Janine Sherman Barrois is an award-winning writer/showrunner under an exclusive multi-year overall deal with Warner Bros. to create and develop new series. She is known for her work on Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madame CJ Walker (2020) starring Octavia Spencer, Claws (2017) starring Niecy Nash, Criminal Minds (2005) and ER (1994). Barrois made her directorial debut with French Fries, a short she wrote as part of Refinery29's Shatterbox Anthology series, in conjunction with TNT, and with support from the Women at Sundance program.