Elodie Keene

Elodie Keene
Born (1949-04-10) April 10, 1949 (age 75)
Berkeley, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)Film director, television director, television editor, television producer
Years active1979–present
SpouseBruce Fortune
Children2
Family Christopher Keene (brother)
Daniel E. Koshland Jr. (stepfather)

Elodie Keene (born April 10, 1949, in Berkeley, California) is an American film director, television director, producer and editor. As a television director, her credits include ER, NYPD Blue, The Practice, Ally McBeal, Charmed, Felicity, The Wire, House, M.D., The Closer, and Nip/Tuck, among other series.[1]

She has won three Primetime Emmy Awards, two for best dramatic series and one for best editing in a single camera series, all for her work on L.A. Law.[2] Keene is the daughter of Yvonne (née Cyr) and Jim Keene.[3] Her mother was of Acadian, German, and Scottish descent.[4] Her parents divorced in 1953 and her mother remarried to Jim San Jule in 1954 until their divorce in 1970.[5][6] She has three siblings: Philip Keene (born 1941), Christopher Keene (born 1946),[7] and Tamsen (née San Jule) Calhoon (born 1956).[8] Her mother remarried to biochemist Daniel E. Koshland Jr. in 2000, of the Haas family, the owners of Levi Strauss & Co.

  1. ^ "Elodie Keene Biography (1948-)". Film Reference. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
  2. ^ "Elodie Keene Primetime Emmy Award wins and nominations". Primetime Emmy® Award Database. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
  3. ^ "Daniel Koshland, Jr. Retrospective Oral History Project: Yvonne Koshland - Interviews conducted by Sally Smith Hughes in 2011" (PDF). University of California - Berkeley Regional Oral History Office - The Bancroft Library. 2014.
  4. ^ Smith, p. 1
  5. ^ Smith, p. 6
  6. ^ Weinstein, Dave. "Jim San Jule: Tireless Crusader". Eichler Network. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  7. ^ Smith, p. 5
  8. ^ Smith, p. 6