- Greg Berlanti
Greg Berlanti (born
May 24 ,1972 ) is an Americantelevision writer and producer.Biography
Berlanti was born in
Rye, New York . He described his early life in an August 2004 interview with "Entertainment Weekly ": "We were Italians in a town of WASPs" and his family was not "doing as well as 90% of the community."Fact|date=November 2007Berlanti is openly
gay .citation |title=Interview with Greg Berlanti |first=Dennis |last=Ayers |date=March 1 ,2007 |accessdate=2007-11-18 |url=http://www.afterelton.com/people/2007/3/berlanti.html |periodical=AfterElton.com ]Career
Berlanti studied writing at
Northwestern University and participated in many activities including Delta Tau Delta fraternity. He was a writer and producer on "Dawson's Creek " and its short-livedspin-off "Young Americans". He is best known as being the creator, executive producer, and showrunner of "Everwood ". He also co-created the short-lived series "Jack & Bobby ".Berlanti also wrote and directed the film "
Broken Hearts Club ", about young gay friends inWest Hollywood which he based on his own circle of friends at the time.In August 2006, Berlanti announced a new deal with
Touchstone Television and ABC to create new pilots. In conjunction with the announcement, Berlanti announced a parting of the ways with longtime creative partner Mickey Liddell.citation |url=http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid35146.asp |date=August 5 ,2006 |title=Greg Berlanti splits with business partner |periodical=The Advocate |accessdate=2007-11-18 ] At the same time, news surfaced that Berlanti was acting as a consultant for the new ABC series "Brothers & Sisters". The previous executive producer,Marti Noxon , had left the show after conflict with creatorJon Robin Baitz .citation |url=http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid35518.asp |date=August 16 ,2006
title=Greg Berlanti lends a hand to Brothers & Sisters |periodical=The Advocate |accessdate=2007-11-18 ] Berlanti now serves as an executive producer for the series.Berlanti is also executive producer of
Dirty Sexy Money which debuted on ABC onSeptember 26 ,2007 .With
Marc Guggenheim , Berlanti is the co-writer of "Eli Stone ", atelevision pilot for ABC which debuted as a mid-season replacement in 2008. Berlanti also serves as executive producer. Berlanti was instrumental in the pilot's promotion of the theory that a mercury-basedvaccine preservative causesautism .cite news |work= New York Times |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/23/arts/television/23ston.html |date=2008-01-23 |accessdate=2008-01-29 |author= Wyatt E |title= ABC drama takes on science and parents] This theory is not supported by scientific evidence, but has contributed to decreased vaccination rates that endanger children.cite journal |journal= N Engl J Med |year=2007 |volume=357 |issue=13 |pages=1278–9 |title= Thimerosal and vaccines—a cautionary tale |author= Offit PA |url=http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/357/13/1278 |doi= 10.1056/NEJMp078187 |pmid= 17898096] [cite journal |journal= Can J Neurol Sci |date=2006 |volume=33 |issue=4 |pages=341–6 |title= Immunizations and autism: a review of the literature |author= Doja A, Roberts W |pmid=17168158] Berlanti expressed no qualms about the pilot and defended it before it aired.Berlanti will be a writer/director for the upcoming 2010 film, "Green Lantern".
Selected works
;Writer
* "Brothers & Sisters" (2006-2007)
* "Eli Stone" (2007)
* "Everwood" (2002-2006)
* "Jack & Bobby" (2004)
* The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000);Producer
* "Dirty Sexy Money" (2007)
* "Brothers & Sisters" (2006-2007)
* "Everwood" (2002-2006);Director
* The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000)References
External links
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* [http://dawsonscreek.com/no_index.html?/about/greg_berlanti.html Greg Berlanti's bio] on the DawsonsCreek.com site
* [http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/portal/site/TelevisionWithoutPity/menuitem.766266d5c663f366b180b41045001d30/?vgnextoid=8a4450e49e2a2110VgnVCM1000006dc1d240RCRD&vgnextfmt=default&ShowName=Everwood Interview with Berlanti] atTelevision Without Pity
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