Beverly Kopf received an EMMY Award for writing the hit ABC talk show "The View." She helped develop the smart, off-the-cuff conversation that has made the show so successful. As creator of ‘Hot Topics,’ Kopf produced an exciting opportunity for women to be part of the national conversation on a host of issues. For a Barbara Walters segment on Matthew Shepard, she received a GLAAD Media Award.

Since leaving The View, Kopf has continued her association with Meredith Vieira. She wrote for her when Vieira hosted the 2000 Academy Award pre-show, and wrote and produced the "Intimate Portrait" wraps for Lifetime Television, hosted by Vieira. Under her TVgals, Inc. banner, she co-wrote "Bravo Profiles" on Salma Hayek and Julie Taymor. Considered one of their most outstanding shows, The Taymor Profile was submitted by Bravo for a Peabody Award. She also co-wrote two one-hour documentaries for the Court TV series "The System." She was Kathy Hilton’s writer for the reality series, " So You Want To Be A Hilton," which aired on NBC this summer.

Under her TVgals banner, Kopf has recently written and co-produced a feature-length documentary that celebrates the lives of six everyday heroes in the GLBT community. The film, "Be Real," made possible by Stolichnaya Vodka, had its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January, 2006 and is now screening at major film festivals across the country, including New York, San Francisco, and Miami.

Under TVgals, Kopf is also co-producing the behind-the-scenes DVD and TV special for the much-anticipated Sony Pictures musical drama, "Across the Universe." Directed by Tony-Award-winning Julie Taymor and incorporating original performances of many of the Beatles classic hits, it will be released in 2007.

Also under TVgals, Inc., Kopf co-produced over 26 hours of programming at The Omega Institute for a start-up network called Wisdom Television. "Soul Stories," a series on personal transformation, helped brand the network and remains one of Wisdom’s signature programs.

Prior to The View, Kopf enjoyed a successful career in Hollywood as a Segment Producer and Talent Executive where she conceived, booked, wrote, and produced hundreds of celebrity, cultural, and issue-oriented segments. She also helped develop talk shows for Cindy Crawford, Stephanie Miller, Tammy Faye Baker and Mo Gaffney.

For four years, Kopf worked with Maria Shriver where she was one of a small creative team that produced innovative, topical and award-winning specials for NBC News, including "First Person with Maria Shriver." Other credits include: Good Morning America, CBS Morning News, Entertainment Tonight, Dateline NBC, A.M. Los Angeles, Win, Lose or Draw, Totally Hidden Video, Mad TV, and two on-line projects for Microsoft, Inc.

In association with Gay Rosenthal Productions, she served as Talent Executive on a number of Lifetime specials, including "Idolized, Envied and Adored: the Age of the Female Icon," produced in conjunction with The New York Times. Also with GRP, she wrote Lifetime "Intimate Portraits" on Vanessa Williams and Bette Midler.

Kopf graduated magna cum laude  from Brooklyn College and did graduate work at The University of Michigan. She is a member of The Writers Guild of America, East and resides in New York City with her partner of thirteen years and their cats, Melrose and Pretzel. Kopf’s first autobiographical essay, "Oy Vay the Kids are Gay" was published in August 2005 in an anthology entitled Mentsh.

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