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==Career==
==Career==
Brancato wrote or was story editor for several episodes of the 1992 season of ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]''. He co-wrote the ''[[X-Files]]'' episode ”[[Eve (The X-Files)|Eve]]“, which first aired on December 10, 1993.{{Citation needed|date=January 2019}} Brancato created and wrote [[Sci Fi Channel (United States)|Sci Fi Channel's]] ''[[First Wave (TV series)|First Wave]]'', which aired from 1998–2001.<ref name=SciFi/> Brancato also co-wrote the 1998 film ''[[Species II]]''.<ref name=SciFi/>
Brancato wrote or was story editor for several episodes of the 1992 season of ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]''. He co-wrote the ''[[X-Files]]'' episode ”[[Eve (The X-Files)|Eve]]“, which first aired on December 10, 1993.{{Citation needed|date=January 2019}} Brancato created and wrote [[Space (Canadian TV channel)|Space Channel]]'s ''[[First Wave (TV series)|First Wave]]'', which aired from 1998–2001.<ref name=SciFi/> Brancato also co-wrote the 1998 film ''[[Species II]]''.<ref name=SciFi/>


Brancato wrote the 1997 film ''[[Hoodlum (film)|Hoodlum]]'' set in crime-ridden 1930s New York City.
Brancato wrote the 1997 film ''[[Hoodlum (film)|Hoodlum]]'' set in crime-ridden 1930s New York City.

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Chris Brancato
Born (1962-07-24) July 24, 1962 (age 61)
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, film producer

Chris Brancato (born July 24, 1962) is an American television and film writer and producer. Brancato grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey[1] and graduated from Teaneck High School. He subsequently attended and graduated from Brown University.

Career

Brancato wrote or was story editor for several episodes of the 1992 season of Beverly Hills, 90210. He co-wrote the X-Files episode ”Eve“, which first aired on December 10, 1993.[citation needed] Brancato created and wrote Space Channel's First Wave, which aired from 1998–2001.[1] Brancato also co-wrote the 1998 film Species II.[1]

Brancato wrote the 1997 film Hoodlum set in crime-ridden 1930s New York City.

Brancato was executive producer of the 2002 film Stealing Harvard.[2] Brancato was also a writer/producer for the critically acclaimed 2002–2003 television series Boomtown.

Brancato wrote two episodes during season 12 of the long-running NBC legal drama, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, titled "Branded" and "Spectacle". Brancato moved on to be executive producer/show runner/head writer for the tenth season of the USA Network police-procedural Law & Order: Criminal Intent, a show that is related to Law & Order: SVU.[3] Brancato did a police-procedural pilot for NBC titled Blue Tilt, where he was creator/executive producer with Vincent D'Onofrio (Law & Order: Criminal Intent) and Ethan Hawke, who were also set to star in the project as well.[4] On May 11, 2012, NBC decided not to bring it, and other pilots, to series.[5] He created the Netflix series Narcos and Narcos: Mexico[6] with Carlo Bernard and Doug Miro.

After going through several iterations, Brancato is credited as a co-screenwriter for third Sherlock Holmes film along with Joel Silver, Susan Downey and Lionel Wigram returning as producers, and Village Roadshow returning as co-producer. Warner Bros. have confirmed the third film will include Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law, with an expected release date December 22, 2021.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c Profile of Chris Brancato: Writer / Creator of Sci Fi Channel's First Wave, accessed January 1, 2007. "Brancato always knew he was going to be a writer – but not for the movies. He grew up in Teaneck, N.J., with school-teacher parents."
  2. ^ Full Cast and Crew for Stealing Harvard, from the Internet Movie Database, accessed January 1, 2007
  3. ^ http://www.deadline.com/2010/12/chris-brancato-to-run-law-order-ci/
  4. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (September 14, 2011). "Ethan Hawke And Vince D'Onofrio To Star in NBC Crime Drama Written By Chris Brancato". Deadline. Retrieved February 7, 2012. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |newspaper= (help)
  5. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (May 11, 2012). "NBC Cancels Four Series, Passes on Remaining Pilots". Deadline. Retrieved May 15, 2012. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |newspaper= (help)
  6. ^ https://www.netflix.com/us-es/title/80997085
  7. ^ https://deadline.com/2019/03/sherlock-holmes-3-release-date-warner-bros-robert-downey-jr-jude-law-1202569424/

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