Paul Stupin
Paul Stupin is an American film and television executive.
Biography
After graduating from
Fox Network as executive vice president of series programming serving there from 1989 to 1992. Stupin's greatest legacy was bringing a twenty-nine-year-old screenwriter, Darren Star, to producer Aaron Spelling. Star had ideas of a high school drama and Spelling, for the first time since the 1960s, had not one show on the air. The result of their partnership was Beverly Hills, 90210
, an immediate hit with the first episode scoring a phenomenal forty share among the 12-17 demographic.
Stupin left Fox to become an executive at
Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Dawson's Creek; the show became an instant hit and a defining show for The WB. Stupin, while remaining an executive at Columbia, was one of Dawson's Creek's executive producers.[2] He will work as executive producer for the movie adaptation of the novel Betwixt,[3] the storybook for the adaptation is written by Elisabeth Chandler.[4] The teen horror film is an WBTV and CBS Studios production.[5]
References
- ^ "Paul Stupin". The Hollywood Reporter. April 17, 2002.
- ^ Biography on official Dawson's Creek site Archived 2005-01-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The CW Orders Up More Teen Terror: Betwixt
- ^ The CW greenlights three dramas
- ^ TV: The CW Call on Changelings to Save Humanity
External links
- Paul Stupin at IMDb