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Joey Soloway

Playwright / Screenwriter / Showrunner / Television Producer / Film Director | * 09/26/1965 (58) | Chicago, Illinois (United States of America (USA))
Joey Soloway (born Jill Soloway; September 26, 1965) is an American television creator, showrunner, director and writer. Soloway is known for creating, writing, executive producing and directing the Amazon original series Transparent, winning two Emmys for the show; directing and writing the film Afternoon Delight, winning the Best Director award at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival; and producing Six Feet Under. Soloway identifies as non-binary and gender non-conforming, and uses they/them pronouns. In 2020, Soloway announced a name change from Jill to Joey. ()
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Joey Soloway (born September 26, 1965) is an American television creator, showrunner, director and writer. Soloway is known for creating, writing, executive producing and directing the Amazon original series Transparent, winning two Emmys for the show; directing and writing the film "Afternoon Delight" (2013), winning the Best Director award at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival; and producing Six Feet Under.Soloway identifies as non-binary and gender non-conforming, and uses they/them pronouns. On June 26, 2020, Soloway announced that they had changed their first name to Joey.

Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Documentaries

Known for these Movies & Shows

Rachel is a quick-witted and lovable stay-at-home mom. Frustrated with the realities of preschool auctions, a lacklustre sex life and career that's gone kaput, she visits a strip club to spice up her ...

Afternoon Delight

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2013 | 2.9/5 | 1h 35min
Comedy, Drama
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Tara's multiple personalities include "T" the wild-child teenager, "Buck" the rough and tumble biker dude, and "Alice" the type-A homemaker. But with a family that loves her just the way she is, Tara ...

United States of Tara

TV-MA

2009 | 3.6/5 | 30min per episode
Comedy, Drama
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A darkly comic look at members of a dysfunctional L.A. family that run a funeral business. When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owne ...

Six Feet Under

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2001 | 4.1/5 | 50min per episode
Drama
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An LA family with serious boundary issues have their past and future unravel when a dramatic admission causes everyone's secrets to spill out. ...

Transparent

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2014 | 3.2/5 | 30min per episode
Comedy, Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Joey Soloway

Lucy Award 2x Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
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Movies with Joey Soloway as Actress(6)

as herself2023 Sex on Screen
as herself2022 Body Parts
as herself2022 Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power
as Themself2019 This Changes Everything
as Themself2018 Half the Picture
as herself2016 The 4%: Film's Gender Problem

TV Shows/Series with Joey Soloway as Actress(5)

as herself2020 Visible: Out On Television
as herself2016 Chelsea
as herself2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Celeste2014 Transparent
as herself1997 The View

Movies with Joey Soloway as Crew(11)

Directing/Director2019 Transparent: Musicale Finale
Production/Executive Producer2019 Transparent: Musicale Finale
Writing/Writer2019 Transparent: Musicale Finale
Production/Executive Producer2017 Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
Production/Executive Producer2016 The Thing About Us
Directing/Director2015 How to Vajaculate: If You Build It, She Will Come
Directing/Director2013 Afternoon Delight
Writing/Writer2013 Afternoon Delight
Directing/Director2013 Valencia
Directing/Director2012 Una Hora Por Favora
Writing/Writer2012 Una Hora Por Favora

TV Shows/Series with Joey Soloway as Crew(15)

Production/Executive Producer2016 I Love Dick
Creator/Creator2016 I Love Dick
Production/Executive Producer2015 This Is Me
Directing/Director2014 Transparent
Writing/Writer2014 Transparent
Creator/Creator2014 Transparent
Writing/Writer2010 How to Make It in America
Writing/Writer2009 United States of Tara
Production/Producer2009 United States of Tara
Writing/Writer2007 Dirty Sexy Money
Writing/Writer2001 The Oblongs
Writing/Writer2001 Six Feet Under
Production/Producer2001 Six Feet Under
Writing/Writer2000 Baby Blues
Writing/Writer1996 The Steve Harvey Show

Full Name: Jill Joey Soloway
Born: Sunday, 09/26 1965 (September) in Chicago, Illinois (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 58 years + 206 days)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: University of Wisconsin–Madison, Lane Technical College Prep High School
Siblings: Faith Soloway
Other names for Joey Soloway (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Jill Soloway"
Joey Soloway frequently works together with these people:
Alan Ball (5x, Crew)
Wanda Sykes (5x, Actress)
Ian Edelman (5x, Crew)
Rosanna Arquette (4x, Actress)
Kathy Bates (4x, Actress)
Drew Barrymore (4x, Actress)
Catherine Hardwicke (4x, Crew)
Sherri Shepherd (4x, Actress)
Angela Robinson (4x, Crew)
Don Lemon (4x, Actor)
Rob Weiss (4x, Crew)
Billy Porter (4x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:488407, Added: 10/04/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024