- Born
- Birth nameGregory G. Berlanti
- WGA, DGA and Golden Globe nominated writer, director, and producer, Greg Berlanti, is the force behind several of the most inventive and acclaimed works of film and television.
He is the writer, director and producer behind several of the most creative and lauded television series, including ABC's "Brothers and Sisters," "Eli Stone" (for which he was nominated for a WGA Award) and "Political Animals," the USA Network mini-series (for which he was nominated for a WGA, DGA and Golden Globe award). Berlanti started in television as a writer and executive producer on "Dawson's Creek" before going to to create and executive produce two of the WB's most critically acclaimed dramas - "Everwood" and "Jack & Bobby."
Berlanti co-wrote and produced the Warner Bros. action film, "Green Lantern." He also directed "Life As We Know It," starring Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel, which grossed over $100m worldwide. In 2000, Berlanti made his film directorial debut with "The Broken Hearts Club."
In 2013, he is Executive Producing both "Arrow," for the CW and "Golden Boy," for CBS and working on "The Tomorrow People," a new pilot for the CW.
Berlanti resides in Los Angeles.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Slate - WGA, DGA, Golden Globe and Emmy nominated writer, director, and producer, Greg Berlanti, is the force behind some of the most creative and acclaimed works in film and television.
He began his career in television as a staff writer on the hit show Dawson's Creek and became an executive producer and showrunner of the series after only one year on staff. Since then, Berlanti has served as creator, writer, and producer behind several of the most inventive and biggest hits on television, including Everwood, Brothers & Sisters, Political Animals, Arrow, Blindspot, The Flash, Supergirl, You, Riverdale, Titans, Doom Patrol, All American, and The Flight Attendant. For the past few years, Berlanti Productions has had as many as 15 shows on the air at one time - a record-breaking number of shows to air at one time for a TV producer and creator.
Berlanti made his film directorial debut in 2000 with The Broken Hearts Club. His most recent feature directorial project was critically acclaimed Love, Simon. Upcoming feature projects include Amazon's My Policeman directed by Michael Grandage, starring Harry Styles and Emma Corrin; Jennifer Kent's Alice & Freda Forever; an Untitled Rock Hudson Biopic, which he will direct; Red, White and Royal Blue; Be More Chill, and HBO Max's Moonshot. The film division of his company, Berlanti/Schechter Films, has an exclusive first-look feature film deal with Netflix.
Berlanti was included in Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2020.
He resides in Los Angeles with his husband and two children.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Berlanti Productions
- SpouseRobbie Rogers(December 2, 2016 - present) (2 children)
- ChildrenChild
- Quite a few of the characters on Everwood (2002) (especially minor ones) have the names of his friends and/or ex-teachers. In the episode "We Hold these Truths", the orchestra conductor is named "Mr. Mendick" after his English/drama teacher in high school.
- Attended and graduated from Northwestern University where he studied playwriting. He endowed a dramatic writing professorship at the university with a $25 million donation.
- Remains good friends with The Vampire Diaries (2009) writer Brian Young.
- Attended and graduated from Rye High School in Rye, New York (1989).
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6420 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on May 23, 2022 (the day before his 50th birthday). Ryan Murphy, Sarah Schechter and Peter Roth were guest speakers at the ceremony.
- I love telling stories. Creating a character, a world, a whole universe out of nothing. That part I can't get enough of. I think about myself and storytelling the way Bill Clinton described himself and the Presidency, and I'm paraphrasing here: 'There are guy who have done it better, but there's no one who's enjoyed it more'.
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