Benjamin Queen is an American writer and producer. He was the creator/showrunner for the NBC television show ''A to Z''. He wrote the screenplays for MGM's ''

The Addams Family 2 ''The Addams Family 2'' is a 2021 computer-animated supernatural black comedy road film directed by Greg Tiernan and Conrad Vernon, co-directed by Laura Brousseau and Kevin Pavlovic, written by Dan Hernandez, Benji Samit, Ben Queen, and S ...

'', and the

Pixar Pixar Animation Studios (commonly known as Pixar () and stylized as P I X A R) is an American computer animation studio known for its critically and commercially successful computer animated feature films. It is based in Emeryville, Californ ...

animated movie ''

Cars 2 ''Cars 2'' is a 2011 American computer-animated spy comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It is the sequel to '' Cars'' (2006), the second film in the ''Cars'' franchise, and the 12th animated film from ...

'', and co-wrote the story for ''

Cars 3 ''Cars 3'' is a 2017 American computer-animated sports comedy-adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The sequel to ''Cars 2'' (2011) and the third installment of the ''Cars'' film series, the ...

''. He was also the creator of the NBC television series, '' Powerless'' and the co-creator and executive producer of the Fox television series, '' Drive''. He is the author of the graphic novel

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which was published by Archaia and Boom! Studios in September 2020. It was listed one of the New York Public Library's 100 Books of the Year for 2020. In 2021 it was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Publication for Early Readers. It won the EGLA Award for Best Children's Graphic Novel - Fiction. He wrote and produced the pilot Heart of Life for ABC and 20th Television in 2019 which was based on the song by John Mayer. He is adapting A Note of Explanation by Vita Sackville-West into a live-action feature film for Netflix.

Movies

As a writer

* '' Proximity'' (2001) * ''

'' (2011) - screenplay * ''

'' (2017) - story * ''

'' (2021) - screenplay

Television

* ''

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'' (Writer: 1 Episode) (2004) * '' Drive'' (Co-Creator) (2007) * '' A to Z'' (Creator) (2014-2015) * '' Powerless'' (Creator) (2017)

Books

* ''

'' Graphic Novel (2021)

References

External links

* Living people American television producers American television writers American male television writers Pixar people Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-tv-writer-stub