes

*"Here Was a Man" (Season 1, Episode 4) *"Suffer the Little Children" (Season 1, Episode 8) *"New Money" (Season 2, Episode 3) *"Amalgamation and Capital" (Season 2, Episode 8)

''Lost'' episodes

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" (Season 2, Episode 6) *" The Hunting Party" (Season 2, Episode 11) with Christina M. Kim *" The Whole Truth" (Season 2, Episode 16) with Christina M. Kim *" Two for the Road" (Season 2, Episode 20) with Christina M. Kim *" Further Instructions" (Season 3, Episode 3) with

Carlton Cuse Arthur Carlton Cuse (born March 22, 1959) is a screenwriter, showrunner, producer, and director, best known for the American television series ''Lost'', for which he made the ''Time'' list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2010. ...

*" Stranger in a Strange Land" (Season 3, Episode 9) with Christina M. Kim *"

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" (Season 3, Episode 15) with Damon Lindelof *"

The Man Behind the Curtain "The Man Behind the Curtain" is the 20th episode of the 3rd season of ''Lost'', and the 69th episode overall. It was first aired on May 9, 2007, on ABC. The episode was directed by Bobby Roth and written by Elizabeth Sarnoff and Drew Goddard.Audi ...

" (Season 3, Episode 20) with Drew Goddard *"

Eggtown "Eggtown" is the fourth episode of the fourth season and 76th episode overall of the ABC's serial drama television series ''Lost''. It was aired on February 21, 2008, on ABC in the United States and on CTV in Canada.'' ABC Medianet'', (Januar ...

" (Season 4, Episode 4) with

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*" Meet Kevin Johnson" (Season 4, Episode 8) with

Brian K. Vaughan Brian K. Vaughan (born July 17, 1976) is an American comic book and television writer, best known for the comic book series '' Y: The Last Man'', '' Ex Machina'', '' Runaways'', ''Pride of Baghdad'', ''Saga'', and '' Paper Girls''. Vaughan was a ...

*" Cabin Fever" (Season 4, Episode 11) with Kyle Pennington *" Jughead" (Season 5, Episode 3) with Paul Zbyszewski *" LaFleur" (Season 5, Episode 8) with Kyle Pennington *"

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" (Season 5, Episode 12) with

*" Follow the Leader" (Season 5, Episode 15) with Paul Zbyszewski *" The Substitute" (Season 6, Episode 4) with

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Recon Recon may refer to: * Reconnaissance, a military term for gathering information * '' Halo 3: Recon'', a standalone expansion for the video game ''Halo 3'' * "Recon" (''Lost''), the eighth episode of the sixth season of ''Lost'' * ''Recon'' (ro ...

" (Season 6, Episode 8) with

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*" The Candidate" (Season 6, Episode 14) with

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" (Season 6, Episode 16) with

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and Edward Kitsis

''Alcatraz'' episodes

*"Pilot" 01.01 (with Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt)

''Salem'' episodes

*”In Lies” 01.03 *”Vain” 01.05 *”Children, Be Afraid” 01.09

''Crossbones'' episodes

*”Antoinette” 01.04

''Marco Polo'' episodes

*”Mesaure Against The Linchpin” 01.03 *”Whitehorse“ 01.08 *”The Fellowship” 01.10

''Barry'' episodes

*"Chapter Seven: Loud, Fast, and Keep Going" 01.07 *"The Audition" 02.07 *"candy asses" 03.07

References

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