Ellen was nominated for an Emmy for her work as a Co-Executive Producer of the CBS hit series, Everybody Loves Raymond. She has written for many other prime time network television comedies, including ABC's long running Coach, and has created original television pilots for ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox Family, Oxygen Network, and the Disney Channel. Internationally, she has consulted on series development for The ABC, Australia and The Australian Children's Television Foundation in Melbourne; the CBC, Canada; and for producers in Dubai, UAE, Egypt, Tokyo, and Germany. Most recently she ran a two week training intensive for 40 South East Asian writers sponsored by MediaCorp, Singapore's major producer of television content. Currently, Ellen is Executive Producer and Director of Marisa Rules, a webisode series for teenage girls, and is the author of The TV Writer's Workbook (Bantam/Dell), which is used as a text by both UCLA an USC film schools. Ellen is also a playwright, director, teacher and a consultant, and provides script development and career coaching for professionals and emerging writers.