Joshua Safran is an American television
screenwriter
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and
executive producer
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.
Education
Safran attended the
Horace Mann School prior to graduating from
NYU Tisch with a
Bachelor of Fine Arts
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Background ...
in playwriting. He has stated he is
Jewish
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.
Career
Safran was an executive producer and writer on
The CW
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television series ''
Gossip Girl'', for which he was the showrunner for the series' fourth and fifth seasons, and was the executive producer and showrunner for the second season of the
NBC television series ''
Smash''.
He shared writing credits with director
Shana Feste for the screenplay of the 2014
remake of the 1981 film ''
Endless Love''.
Safran was the creator, executive producer and showrunner (seasons one and two) of the
ABC thriller drama series ''
Quantico''. Recently, he was credited as the creator, executive producer and showrunner for the
Netflix
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musical television series ''
Soundtrack
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''.
He is set to create, executive produce and showrun the 2021 sequel series ''
Gossip Girl'' for
HBO Max. Safran is developing an untitled ghost drama for
AMC with Annapurna Television.
Personal life
Safran is openly gay.
Filmography
Film
Television
The numbers in directing and writing credits refer to the number of episodes.
References
External links
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American television producers
American television writers
American male television writers
LGBTQ television producers
American LGBTQ screenwriters
Living people
Jewish American screenwriters
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
Tisch School of the Arts alumni
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