Greg Berlanti

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Greg Berlanti (2018)

Greg Berlanti (born May 24, 1972 in Rye , New York ) is an American television producer , screenwriter and director . He currently leads the television series Arrow , The Flash , Supergirl , Blind Spot and Riverdale as Executive Producer .

Career

Greg Berlanti grew up as the son of Italian immigrants in a New York neighborhood that, as he later described it, was shaped by White Anglo-Saxon Protestants . He graduated from Northwestern University in Illinois with a degree in drama .

After writing a few plays for the theater, he began working on Dawson's Creek in 1998 as a writer and producer . In 2000 he was behind the camera for the first time as director of the feature film The Broken Hearts Club , which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival . In 2002 he created the television series Everwood , which he supervised as executive producer , and which was nominated for two Emmys in the four years of its existence .

In 2002 Berlanti also invented the short-lived television series Jack & Bobby , which in turn was nominated for a Golden Globe Award . In the following years Berlanti developed and produced various television series. Together with Marc Guggenheim , whom Berlanti met while working on Jack & Bobby , he developed and produced the Eli Stone series of lawyers from 2008 to 2009 , which was nominated for a Writers Guild Award . My Superhero Family followed in 2010, and The Tomorrow People from 2013 to 2014 . Guggenheim and Berlanti have been showrunners for the CW television series Arrow since 2012, and for The Flash since 2014 . Together with Guggenheim, he also wrote the comic book adaptation Green Lantern in 2011 . He also developed the television series Supergirl .

Berlanti also produced several series, from 2006 to 2011 the television series Brothers & Sisters , 2013 Golden Boy and since 2014 Detective Laura Diamond .

For the miniseries Political Animals , which Berlanti wrote and produced, he has received several nominations, including an Emmy , a Directors Guild of America Award and a Writers Guild of America Award .

Greg Berlanti is openly gay . He has been in a relationship with US footballer Robbie Rogers since November 2013 . In February 2016, the two became parents of a boy with the help of a surrogate mother . In May 2019 they became parents to a daughter.

Filmography (selection)

Writer and producer

Greg Berlanti (2012)

producer

Director

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Marc Guggenheim . In: imagecomics.com . Retrieved May 7, 2015.
  2. ↑ Jim Halterman: Greg Berlanti Talks "The Flash" Excitement & Loving Robbie Rogers . In: thebacklot.com . August 19, 2014. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
  3. ↑ Charlie Carballo: Soccer star Robbie Rogers splits from Flash producer Greg Berlanti ... but insists the pair are still 'friends' . In: dailymail.co.uk . December 13, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  4. ↑ Robbie Rogers: Happy Valentines Day !!! Thank you to all the men and women who made it possible for me to be able to share my life with the man I love. xRR . In: instagram.com . Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  5. ^ Greg Berlanti Welcomes a Son via Surrogate: 'My Heart Is Full Forever' . In: people.com . February 20, 2016. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  6. ↑ Greg Berlanti on Instagram: “Welcome to the world Mia Barbara Rogers-Berlanti. 5/13/19. Our hearts and our family have grown even larger. @robbierogers has already… “ Retrieved on May 26, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Berlanti, Greg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film producer , screenwriter, and film director
DATE OF BIRTH May 24, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Rye , New York