Allan Heinberg (born June 29, 1967) is an American film screenwriter, television writer and producer and comic book writer. Heinberg is the screenwriter of the 2017 film ''

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'', directed by

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. His television writing and producing credits include '' The Naked Truth'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The O.C.'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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'' . Most recently, Heinberg developed, wrote, and ran ABC's '' The Catch,'' starring Mireille Enos and Peter Krause and also developed the 2022 Netflix series on '' The Sandman.'' For

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, Heinberg co-created and wrote ''

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'' and its sequel, ''Avengers: The Children’s Crusade'' with co-creator/artist

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. As part of this series, he co-created the Marvel characters Kate Bishop, Hulkling, Iron Lad, Patriot (Eli Bradley),

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, and Wiccan. For

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, Heinberg co-wrote '' JLA: Crisis of Conscience'' with

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(art by Chris Batista), and re-launched Wonder Woman with artists Terry and Rachel Dodson.

Early life

Heinberg is a graduate of Booker T. Washington High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma and

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class of 1989. He was in Morse College. Heinberg acted in the Broadway cast of '' Laughter on the 23rd Floor'' and appeared off-Broadway in '' Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh'' and the Vineyard Theatre's production of Bob Merrill's ''Hannah...1939'' starring Julie Wilson.

Career

Theatre

A stageplay called ''The Amazon's Voice'' helped launch Heinberg's screenwriting career in 1994. The play was produced

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by the Manhattan Class Company and featured

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and Ellen Parker in lead roles.

Comics

Heinberg's ''

'' was a sales success and fan favorite for

. He returned to write for the Young Avengers during the 2010–2011 ''

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'' storyline. After co-writing a 5-issue arc of

's '' JLA'' with

, Heinberg and artist

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relaunched ''

'' following the ''

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'' limited series. Heinberg won the 2005 Wizard Fan Award for Breakout Talent for ''Young Avengers''

TV

On television, Heinberg worked on '' The Naked Truth'', ''

'', ''

'', '' The O.C.'', ''

'', ''

'' and '' The Catch'', and served as Executive Producer of

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for their

origin series ''Amazon'' in 2012, but the pilot was not picked up to series. In 2019, it was announced that Heinberg would develop a television adaptation of ''The Sandman'' for

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. He also executive produces the show with

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and David S. Goyer.

Movies

Heinberg wrote the screenplay for the 2017 superhero film ''

'', as well as co-wrote the story with

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and Jason Fuchs.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

Allan Heinberg at Marvel.com
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Heinberg, Allan 1967 births Living people 20th-century American screenwriters 21st-century American screenwriters American male screenwriters American soap opera writers American television producers Place of birth missing (living people) Booker T. Washington High School (Tulsa, Oklahoma) alumni Yale University alumni American comics writers American male television writers DC Comics people Marvel Comics people Hugo Award–winning writers