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maxine lapiduss
 maxine lapiduss comedian , businessperson , television producer and writer 1987 -- present
maxine lapiduss

maxine lapiduss is an american comedienne-singer , television comedy writer , director , producer , entrepreneur , and branding strategist .
she is the co-founder and ceo of storyverse studios , an entertainment company founded in los angeles in 2014 .
storyverse develops and produces story-driven , properties within a multi-platform universe of entertainment .
their first property , `` find me i 'm yours '' , launched on november 3 , 2014 , and begins as a media rich ebook , written and designed by writer/artist/web innovator , hillary carlip and published by rosetta books .
the romantic comedy novel is filled with hand-written lists , instagram-style photos , videos and links to its 33 original websites and five web series all created as part of this click lit experience .
before co-founding storyverse studios with partner , hillary carlip , lapiduss wrote and produced many notable comedy series including `` dharma & greg '' , `` ellen '' , `` roseanne '' , `` home improvement '' and more .
in 2014 she directed the disney channel 's comedy , `` jessie '' .
lapiduss is a graduate of taylor allderdice high school and the carnegie mellon university school of drama , both in pittsburgh , pennsylvania where she was born and raised .
