Darren Star
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Darren Star (born July 25, 1961) is an American writer, director and producer of film and television. He is best known for creating the television series Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–2000), Melrose Place (1992–1999), Sex and the City (1998–2004), Younger (2015–2021), Emily in Paris (2020–present), And Just Like That... (2021–present) and Uncoupled (2022).
Early lifeEdit
Darren Star was born to a Jewish family<ref>Haaretz: "'Sex and the City' Creator Darren Star: Hollywood Looking to Israel for Ideas - Star, 47, sat down to speak with Haaretz last week at the end of a brief but intense visit to Israel" by Ruta Kupfer February 12, 2008</ref> in Potomac, Maryland. His mother was a freelance writer and his father was an orthodontist.<ref>Filmreference.com</ref> He attended Winston Churchill High School and UCLA where he studied English and Creative Writing.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
CareerEdit
He created the television series Beverly Hills, 90210 based on his own high school experiences, and Melrose Place, and he was the creator and a writer for the HBO series Sex and the City.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
He also worked on Central Park West (1995), Grosse Pointe (2000), The $treet (2000), Miss Match (2003), Kitchen Confidential (2005), Runaway (2006) and Cashmere Mafia (2008).Template:Citation needed He was the producer of Sex and the City: The Movie, which was released in 2008, and its sequel Sex and the City 2, which was released in 2010.Template:Citation needed
In 2002, he was the recipient of the Austin Film Festival's Outstanding Television Writer Award. He sits on the board of directors of Project Angel Food.<ref>Project Angel Food Board Template:Webarchive</ref> In 2020, he signed a deal with ViacomCBS.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Personal lifeEdit
Star is openly gay.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He has residences in New York City and Los Angeles.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
FilmographyEdit
CreatorEdit
- Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–2000)
- Melrose Place (1992–1999)
- Central Park West (1995–1996)
- Sex and the City (1998–2004)
- Grosse Pointe (2000–2001)
- The Street (2000, co-created with Jeff Rake)
- Miss Match (2003, co-created with Jeff Rake)
- Younger (2015–2021)
- Emily in Paris (2020–present)
- And Just Like That... (2021–present, characters)
- Uncoupled (2022)
ScreenwriterEdit
- Doin' Time on Planet Earth (1988)
- Dead Heat (1988) (uncredited)
- If Looks Could Kill (1991)
Executive producerEdit
- Melrose Place (1992–1995)
- Beverly Hills, 90210 (1992–1995)
- Central Park West (1995–1996)
- Sex and the City (1998–2000)
- The Street (2000)
- Grosse Pointe (2000–2001)
- Miss Match (2003)
- Kitchen Confidential (2005)
- Runaway (2006)
- Cashmere Mafia (2008)
- GCB (2012)
- Younger (2015–2021)
- Emily in Paris (2020–present)
- Uncoupled (2022)
ProducerEdit
- Sex and the City (2008)
- Sex and the City 2 (2010)
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
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