Nina Kostroff Noble, aka Nina K. Noble, is an award-winning American television producer. [1]
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. [1] 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. Sir Alan William Parker, CBE (born 14th February, 1944) is a British Film director, producer, Writer, and Paul Mazursky (born April 25, 1930) is an American Film director, Screenplay writer and Actor. Ron Shelton ( September 15, 1945 in Whittier California) is a U Stephen Arthur Frears (born 20 June 1941) is a two-time Oscar -nominated English film director Paul Verhoeven (ˈpʌul vɛrˈhuvən born July 18, 1938) is a Dutch BAFTA Award - nominated Film director, Screenwriter Ivan Reitman (born October 27, 1946) is a Canadian film producer and director [1] In 1995 she began producing and production managing television projects for Barry Levinson and Tom Fontana. Barry Levinson (born April 6, 1942) is an Academy Award -winning American Screenwriter, Film director, Actor Tom Fontana (born on September 12 1951 in Buffalo New York) is an American Writer and producer TV Career [1] 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. [1] She collaborated with Simon and Robert F. Colesberry to produce the Emmy award-winning The Corner for HBO. Robert F Colesberry (1946 &ndash February 9, 2004 was an American film and television producer and first assistant director notable for his work as a producer on the The Corner is a 2000 HBO Television miniseries based on the book The Corner A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood [1]
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. [2] She retained her role for the show's second season and her credit was upgraded to co-executive producer. [3] For the third and fourth season she was credited as executive producer alongside Simon. [4][5] She continued in this role for the fifth and final season. [6]
Noble is married to David Noble. Her brother, Michael Kostroff plays defence attornery Maurice Levy on The Wire. Maurice "Maury" Levy is a fictional lawyer on the HBO drama The Wire, played by Michael Kostroff. [7][8]