Janine Ditullio

Janine Ditullio is an American comedy writer, voice actress, and stand-up comedian. She has been nominated for six Emmy Awards and won two Writers Guild of America Awards for her writing on Late Night with Conan O'Brien .

Career

As a stand-up comedian from Massachusetts, Ditullio has performed in the Boston area, including at the Catch a Rising Star club,[1][2] several Boston First Night events,[2] the Comedy Studio,[3] and a fundraiser with Paula Poundstone, Jimmy Tingle, and Jonathan Katz for the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts.[4] In New York City, she twice performed at the King Sized Laundromat and Dry Cleaners during Spin Cycle Comedy evenings in the late 1990s.[5]

In 1994, Ditullio joined The Jon Stewart Show as a writer, and in 1995, then became a writer for Late Night with Conan O'Brien.[6][7] She was the first woman hired as a writer at each show.[6] She was a writer at Late Night with Conan O'Brien until 2001,[7] and part of the team that wrote the nightly monologue.[2] She also wrote for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon from May through November 2010.[7]

She was also the voice of Paula Small in the animated series Home Movies, replacing the original voice actress, Paula Poundstone.[7][8][9] She played a scientist who stabs monkeys on the Onion News Network.[10] In 2012, she joined Superjail! as the writing director.[11] Ditullio wrote the Metalocalypse episode "Dethmas" with show creator Brendon Small, along with several other scripts for seasons three and four of the series.

Along with writing partner Kelly Kimball, Ditullio started The Thursday Thing, a monthly workshop where writers, actors, and filmmakers debut new material. Ditullio and Kimball served as co-executive producers on the short lived ABC series My Kind of Town starring Johnny Vaughan.[12]

Ditullio is also the founder of Chirpbug, an interactive online technology.[7]

Awards and honors
Ditullio's awards
Year Show Award Result Ref.
1996 Late Night with Conan O'Brien Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program Nominee [13]
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy-Variety Talk Series Winner [14]
1997 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program Nominee [13]
1998 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program Nominee [13]
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy-Variety Talk Series Shortlist [15]
1999 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program Nominee [13]
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy-Variety Talk Series Winner [16]
2000 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Program Nominee [13]
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy-Variety Talk Series Shortlist [17][18]
2001 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Program Nominee [13]

Filmography
Ditullio filmography[19]
Year Show Role Notes
1994–1995 The Jon Stewart Show Writer 5 episodes
1995–2001 Late Night with Conan O'Brien Writer 464 episodes
2001 Home Movies Writer 7 episodes
2001–2004 Home Movies Actress: Paula Small 47 episodes
2005 My Kind of Town Head writer 5 episodes
2010 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Writer 84 episodes
2009–2010 Metalocalypse Writer 14 episodes
2012 Superjail! Writer[20] 4 episodes
2012 Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell Producer 2 episodes

References
  1. Miller, Jay N. (February 15, 1994). "Female comedians shine at Rising Star on Sundays Comedy MOSTLY WOMEN, at Catch A Rising Star". The Patriot Ledger. Janine DiTullio was the evening's host...ProQuest 242609208
  2. Graham, Renee (December 27, 1996). "Conan-style comedy for First Night: City Edition". The Boston Globe. ProQuest 403791308
  3. Blowen, Michael (December 26, 1999). "OLD FRIENDS, NEW LAUGHS, AND A SOLID SCENE". The Boston Globe. ProQuest 405318903
  4. Sullivan, Jim (April 24, 1996). "Leftward laughter for four comedians". The Boston Globe. ProQuest 290783840
  5. Bisch, Kevin (July 4, 1999). "Coin-Op Cutups". The New York Times. ProQuest 110085744
  6. Harris, Lynn (11 January 2010). "Late-night's real problem". Salon. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  7. Kurp, Joshua (26 August 2011). "Checking In…with the Voice Cast of Home Movies". Vulture. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  8. "The 35 Best TV Shows on Max (That Aren't HBO)". Paste Magazine. May 23, 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  9. Adams, Erik (23 February 2015). ""It's very difficult to come up with an ending," but Home Movies nailed it". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  10. "Study: Multiple Stab Wounds May Be Harmful To Monkeys" Archived 2013-11-16 at the Wayback Machine. Onion News Network. accessed September 29, 2011.
  11. Burra, Kevin (11 July 2012). "'Superjail!' Creator & Writing Director Talk Queer Characters, Upcoming Season And Homoerotic Fan Art". HuffPost. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  12. Richmond, Ray (August 16, 2005). "'My Kind of Town'". The Hollywood Reporter – via MasterFILE Complete. ProQuest 235335013
  13. "Janine DiTullio". Television Academy. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
  14. "Writers Guild of America 1997 Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  15. "Writers Guild of America 1999 Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  16. "Writers Guild of America 2000 Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  17. McNary, Dave (January 10, 2001). "NBC tops WGA TV noms". Variety. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  18. "Writers Guild of America 2001 Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  19. "Janine Ditullio". IMDb. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
  20. "Janine Ditullio". Metacritic. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
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