Jenna Bans

Jenna Bans

Jenna Bans is an American screenwriter and producer who has worked on Desperate Housewives.

Career

Bans has been a producer for a few television series which includes Grey's Anatomy and Private Pratice as well as being writers for these shows.

Desperate Housewives

Bans was originally intended to write for Jerry Bruckheimer's cancelled action series Fearless, but the show was cancelled amid many fears of the portrayal of the main character who could not feel or experience fear in any manner. After, she was signed up to become part of the production crew of Desperate Housewives. She started of only writing for Season 1 and then proceeded further to become story editor by Season 2 as well. By Season Three, she was promoted to executive story editor.

Bans has been nominated for two WGA Awards for "It Takes Two" and "Next". Two episodes which she co-wrote together with Kevin Murphy.

Season 1

• "Suspicious Minds" (writer)
• "Live Alone and Like It" (writer)

Season 2

• "Next" (story editor)
• "You Could Drive a Person Crazy" (story editor)
• "You'll Never Get Away From Me" (story editor)
• "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" (story editor)
• "They Asked Me Why I Believe In You" (story editor)
• "I Wish I Could Forget You" (story editor)
• "Color and Light" (story editor)
• "The Sun Won't Set" (story editor, writer)
• "That's Good, That's Bad" (story editor)
• "Coming Home" (story editor)
• "One More Kiss" (story editor)
• "We're Gonna Be All Right" (story editor)
• "There's Something About a War" (story editor)
• "Silly People" (story editor)
• "Thank You So Much" (story editor)
• "There Is No Other Way" (story editor)
• "Could I Leave You?" (story editor)
• "Everybody Says Don't" (story editor, writer (teleplay))
• "Don't Look at Me" (story editor)
• "It Wasn't Meant to Happen" (story editor)
• "I Know Things Now" (story editor)
• "No One Is Alone" (story editor)
• "Remember"
  • Part 1 (story editor, writer (teleplay))
  • Part 2 (story editor, writer (teleplay))

Season 3

• "Listen to the Rain on the Roof" (executive story editor)
• "It Takes Two" (executive story editor, writer)
• "A Weekend in the Country" (executive story editor)
• "Like It Was" (executive story editor)
• "Nice She Ain't" (executive story editor)
• "Sweetheart, I Have to Confess" (executive story editor)
• "Bang" (executive story editor)
• "Children and Art" (executive story editor, writer)
• "Beautiful Girls" (executive story editor)
• "The Miracle Song" (executive story editor)
• "No Fits, No Fights, No Feuds" (executive story editor)
• "Not While I'm Around" (executive story editor)
• "Come Play Wiz Me" (executive story editor)
• "I Remember That" (executive story editor)
• "The Little Things You Do Together" (executive story editor)
• "My Husband, The Pig" (executive story editor)
• "Dress Big" (executive story editor)
• "Liasons" (executive story editor, writer)
• "God, That's Good" (executive story editor)
• "Gossip" (executive story editor)
• "Into the Woods" (executive story editor)
• "What Would We Do Without You?" (executive story editor)
• "Getting Married Today" (executive story editor)

External links

• http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1545960/