Darren Star
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| Darren Star | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1961 Potomac, Maryland |
| Occupation | television producer, screenwriter |
Darren Bennett Star (born 1961) is an American television producer and screenwriter.[1]
[edit] Career
Star attended the University of California in Los Angeles.[1]
Star is the creator of the television series Beverly Hills, 90210 and Melrose Place (both co-produced with Aaron Spelling) and was the creator and writer for the HBO series Sex and the City.
Star also worked on CBS's Central Park West (1995); The WB's Grosse Pointe (2000), Fox's The $treet (2000); NBC's Miss Match (2003); Kitchen Confidential (2005); The CW's Runaway (2006); and ABC's Cashmere Mafia, which premiered in 2008. Star was executive producer of Sex and the City: The Movie, which was released in 2008.[2]
HBO is planning a Star-penned pilot dubbed "Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl".[3]
[edit] Personal life
Star was born in Potomac, Maryland. His mother was a freelance writer and his father was an orthodontist.[4] Star attended Winston Churchill High School.[1]
Star is Jewish and has residences in New York City and Los Angeles. [5]
According to The Advocate, Star is "a gay man".[6]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0823015/bio
- ^ IMDB web site,[1]
- ^ http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117977811.html?categoryid=14&cs=1
- ^ http://www.filmreference.com/film/66/Darren-Star.html
- ^ Kupfer, Ruta (2008-12-02). "'Sex and the City' creator Darren Star: Hollywood looking to Israel for ideas". Haaretz. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1042747.html. Retrieved 3 August 2009.
- ^ Romesburg, Don (December 27, 1994). "Saint Savant?". The Advocate. Archived from the original on April 20, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080420150032/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_2003_Feb_18/ai_97726489. Retrieved October 23, 2009.
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