Nina Kostroff Noble

Nina Kostroff Noble
Noble in 2012
Born
Nina Kostroff

(1959-10-01) October 1, 1959 (age 65)[1]
OccupationProducer
Known forThe Wire
Treme
Show Me a Hero
SpouseDavid Noble
Children2

Nina Kostroff Noble is an American television producer.[2]

Early life and education

Noble is the daughter of Pat Curtice, who worked as an assistant director on commercials,[3] and Larry Kostroff,[4][5] who worked in the film industry in various positions including as producer of films like 1968's The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, 1973's The Last Detail, 1982's The Year of Living Dangerously and 1983's WarGames.[3] Noble says she spent her childhood on movie sets, growing up on location.[3]

She has a degree in sociology.[3]

Career

Eric Overmyer, Nina K. Noble, David Simon, and George Pelecanos with a Peabody Award, 2012

Before entering television she worked extensively in film. Initially she was a production assistant and then became a second assistant director after joining the Directors Guild of America in 1984.[2] She worked as a freelance assistant director for ten years and worked with several notable film-makers including Alan Parker, Paul Mazursky, Ron Shelton, Stephen Frears, Paul Verhoeven and Ivan Reitman.[2]

In 1995, Noble began producing and production managing television projects for Barry Levinson and Tom Fontana.[2] They introduced her to writer David Simon in 1999 when he was developing his book The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood for the HBO network.[2] She collaborated with Simon and Robert F. Colesberry to produce the Emmy award-winning The Corner for HBO.[2]

Noble continued her collaboration with Simon and Colesberry on their next project The Wire. She was involved from the beginning and was credited as a producer for the show's first season.[6][7][8] She retained her role for the show's second season and her credit was upgraded to co-executive producer.[9] For the third and fourth season she was credited as executive producer alongside Simon.[10][11] She continued in this role for the fifth and final season.[12]

Noble has produced all of Simon's HBO series. On their collaboration: "My credibility is predicated on working with Nina," Simon says. "Nina makes us come in on budget all the time. Ask HBO how many shows they have that come in on budget."[13]

Noble produced David Simon's mini-series, Show Me a Hero, based on the book by Lisa Belkin.[14]

Personal life

Noble is married to David Noble.[15] She has two sons, Nick and Jason.[15]

Noble's brother, Michael Kostroff, played defense attorney Maurice Levy on The Wire.[16][17]

References

  1. ^ "Nina K Noble - United States Public Records". FamilySearch. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Nina K. Noble Biography". HBO. 2007. Retrieved October 17, 2007.
  3. ^ a b c d Walker, Dave (July 3, 2011). "While managing 'Treme's' production mechanics, Nina Kostroff Noble also makes creative contributions". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
  4. ^ "Larry Kostroff - California, Divorce Index". FamilySearch. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
  5. ^ "Larry Kostroff - California, Divorce Index". FamilySearch. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
  6. ^ Steiner, Marc (March 20, 2008). "3/20/08 The Wire Podcasts: Nina K. Noble" (Audio podcast). Center for Emerging Media. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
  7. ^ Steiner, Mark. "3/20/08 The Wire Podcasts: Nina K. Noble (audio)". The Mark Steiner Show. Archived from the original (Mp3) on April 16, 2008. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
  8. ^ "The Wire season 1 crew". HBO. 2007. Retrieved October 14, 2007.
  9. ^ "The Wire season 2 crew". HBO. 2007. Retrieved October 14, 2007.
  10. ^ "The Wire season 3 crew". HBO. 2007. Retrieved October 14, 2007.
  11. ^ "The Wire season 4 crew". HBO. 2007. Retrieved October 14, 2007.
  12. ^ "The Wire season 5 crew". HBO. 2007. Retrieved December 12, 2007.
  13. ^ Mason, Wyatt (March 17, 2010). "The HBO Auteur". The New York Times. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
  14. ^ Friedlander, Whitney (July 30, 2014). "Oscar Isaac, Catherine Keener to Star in David Simon's Civil Rights Miniseries for HBO". Variety. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
  15. ^ a b "Nina Kostroff - mentioned in the record of Jason Lewis Innes Noble - North Carolina, Birth Index". FamilySearch. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
  16. ^ "Cast & Crew - Michael Kostroff as Maurice "Maury" Levy". HBO. 2008. Retrieved January 15, 2008.
  17. ^ "Character profile - Maurice "Maury" Levy". HBO. 2008. Retrieved January 15, 2008.
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