Joshua Safran is an American television screenwriter and executive producer.
Joshua Safran | |
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| Alma mater | New York University |
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| Notable work | Soundtrack, Quantico, Gossip Girl and Smash |
Education
Safran attended the Horace Mann School prior to graduating from NYU Tisch with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in playwriting.[1] He has stated he is Jewish.[2]
Career
Safran was an executive producer and writer on The CW television series Gossip Girl and was the executive producer and showrunner for the second season of the NBC television series Smash.[3] He shared writing credits with director Shana Feste for the screenplay of the 2014 remake of the 1981 film Endless Love.[4]
Safran was the creator, executive producer and showrunner (seasons one and two) of the ABC thriller drama series Quantico.[5][6] Recently, he was credited as the creator, executive producer and showrunner for the Netflix musical television series Soundtrack.[7][8]
He is set to create, executive produce and showrun the 2021 sequel series Gossip Girl for HBO Max.[9] Safran is developing an untitled ghost drama for AMC with Annapurna Television.[10]
Personal life
Safran is openly gay.[11]
Filmography
Film
| Title | Year | Credited as | Notes | ||
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| Writer | Director | Producer | |||
| Endless Love | 2014 | Yes | No | No | |
Television
The numbers in directing and writing credits refer to the number of episodes.
| Title | Year | Credited as | Network | Notes | |||
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| Creator | Director | Writer | Executive Producer | ||||
| Gossip Girl | 2007–12 | No | No | Yes (18) | Yes | The CW | Consulting producer (2007–08: 18 episodes), co-executive producer (2008–10: 21 episodes), executive producer (2010–12: 46 episodes) |
| Smash | 2013 | No | No | Yes (3) | Yes | NBC | executive producer and showrunner (Season 2: 15 episodes) |
| Quantico | 2015–18 | Yes | No | Yes (7) | Yes | ABC | executive producer and showrunner (Seasons 1–2: 44 episodes), consultant (Season 3: 13 episodes) |
| Soundtrack | 2019 | Yes | Yes (1) | Yes (3) | Yes | Netflix | executive producer and showrunner |
| Gossip Girl | 2021 | Yes | Yes (3) | Yes | Yes | HBO Max | executive producer and showrunner. |