Nina Kostroff Noble

Noble is the daughter of Pat Curtice, who worked as an assistant director on commercials, and Larry Kostroff, 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. Noble says she spent her childhood on movie sets, growing up on location. She has a degree in sociology. == Career ==

, 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. She retained her role for the show's second season and her credit was upgraded to co-executive producer. For the third and fourth season she was credited as executive producer alongside Simon. She continued in this role for the fifth and final season. 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." Noble produced David Simon's mini-series, Show Me a Hero, based on the book by Lisa Belkin. == Personal life ==

Noble is married to David Noble. She has two sons, Nick and Jason. == References ==