Greg Berlanti
Birthdate: May 24, 1972
Birthplace: Rye, New York, USA
Greg Berlanti (birthname: Gregory G. Berlanti) is one of American TV’s most successful series creators, but has also worked in the movies as a director, writer, and producer, starting with his work as director-writer of the romantic gay comedy, The Broken Hearts Club (2000), with Zach Braff, Dean Cain, Matt McGrath, Timothy Olyphant, Billy Porter, Justin Theroux, John Mahoney, and Nia Long, and which premiered at the Sundance film festival before a Sony Pictures Classics release.
Berlanti was director of the comedy-drama, Life As We Know It (2010), co-starring Katherine Heigl, Josh Duhamel, and Josh Lucas, and scoring a box-office hit for Warner Bros. with a $105.7 million return. Berlanti co-wrote the screenplay and story and produced (with Donald De Line and Geoff Johns) the disappointing DC Comics movie, Green Lantern (2011), directed by Katherine Heigl, and starring Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong, Tim Robbins, and Angela Bassett.
Berlanti continued in the action-fantasy mode as story writer (with David Leslie Johnson and Dan Mazeau) of Warner Bros.’ Wrath of the Titans (2012), the sequel to Clash of the Titans (2010), with Sam Worthington, Rosamund Pike, Bill Nighy, Edgar Ramirez, Danny Huston, Ralph Fiennes and Liam Neeson, under Jonathan Liebesman’s direction.
Greg Berlanti returned to the feature director’s chair with the successful teenage rom-com, Love, Simon (2018), with Nick Robinson, Josh Duhamel, and Jennifer Garner, grossing over $66 million for 20th Century Fox. Berlanti was director of the NASA Space Race comedy-drama surrounding the Apollo 11 moon landing, Fly Me to the Moon (2024), starring Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum, Ray Romano, and Woody Harrelson, and released in a wide pattern by Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Releasing.
Berlanti has also served as producer on the Joe Wright-directed Peter Pan movie, Pan (2015), starring Hugh Jackman; and on Free Guy (2021), starring Ryan Reynolds and directed by Shawn Levy.
Personal Details
Greg Berlanti was born and raised in Suffern, New York by his parents Barbara and Eugene. Berlanti has a sister, Dina. Berlanti graduated from Rye High School in Rye, New York. Berlanti attended and graduated from Northwestern University, where he was a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. Berlanti has been married to producer-writer-actor and ex-LA Galaxy soccer player Robbie Rogers since 2017; the couple has a son and a daughter, both born via surrogacy. Berlanti’s estimated net worth is $200 million.
Filmography
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- 2024 | Fly Me to the Moon
Fly Me to the Moon
Marketing maven Kelly Jones wreaks havoc on launch director Cole Davis's already difficult task. When the White House deems the mission too important to fail, the countdown truly begins.
- 2018 | Love, Simon
Love, Simon
Simon Spier keeps a huge secret from his family, his friends and all of his classmates: he's gay. When that secret is threatened, Simon must face everyone and come to terms with his identity.
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- 2019 | Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest DocumentaryasSelf - Creator, The Flash, Arrow
Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary
Filmmakers and stars discuss the filming and social effects of Galaxy Quest, a comedic take-off of Star Trek, with brilliant commentary not only on the Star Trek series but on the real-life actors themselves.
Some Facts About Greg Berlanti
Endowment: Greg Berlanti endowed his alum university, Northwestern, with $25 million to support a dramatic writing professorship.
Creator: Berlanti has commented “I love telling stories. Creating a character, a world, a whole universe out of nothing. That part I can’t get enough of.”
Influential: Greg Berlanti was selected as one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2020.
