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Darren Star Born July 25, 1961
Potomac, Maryland, U.S.Occupation Film/television producer, director, writer Darren Bennett Star (born July 25, 1961) is an American producer, director and writer for film and television. He is best known for creating the hit TV shows Melrose Place, Beverly Hills, 90210 and Sex and the City.
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Career
Star created the television series Beverly Hills, 90210 and Melrose Place (with Aaron Spelling) and was the creator and a writer for the HBO series Sex and the City.[1]
Star also worked on CBS's Central Park West (1995), The WB's Grosse Pointe (2000), Fox's The $treet (2000), NBC's Miss Match (2003), Kitchen Confidential (2005), The CW's Runaway (2006) and ABC's Cashmere Mafia, which premiered in 2008.[2] Star was the producer of Sex and the City: The Movie, which was released in 2008 and its sequel, Sex and the City 2 which was released in 2010.[3]
In 2002, Star was the recipient of the Austin Film Festival's Outstanding Television Writer Award. HBO is reportedly planning a Star-penned pilot for a series tentatively titled "Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl".[4]
Personal life
Star was born in Potomac, Maryland. His mother was a freelance writer and his father was an orthodontist.[5] He attended Winston Churchill High School and UCLA.[citation needed]
Star is gay,[6] Jewish and has residences in New York City and Los Angeles.[7]
Filmography
Creator
- 2009/2010 - Melrose Place (TV series)
- 2009 - Niños ricos, pobres padres (TV series)
- 2008/ - 90210 (TV series)
- 2003 - Miss Match (TV series)
- 2000/2001 - Grosse Pointe (TV series)
- 1998/2004 - Sex and the City (TV series)
- 1995/1996 - Central Park West (TV series)
- 1992/1999 - Melrose Place (TV series)
- 1990/2000 - Beverly Hills, 90210 (TV series)
References
- ^ "DARREN STAR, creator, ‘Beverly Hills 90210’". New York Times. August 31, 2008. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/arts/television/31star.html?_r=1&scp=10&sq=Beverly%20Hills,%2090210&st=Search. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0938567/
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1261945/
- ^ Variety article on Star's latest project
- ^ http://www.filmreference.com/film/66/Darren-Star.html
- ^ Romesburg, Don (December 27, 1994). "Saint Savant?". The Advocate. Archived from the original on April 20, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080420150032/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_2003_Feb_18/ai_97726489. Retrieved October 23, 2009.
- ^ Kupfer, Ruta (2008-12-02). "'Sex and the City' creator Darren Star: Hollywood looking to Israel for ideas". Haaretz. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1042747.html. Retrieved 3 August 2009.
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Beverly Hills, 90210 Main characters Brandon Walsh · Brenda Walsh · Kelly Taylor · Steve Sanders · Andrea Zuckerman · Dylan McKay · David Silver · Donna Martin · Valerie Malone · Clare Arnold · Noah Hunter · Janet Sosna · Gina Kincaid · Scott Scanlon · Jesse Vasquez · Ray Pruit · Carly Reynolds · Matt Durning · Cindy Walsh · Jim Walsh · Nat BussichioCrew Darren Star · Aaron SpellingEpisodes Spin-offs and continuity Melrose Place (1992–1999) · Models Inc. (1994–1995) · 90210 (2008–) · Melrose Place (2009–2010) · Beverly Hills, 90210 franchiseCategories:- 1961 births
- American Jews
- American screenwriters
- American soap opera writers
- American television directors
- American television producers
- American television writers
- Jewish American writers
- Gay writers
- LGBT Jews
- LGBT screenwriters
- LGBT writers from the United States
- Living people
- People from Potomac, Maryland
- University of California, Los Angeles alumni
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