John Rogers (writer)

John Rogers
Born	Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma mater	McGill University
Occupation(s)	Writer, director, producer
Years active	1996–present
Notable work	Leverage The Librarians Transformers
Website	http://kfmonkey.blogspot.com/

John Rogers is a screenwriter, television producer, television director, comedian, and comic book writer. He is best known as the creator of the television series Leverage (2008–2012), The Librarians (2014–present), and The Player (2015).

Rogers co-wrote the films American Outlaws (2001), The Core (2003), and Catwoman (2004), and co-wrote the story for the film Transformers (2007).

Early life and education

Rogers was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, and attended McGill University in Montreal. While at McGill, he wrote for the school's comedy magazine The Red Herring.

Career

Rogers wrote the first draft of the script for the live-action movie Transformers, released in 2007. He wrote an early screenplay for Catwoman and created the cartoon series Jackie Chan Adventures. He also co-wrote the science fiction adventure film The Core. In 2004 Rogers wrote and executive-produced a television pilot based on the graphic novel Global Frequency. Although the pilot was never aired on network television, it was leaked onto the internet and accrued an international fan base. He created and served as executive producer for the TNT television series Leverage, which ran for five seasons from 2008 to 2012.

Apart from his work in movies and television, Rogers has also worked in the comic book industry. In March 2006, he co-created the new Blue Beetle, Jaime Reyes, in the relaunch of the Blue Beetle comic book for DC Comics with plotter Keith Giffen and artist Cully Hamner. He has also written comics for BOOM! Studios. Rogers' stories are included in BOOM!'s Zombie Tales, Cthulhu Tales, Pirate Tales and What Were They Thinking? anthologies. Rogers currently writes the Dungeons & Dragons comic series for IDW Publishing.

Rogers has also worked on role-playing games, and is the author of Feywild chapter of the 4th edition Dungeons & Dragons, Manual of the Planes (2008).

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Credit	Notes
2001	American Outlaws	Screenplay	With Roderick Taylor
2003	The Core	Written by	With Cooper Layne
2004	Catwoman	Screenplay	With Theresa Rebeck and John Brancato & Michael Ferris
2007	Transformers	Story	With Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman

Television

Year	Title	Credited as				Notes
		Writer	Director	Producer	Executive producer
1996–1999	Cosby	Yes		Yes		Writer (7 episodes), executive story editor; producer, co-producer
2000–2005	Jackie Chan Adventures	Yes				Co-creator; writer (2 episodes)
2002	Red Skies	Yes			Yes	Writer (TV movie)
2005	Global Frequency	Yes			Yes	Creator, pilot
2006	Eureka	Yes				Teleplay: "Before I Forget"
2008–2012	Leverage	Yes	Yes		Yes	Co-creator; writer (16 episodes), director (4 episodes)
2014–present	The Librarians	Yes			Yes	Developer; writer (7 episodes)
2015	The Player	Yes			Yes	Co-creator; writer (1 episode)

External links

• John Rogers at IMDb
• John Rogers' personal weblog
• Silverbulletcomics.com interview