Diane has been working in television since 2001. Graduate of Georgetown University with a bachelors in Middle Eastern Studies and International Relations, Diane took a bit of a career left turn when she took a second job working behind the scenes on a documentary film. The world of film and television was so fascinating that she pursued her love of writing, and eventually got her first staff writing position on NBC medical drama CROSSING JORDAN. Diane has been writing very grisly tales ever since, writing and producing medical crime dramas (BODY OF PROOF on ABC), and supernatural detective shows (MEDIUM on CBS). But more than anything, Diane loves telling tales of really disturbed families who kill or die for one another, be they the world’s oldest vampires (THE ORIGINALS on the CW) or Chicago drug-dealers-turned-music-moguls (EMPIRE on FOX) or sci-fi family feuds set 10,000 years in the future (the upcoming DUNE: SISTERHOOD on HBOMax). Most recently, Diane served as Executive Producer on THE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR for NETFLIX, and consulting producer on the upcoming horror comedy THE AUTEUR from Taika Waititi. She is currently co-showrunning DUNE: SISTERHOOD.

Credits

SHOWRUNNER

DUNE: THE SISTERHOOD

HBO Max, 2021

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

THE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR

NETFLIX, AIRING 2020 (9 EPISODES)

EMPIRE

FOX, 2017-2019 (54 EPISODES)

THE ORIGINALS

THE CW, 2013-2016 (66 EPISODES)

PROJECT: PHOENIX

Web series, 2012 (5 EPISODES)

CO- EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

BODY OF PROOF

ABC, 2011-2013 (40 EPISODES) 

SUPERVISING PRODUCER

MEDIUM

NBC/CBS, 2006-2010 (78 EPISODES)

EXECUTIVE STORY EDITOR

1-800-MISSING

LIFETIME, 2004-2005 (4 EPISODES)

STORY EDITOR

CROSSING JORDAN

NBC, 2001-2003

Episode of Television Written: 2000-2020

THE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR

"The Two Faces, Part One"

EMPIRE

THE ORIGINALS

BODY OF PROOF

MEDIUM

1-800-MISSING

CROSSING JORDAN

“Hot Blood, Hot Thoughts, Hot Deeds”, “Had it From My Father”, “Pride”, “False Face”, “Cupid Painted Blind”, “Bleeding War”, “Toil and Trouble Pt 1”, “Love is a Smoke”, “What We May Be”, “What Remains is Bestial”

“House of the Rising Son”, “Fruit of the Poisoned Tree”, “Apres Moi, le Deluge”, “Le Grand Guignol”, “From a Cradle to a Grave”, “Red Door”, “Brotherhood of the Damned”, “Exquisite Corpse”, “Ashes to Ashes”, “The Axeman’s Letter”, “Savior”, “A Streetcar Named De-Sire”, “Behind the Black Horizon”, “The Bloody Crown”

“Talking Heads”, “Gross Anatomy”, “Going Viral Pt 2”, “Fallen Angel”, “Dark City”

“Death Takes a Policy”, “The Whole Truth”, “The One Behind the Wheel”, “Things to Do in Phoenix When You’re Dead”, “Devil Inside Pt 1”, “Heads Will Roll”, “Wicked Game Pt 1”, “The First Bite is the Deepest”, ‘Psyche”, “Around Pop Star”

“Judgement Day”, “Paper Anniversary”, “Pop Star

“Digger, Part1”, “Wild Card”, “Four Fathers”, “Fire and Ice”