1. George Frederick "Chip" Johannessen was born on November 16,1955 and is an American writer, editor, and producer of several popular television series.
19 Facts About Chip Johannessen
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Chip Johannessen is credited with work on 24, Homeland, Dexter, Moonlight, Millennium, and Beverly Hills, 90210, among others.
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Chip Johannessen began his television writing career with an episode of the sitcom Married.
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Chip Johannessen then took a story editor position on the third season of Beverly Hills, 90210 in 1992.
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Chip Johannessen was promoted to executive story editor for the fourth season in 1993.
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Chip Johannessen joined the production staff as a co-producer for the fifth season in 1994.
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Chip Johannessen went on to work as a producer on The Monroes in 1994.
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Chip Johannessen joined the crew of Chris Carter's series Millennium as a writer and co-producer and writer for the first season in 1996.
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Chip Johannessen returned as a consulting producer for the second season in 1997.
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Chip Johannessen became an executive producer for the third season in 1998.
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Chip Johannessen wrote an episode of another Carter series in 2000; The X-Files.
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Chip Johannessen joined the crew of Dark Angel as a consulting producer for the first season in 2000 and continued this role for the second season in 2001.
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Chip Johannessen served as show runner for the first twelve episodes but left the crew after this.
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Chip Johannessen became a co-executive producer for the eighth season in fall 2009 and was promoted to executive producer for the series final episodes in 2010.
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Chip Johannessen replaced Clyde Phillips as executive producer and show runner for the fifth season of the Showtime drama series Dexter.
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Chip Johannessen was joined on the series by 24 collaborator Manny Coto.
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Chip Johannessen left the crew after the fifth season and was replaced as show runner by executive producer Scott Buck.
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Chip Johannessen remained with Showtime as a producer for the new original drama series Homeland which was developed by his The X-Files and 24 colleagues Alex Gansa and Howard Gordon.
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In 2019, Chip Johannessen joined other WGA members in firing his agents as part of the Guild's stand against the ATA after the two sides were unable to come to an agreement on a new "Code of Conduct" that addressed the practice of packaging.