Greg Berlanti
Greg Berlanti was born in Suffern, Ramapo, Rockland County, New York, United States on May 24th, 1972 and is the Screenwriter. At the age of 52, Greg Berlanti biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Gregory Berlanti (born May 24, 1972) is an American writer, producer, and film director.
In addition to his contributions to DC Comics on film and television, including The CW's Arrowverse, he is best known for his work on Dawson's Creek, Brothers & Sisters, Everwood, Political Animals, Riverdale, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and You. Berlanti tied Jerry Bruckheimer's 2005-06 record for ten different live-action scripted television series airing on various networks and digital platforms, and the only one with 14 airing in the 2018–19 television season, having signed the most expensive producer contract to date (June 2018) with Warner Bros.
Berlanti's record grew to 15. During the 2019-20 television season, with one cancellation and two new series.
Love, Simon, Bernardini's sophomore romantic comedy-drama film, was also directed by Berlanti.
It was not surprising that the first film by a major Hollywood studio to be focusing on a gay teenage romance that grossed $66 million worldwide.
Personal life
He was born in Suffern, New York. Barbara Moller Berlanti and Eugene Berlanti are his parents. He attended Rye High School in Rye, New York, class 1989. Greg has one sister, Dina, and two nieces. He has ancestry from Italy and Ireland. In a September 2004 interview with Entertainment Weekly, he recalled his youth in a town of WASPs, and that his family was not "doing as well as 90% of the population." The Berlanti Productions logo, which follows each episode of shows he produces, includes a family with their backs to the audience and the spoken word, "Greg, move your head." This is an honor to Berlanti's father, Gene, who used to yell at Greg when he was blocking the television screen. Berlanti, a Delta Tau Delta alumnus who graduated from Northwestern University in 1994, is a student from the University of Massachusetts.
Berlanti has been in a friendship with former Los Angeles Galaxy soccer player Robbie Rogers since mid-2013. Rogers and Berlanti announced engagement on December 31, 2016. Their wedding took place on December 2, 2017. They have two children who were born via surrogacy, a son in 2016, and a daughter in 2019.
Career
Berlanti began writing on The WB's Dawson's Creek in 1998, where he quickly progressed from staff writer to executive producer. When showrunner and then-showrunner Kevin Williamson decided to step away from the show, 28-year-old Berlanti was promoted to showrunner.
Berlanti has appeared in many interviews about the benefits of including a gay character in a primetime television show and showcasing the first same-sex kiss between two men on Dawson's Creek, Virginia. "In the beginning, there was resistance," the Hollywood reporter said. Everyone was suspicious when we did the Jack kiss on Dawson's Creek. However, I took over the show, and that was an important thing to me. When asked what he would have done if the network had said no to the kiss, Berlanti said, "I was going to leave." I was actually shocked."
Everwood and Jack & Bobby were later developed as part of Berlanti's Warner Brothers drama series: Everwood and Jack & Bobby. Mickey Liddell, his business partner, and Warner Bros. formed an alliance in March 2003 through Berlanti/Liddell Productions. Timothy Olyphant, Zach Braff, Justin Theroux, and Dean Cain had all directed his first feature film, The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy, by the age of 32. He went to Touchstone Television in 2006 and established Berlanti Television as his new production company after three years at Warner Bros.
Berlanti produced and wrote Brothers & Sisters for ABC, which aired for five seasons and featured the first same-sex legal marriage on network television in 2006. Marti Noxon was fired by him after the show was cancelled due to creative differences.
Dirty Sexy Money for ABC, which aired for two seasons and featured the first recurring transgender characters on primetime television, was produced by Berlanti executive producer Dirty Sexy Money for ABC.
Berlanti produced and produced Eli Stone's ABC legal drama in 2008 and a series of Political Animals in 2012. He produced and coproduced No Ordinary Family alongside Jon Harmon Feldman, the former Dirty Sexy Money showrunner, at ABC. He migrated from ABC Studios to Warner Bros. Television in 2011. He produced The Mysteries of Laura, an American version of the Spanish television series The Mysteries of Laura, which premiered on September 17, 2014, and Blindspot, which premiered on September 21, 2015.
Life as We Know It, a Berlanti film starring Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel, was directed by Berlanti in 2010. Warner Bros. produced Pan for Warner Bros. under his Berlanti Productions banner; the film was released on October 9, 2015.
The CW ordered Riverdale, based on the characters from Archie Comics, to be produced in January 2016. In May 2016, the pilot was added to the series for the first time. Riverdale debuted on January 26, 2017, and it was renewed for a second season on March 7, 2017. Warner Bros. Television and Berlanti Productions announced in September 2017 that a live-action television series based on the comic book Chilling Adventures of Sabrina was in production for The CW. The project had migrated to Netflix in December 2017, and the first season of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina was released on October 26, 2018. Netflix renewed the series for a second season on December 18, 2018.
Berlanti and Sera Gamble, according to Caroline Kepnes' thriller book You, a plot was announced in February 2015. It was announced two years ago that Lifetime had acquired the series and began rapid-track production. On September 9, 2018, you premiered on September 9, 2018. Lifetime announced on July 26, 2018, ahead of the series's premiere, that the series had been renewed for a second season. Lifetime had passed on the series, and Netflix had picked up the series ahead of its second season's debut. On December 26, 2019, the second season was announced. Netflix renewed You for a third season on January 14, 2020, which was announced on October 15, 2021. The series was revived in October 2021, ahead of its third season premiere.
His Berlanti/Schechter Films firm had a first-look contract with Netflix, but not so recently.
Berlanti co-wrote and co-produced the DC Comics film Green Lantern, which stars Ryan Reynolds as the titular character. As the film was neither artistic nor financially successful, further planned launches were postponed.
Berlanti talked about his participation, as producer and possibly as director, in a Booster Gold feature film that was in production in May 2016. Zack Stentz, the screenwriter, was hired to write screenplays for the project. It's still in film limbo.
Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg and Marc Guggenheim, would create, write, and produce a series based on The CW's Green Arrow in January 2012. The series premiered on October 10, 2012, and was upgraded to full screen in the same month. Berlanti, Kreisberg, and DC Comics Geoff Johns would be introducing Barry Allen in the second season of Arrow, with the possibility of the character being spun off to his own series. In episode 8, "The Scientist," actor Grant Gustin was cast and made his debut. A pilot was officially ordered by The CW in November 2013, and the network picked The Flash up to series in May 2014, with a premiere set for fall of that year.
Berlanti and Guggenheim and Kreisberg would write and produce a spin-off series starring The Atom (Brandon Routh), Captain Cold (Wentworth Miller), Martin Stein (Victor Garber), and The White Canary (Caity Lotz) on February 26, 2015. Legends of Tomorrow was eventually named Legends of Tomorrow, and it followed a ragtag team of heroes and villains as they traveled through time and space on a quest to deter the indefinable immortal Vandal Savage. The series premiered on January 21, 2016, and it was revived for a second season on March 11, 2016.
It was revealed on September 4, 2014, that Berlanti would executive produce a re-imagining of Supergirl's origins, which would be written by The New Normal and Chuck Adler. Johns, the Flash co-creator, was also involved in the creation of the Flash. CBS had made a series of commitments to Supergirl on September 19, 2014, according to the newspaper. Berlanti would also co-write the first episode, according to the magazine.
The show went from CBS to The CW in its first season, bringing all live-action Arrowverse shows together on one network. When Nicole Maines was cast in the lead role, the show made history by including the first live-action transgender superhero.
Berlanti developed Black Lightning with Mara Brock Akil and her husband Salim Akil, which was also broadcast on The CW.
Berlanti also produced Titans, starring Brenton Thwaites, Geoff Johns, and Sarah Schechter; Doom Patrol, starring Matt Bomer and Brendan Fraser; and Stargirl starring Brec Bassinger; with Jeremy Carter, Melissa Carter, Geoff Johns, Sarah Schechter, and Glen Winter; and Titans starring Brenton Thwaites; and Doom Patrol, starring Brenton Thwaites; and Doom Patrol starring Brenton
Berlanti authored and produced Freedom Fighters: The Ray for The CW's streaming platform in 2017. The show was praised for its portrayal of the first openly gay superhero to headline a series.
Berlanti and Strange Adventures for HBO Max will be producing shows based on Green Lantern and Strange Adventures in 2019. Berlanti would also be a writer on the Green Lantern series, as it was revealed.