for four Emmy Awards. She has also won awards from the Writers Guild of America, Producers Guild of America, and Directors Guild of America. Below is a more complete list. Banff Television Festival Black Reel Award Directors Guild of America Award GLAAD Media Awards Primetime Emmy Award NAACP Image Award Producers Guild of America Awards Writers Guild of America Award References External links 'Grey Matter' Writer's Blog on ABC.com Interview with Shonda Rhimes on The Tavis Smiley Show Writers Guild of America profile NYTimes profile, September 18, 2014 Shonda Rhimes Video produced by Makers: Women Who Make America 1970 births Living people 21st-century American women writers African-American television producers African-American women writers Television producers from Illinois American women television producers American women screenwriters Dartmouth College alumni People from University Park, Illinois Screenwriting instructors Showrunners The New Yorker people USC School of Cinematic Arts alumni American women television writers Writers from Chicago Writers Guild of America Award winners Screenwriters from Illinois American women film producers Film producers from Illinois American television writers 21st-century American screenwriters African-American screenwriters 21st-century African-American women 20th-century African-American people 20th-century African-American women African-American television writers