Robin Schiff is a

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writer-producer, best known for the movie ''

Romy and Michele's High School Reunion ''Romy and Michele's High School Reunion'' is a 1997 American comedy film directed by David Mirkin and starring Mira Sorvino, Lisa Kudrow, and Janeane Garofalo. The plot revolves around two 28-year-old girls who appear to have not achieved much su ...

'' starring

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and

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. Schiff was a member of the comedy troupe

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. She does an interview series once a year for the Writers Guild Foundation called ''Anatomy Of A Script'', where she and

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(writer of the musical ''

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'' and creator of ''

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'') discuss the craft with other well-known writers. Schiff also teaches a writing class with Wendy Goldman (whom she met at The Groundlings) called ''Improv For Writing''.

Career

Film work

Schiff was the Executive Producer and Screenwriter of ''Romy and Michele's High School Reunion'' in 1997. She also wrote Loverboy.

Television work

Schiff was recently a consulting producer on Emily In Paris in 2020 and in 2021 she was a co-executive producer on the show. She is currently a consulting producer on Darren Star's new show UnCoupled starring Neil Patrick Harris. She was executive producer of the YouTube Red series Sideswiped in 2018. Schiff began her TV career as the story editor for ''

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'', NBC, 1987–88. She was the supervising producer for ''

Working Girl ''Working Girl'' is a 1988 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols, written by Kevin Wade, and starring Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, and Melanie Griffith. Its plot follows an ambitious secretary from Staten Island who t ...

'', NBC, 1990. She was the creator and supervising producer for ''

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'', CBS, 1991. She was the supervising producer and creative consultant for ''

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'', CBS, 1992–93. She was the consulting producer for ''

Party of Five ''Party of Five'' is an American television teen and family drama created by Christopher Keyser and Amy Lippman that originally aired on Fox for six seasons from September 12, 1994, to May 3, 2000. The series featured an ensemble cast led by Sc ...

'', Fox, 1994–2000. She was the creator and executive producer for ''

Almost Perfect ''Almost Perfect'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on CBS from September 17, 1995, until December 11, 1996. The series focused on the professional life of the female executive producer of a television cop show, her witty, zany ...

'', CBS, 1995–96. She was the consulting producer for ''

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'', CBS, 1999. She was the executive producer for ''

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'', The WB, 2000–2001. She was the consulting producer for ''

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'', NBC, 2003 and for ''

Miss Match ''Miss Match'' is an American comedy-drama television series created by Jeff Rake and Darren Star and production company, produced by 20th Century Fox Television, Darren Star Productions, and Imagine Entertainment, Imagine Television. It aired ...

'', NBC, 2003. The rest of her credits are available on IMDb.

Screenplays

Schiff wrote the screenplays for ''

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'' (Tristar, 1989) and ''

'' (Buena Vista, 1997).

References

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