Tony Phelan is an American television screenwriter, producer and director. He is married to television producer and screenwriter
Joan Rater
Joan Rater is an American television producer and screenwriter. Her most notable work has been for the medical drama ''Grey's Anatomy'', for which she has served as writer, producer and supervising producer for over fifty separate episodes. She is ...
.
Phelan is best known for his work on
ABC
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's ''
Grey's Anatomy
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'', for which he has been nominated for two
Emmy
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s and three
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s, of which he has won one, shared with the writing team members from the show. On ''Grey's Anatomy'', he has produced two dozen episodes, written five and served as co-executive producer for another eighteen. His wife also works on the show, which they joined at the beginning of the second season. They became executive producers and ran the writers room with show creator
Shonda Rhimes
Shonda Lynn Rhimes (born January 13, 1970) is an American television screenwriter, producer, and author. She is best known as the showrunner—creator, head writer, and executive producer—of the television medical drama ''Grey's Anatomy'', it ...
. They will leave the show after the tenth season has ended as they have sealed a two-year deal with
CBS Television Studios
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His other work includes producing and writing for ''
Law & Order: Trial by Jury'', and writing for the programs ''
Push, Nevada
''Push, Nevada'' is an American mystery television series set in the fictional town of Push, Nevada. It premiered on September 17, 2002 on ABC, and ran for 7 episodes before it became one of the first shows to be canceled during the Fall 2002 sea ...
'', ''
Threat Matrix
''Threat Matrix'' is an American drama television series created by Daniel Voll that aired on ABC from September 18, 2003 to January 29, 2004 which lasted 16 episodes. The plot consisted of the events in a United States Homeland Security anti-t ...
'', ''
MDs'', ''
Haunting Sarah
''Haunting Sarah'' is a 2005 American horror television film directed by Ralph Hemecker and written by Tony Phelan and Joan Rater, based on the 1996 novel ''New Year's Eve'' by Lisa Grunwald. The film is about a woman who has lost her son and ...
'', ''
Fling
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'', ''
Cover Me'' and ''
Council of Dads''.
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American television writers
American male television writers
American television producers
American television directors
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)