Courtney Lilly
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Courtney Lilly | |
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| Education | Columbia University (BA) |
| Occupation(s) | Television producer and writer |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Known for | Showrunner of Black-ish |
| Awards | Peabody Awards (2015) |
Courtney Lilly is an American television producer. He is the showrunner of Black-ish, Mixed-ish, and Grown-ish.
Lilly received his B.A. from Columbia University in 1997 and worked as a journalist at Providence Journal-Bulletin,[1] before winning a Nickelodeon Writing Fellowship in 2000, kicking off his television writing career. He started his career as a writer for Arrested Development and has written for such shows as My Boys, The Cleveland Show and Undateable.[2]
Lilly joined Black-ish as co-executive producer in season one before being promoted to executive producer and was named showrunner at the start of Season 6 in 2019.[2][3] He was also named showrunner of Black-ish spinoff show Mixed-ish for Season 2.[2]
In 2017, Lilly signed an overall deal with ABC Signature and renewed it in 2020.[2][4]
In 2021, it was announced that Lilly will be writing and show-running an animated adaption of Baratunde Thurston's book How to Be Black.[5]