Chris Brancato (born July 24, 1962) is an American television and film writer and producer. Brancato grew up in

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Profile of Chris Brancato: Writer / Creator
of Sci Fi Channel's '' First Wave'', accessed January 1, 2007. "Brancato always knew he was going to be a writer – but not for the movies. He grew up in Teaneck, N.J., with school-teacher parents." and graduated in 1980 from

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. He subsequently attended and graduated from

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Career

Brancato wrote or was story editor for several episodes of the 1992 season of ''

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''. He co-wrote the ''

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'' episode ”

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“, which first aired on December 10, 1993. Brancato created and wrote Space Channel's '' First Wave'', which aired from 1998 to 2001, and also wrote the 1998 film ''

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''. Brancato wrote the 1997 film '' Hoodlum'' set in crime-ridden 1930s New York City. Brancato was executive producer of the 2002 film ''

Stealing Harvard ''Stealing Harvard'' is a 2002 American slapstick action comedy film directed by Bruce McCulloch and written by Martin Hynes and Peter Tolan, about a man who resorts to crime to pay for his niece's Harvard tuition. The film stars Jason Lee and ...

''. Brancato was also a writer/producer for the critically acclaimed 2002–2003 television series ''

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''. Brancato wrote two episodes during

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of the long-running

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, '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', titled "Branded" and "Spectacle". Brancato moved on to be executive producer/show runner/head writer for the tenth season of the

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police-procedural '' Law & Order: Criminal Intent'', a show that is related to ''Law & Order: SVU''. Brancato did a police-procedural pilot for

titled ''Blue Tilt'', where he was creator/executive producer with

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(''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'') and

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, who were also set to star in the project as well. On May 11, 2012, NBC decided not to bring it, and other pilots, to series. He created the Netflix series ''

Narcos ''Narcos'' is an American crime drama television series created and produced by Chris Brancato, Carlo Bernard, and Doug Miro. Set and filmed in Colombia, seasons 1 and 2 are about Colombian narcoterrorist and drug lord Pablo Escobar, leader ...

'' and '' Narcos: Mexico'' with Carlo Bernard and

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. After going through several iterations, Brancato is credited as a co-screenwriter for third ''Sherlock Holmes'' film along with Joel Silver, Susan Downey and Lionel Wigram returning as producers, and Village Roadshow returning as co-producer. Warner Bros. have confirmed the third film will include Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law. The film had an expected release date December 22, 2021 but is currently undated. Brancato is the screenwriter, executive producer, writer, and creator of the EPIX series ''

Godfather of Harlem ''Godfather of Harlem'' is an American crime drama television series that premiered on September 29, 2019, on Epix. The series is created by Chris Brancato and Paul Eckstein, and stars Forest Whitaker as 1960s New York City gangster Bumpy Johns ...

'' starring

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Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brancato, Chris Living people American male screenwriters Teaneck High School alumni Film producers from New Jersey 1962 births Screenwriters from New Jersey Brown University alumni Writers from Teaneck, New Jersey