Pamela Eells Biography

Fast Facts

• Graduated from Wellesley College and took postgraduate courses at Boston University
• After college, she worked as a page at CBS and became an assistant director for news and sports radio
• Got her start as a TV writer on the ABC series "Family Matters․"
• Quote: "Writing a script is so spectacular because it's like playing house, only real people are your dolls․"
• Quote: "[on the best part of her job] "I've spent the last 20 years surrounded by people trying to make me laugh․ And I've been trying to make them laugh․ The result of all that is we have hopefully made a lot of people all over the world laugh․""
• Quote: "When writing a film or TV script, you need other people to bring it to life, including actors, directors and set people․ There are about 100 people working on a TV show․"
• Best known as the writer and executive producer of "Jessie" and "The Suite Life on Deck․"
• She created The Disney Channel series "Jessie" after actress Debby Ryan, who was appearing in her series "The Suite Life on Deck," asked her to develop a series around her