Greer Shephard

Greer Shephard (born 16 March 1967) is an American television producer, showrunner and director. ¹

In 1991, she joined ABC to serve as vice president of drama programming. She ultimately left in 1997.²

In 1998, she and director Michael M. Robin launched The Shephard/Robin Company with a commitment deal at Buena Vista TV Productions.³⁴ In 2001, Shephard and Robin, after three years at Disney, joined Warner Bros. Television.⁵ Their producing success included Nip/Tuck, The Closer, Major Crimes and Popular. Together they showran the neo-western series Longmire. The show was subsequently cancelled by A&E in 2014, but revived by Netflix for a further two seasons. ⁶⁷

Shepherd was married to actor Bob CLendenin from 1995 to 1998 and has a daughter.⁸

Showrunners Ryan Murphy and Tony Tost consider Shepherd to be their mentor and the first person to give them a break. ⁹¹⁰

Shepherd won a Peabody Award in 1998 for the series Nothing Sacred and the Golden Globe in 2005 for the series, Nip/Tuck.¹¹¹² She was nominated for a PGA Award in 2005.¹³

The Hollywood Reporter called her one of the industry's top showrunners in 2012.¹⁴