Joshua Safran
Joshua Safran | |
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| Alma mater | New York University |
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| Notable work | Gossip Girl and Smash |
Joshua Safran is an American television screenwriter and executive producer.
Education
Safran attended the
Jewish.[2]
Career
Safran was an executive producer and writer on
Smash.[3] He shared writing credits with director Shana Feste for the screenplay of the 2014 remake of the 1981 film Endless Love.[4]
Safran was the creator, executive producer and showrunner (seasons one and two) of the ABC thriller drama series Quantico.[5][6] Recently, he was credited as the creator, executive producer and showrunner for the Netflix musical television series Soundtrack.[7][8]
He is set to create, executive produce and showrun the 2021 sequel series
Personal life
Safran is openly gay.[11]
Filmography
Film
| Title | Year | Credited as | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writer | Director | Producer | |||
| Endless Love | 2014 | Yes | No | No | |
Television
The numbers in directing and writing credits refer to the number of episodes.
| Title | Year | Credited as | Network | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creator | Director | Writer | Executive Producer | ||||
| Gossip Girl | 2007–12 | No | No | Yes (18) | Yes | The CW | Consulting producer (2007–08: 18 episodes), co-executive producer (2008–10: 21 episodes), executive producer (2010–12: 46 episodes) |
| Smash | 2013 | No | No | Yes (3) | Yes | NBC | executive producer and showrunner (Season 2: 15 episodes) |
| Quantico | 2015–18 | Yes | No | Yes (7) | Yes | ABC | executive producer and showrunner (Seasons 1–2: 44 episodes), consultant (Season 3: 13 episodes) |
| Soundtrack | 2019 | Yes | Yes (1) | Yes (3) | Yes | Netflix | executive producer and showrunner |
| Gossip Girl | 2021 | Yes | Yes (3) | Yes | Yes | HBO Max
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executive producer and showrunner. |
References
- Playbill.com. Archived from the originalon January 26, 2013.
- EW.com.
- ^ Goldberg, Lesley (April 24, 2012). "'Smash' Taps 'Gossip Girl's' Josh Safran as New Showrunner". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
- PMC. May 21, 2013. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
- ^ "Josh Safran, Mark Gordon Team for Quantico Drama at ABC (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. September 17, 2014.
- ^ "'Quantico' Renewed For Season 3 By ABC, Josh Safran Steps Down As Showrunner". Deadline. May 15, 2017.
- ^ "'Mixtape': Netflix Picks Up Fox Musical Drama Pilot To Series". Deadline Hollywood. July 2, 2018.
- ^ Schwartz, Ryan (October 31, 2019). "Soundtrack: Jenna Dewan Music Drama Gets December Premiere Date at Netflix". TVLine. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
- ^ Bastidas, Jose (July 26, 2019). "'Gossip Girl' Creator Reveals HBO Max's Version Will Be More a 'Continuation' Than Reboot". Pop Culture. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
- ^ "'Quantico' Creator Sets Music Show at Fox, Ghost Drama at AMC (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. October 27, 2017.
- ^ Kinane, Ruth (June 15, 2021). "Gossip Girl executive producer Joshua Safran on how his characters represent parts of his coming-out journey". Entertainment Weekly.
External links
- Joshua Safran at IMDb
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