Ashley Gable

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Ashley Gable
Born
United States
Occupations
  • Screenwriter
  • producer
Years active1996–present

Ashley Gable is an American screenwriter and producer who has worked on a variety of well-known television series including Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Person of Interest . She was an executive producer on the CBS crime drama The Mentalist for its first four seasons.

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Career

Gable's television career began in 1996 when she was recruited onto the writing staff of the first season of Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer . She (and her then-writing partner Thomas A. Swyden) wrote two of the twelve episodes for the season.

Gable has worked on a number of other shows as a writer and producer, including The Invisible Man , Family Law , The Division , Strong Medicine , Crossing Jordan , New Amsterdam and Vegas . In 2008 she was hired to work on The Mentalist as a co-executive producer under creator Bruno Heller and became an executive producer. [1] She left that show after four seasons and subsequently served as co-executive producer on the CBS drama series Person of Interest .

In 2019, Gable joined other WGA members in firing her 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. [2]

Filmography

Buffy the Vampire Slayer episodes

The Mentalist episodes

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References

  1. "Ashley Gable: Biography, Latest News & Videos". TV Guide . Retrieved April 2, 2011.
  2. "WGA: More Than 7,000 Writers Have Fired Their Agents". Deadline.