Chris Brancato

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

Chris Brancato (born July 24, 1962) is a Hollywood writer and producer of several films and television programs. Brancato grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey[1] and graduated from Teaneck High School. He subsequently attended and graduated from Brown University. Brancato is of Arbëreshë origin. [2]

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 Sci Fi 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.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] On May 11, 2012; NBC decided not to bring it, and other pilots, to series.[6] He created the Netflix series Narcos and Narcos: Mexico[7] 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 screenwriter 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 19, 2020 [8]

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. ^ [https://www.genealogy.com/forum/regional/countries/topics/italy/36735/
  3. ^ Full Cast and Crew for Stealing Harvard, from the Internet Movie Database, accessed January 1, 2007
  4. ^ http://www.deadline.com/2010/12/chris-brancato-to-run-law-order-ci/
  5. ^ 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)
  6. ^ 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)
  7. ^ https://www.netflix.com/us-es/title/80997085
  8. ^ https://deadline.com/2018/05/warner-bros-dates-sherlock-holmes-3-for-christmas-2020-1202384395/

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