Josh Schwartz
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{{Short description|American screenwriter and television producer (b. 1976)}}
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| birth_name = Joshua Ian Schwartz
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|8|6}}
| birth_place = Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
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| occupation = Writer, producer
| notableworks = The O.C., Gossip Girl, Chuck, Runaways
| spouse = {{marriage|Jill Stonerock|2008}}
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Joshua Ian Schwartz (born August 6, 1976) is an American screenwriter and television producer. He is best known for creating and executive producing the Fox teen drama series The O.C. which ran for 4 seasons. Schwartz is also known for developing The CW's series Gossip Girl based on the book of the same name and for co-creating NBC's action-comedy-spy series, Chuck.
At 26, he became one of the youngest people in network history to create a series and run its day-to-day production when he ran The O.C.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/08/horrorstor-josh-schwartz-gail-berman-charlie-kaufman-fox-series-put-pilot-1201492493/|title=Fox Nabs 'Horrorstör' Dramedy From Josh Schwartz, Gail Berman & Charlie Kaufman As Put Pilot|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=August 5, 2015|website=Deadline|language=en-US|access-date=June 3, 2016}}{{Cite news|url=https://entertainment.time.com/2013/08/14/11-things-we-learned-about-the-o-c-from-series-creator-josh-schwartz/|title=11 Things We Learned About The O.C. from Series Creator Josh Schwartz|last=Dodds|first=Eric|newspaper=Time|issn=0040-781X|access-date=June 3, 2016}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/the-oc-10-years-later-josh-schwartz-looks-back-part-1|title='The O.C.,' 10 years later: Josh Schwartz looks back, part 1|website=HitFix|access-date=June 3, 2016}}
Early life
Schwartz was born to a Jewish family in 1976 in Providence, Rhode Island, the son of Steve and Honey Schwartz. His parents were both toy inventors at Hasbro, working on the development of toys such as Transformers and My Little Pony, until they went on to start their own company.{{cite news |title=The man behind the OC |author=Hadley Freeman |date=January 22, 2005 |publisher=Guardian Unlimited |url=https://www.theguardian.com/weekend/story/0,,1394603,00.html |access-date=January 16, 2007 | location=London}}{{cite news |title="On the Scene": "The O.C." |author=Michael Elkin |work=The Jewish Exponent |location=Philadelphia |url=http://www.interfaithfamily.com/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=ekLSK5MLIrG&b=297399&ct=412979 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929124408/http://www.interfaithfamily.com/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=ekLSK5MLIrG&b=297399&ct=412979 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 29, 2007 |access-date=January 7, 2007 }}[http://jewishjournal.com/uncategorized/71432/ Jewish Journal: "Jews Get Geek on at Comic-Con" by Adam Wills] July 22, 2009 Schwartz grew up on the east side of Providence, Rhode Island with a younger brother, Danny, and a younger sister, Katie.{{cite news |title=People: O.C. creator to speak at Wheeler, his alma mater |author=Andy Smith |date=June 10, 2005 |work=The Providence Journal |url=http://www.projo.com/extra/graduation/highschool/content/projo_20050610_schwartz.1bd26e5.html |access-date=January 8, 2007}}{{cite news|last =Engelberg| first =Keren| title =Young Creator Spells Success 'O.C.' |work=The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles| date=October 31, 2003 | url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=11286 |access-date=January 16, 2007 }} Schwartz always had ambitions of being a writer since early childhood.{{cite news |title=Charmed life: Young writer's made it big with Fox hit |author=Curt Schleier |date=March 19, 2004 |work=The Jewish News Weekly of Northern California |url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/21864/edition_id/443/format/html/displaystory.html |access-date=January 16, 2007}}
When Schwartz was seven years old, he won an essay-writing contest at Summer camp for a review of the recently released movie Gremlins; the opening line was "Spielberg has done it again" and stood out amongst the other submissions.{{cite news|title='The O.C.' Rewrites the Rules of TV Writing |author=Ari Posner |date=March 21, 2004 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/21/arts/television/21POSN.html?ex=1395205200&en=158d7ee8845cb98e&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070316134513/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/21/arts/television/21POSN.html?ex=1395205200&en=158d7ee8845cb98e&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 16, 2007 |access-date=January 8, 2007 }} By the age of twelve, he had a subscription to the entertainment industry newspaper Variety.{{cite news |title=Questions for Josh Schwartz: Gossip Guy |author=Deborah Solomon |author-link=Deborah Solomon |date=October 14, 2007 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/14/magazine/14wwln-q4-t.html |access-date=October 20, 2007}}
He attended Providence's private Wheeler School, a coeducational independent day school, for 11 years, graduating with the class of 1994.{{cite news |title=For Producer of Hit Show "The O.C.," Jewish Background Is Fertile Ground |author=Richard Asinof |date=June 15, 2005 |publisher=JTA.Org |url=http://www.interfaithfamily.com/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=ekLSK5MLIrG&b=297403&ct=1368283 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927004839/http://www.interfaithfamily.com/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=ekLSK5MLIrG&b=297403&ct=1368283 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 27, 2007 |access-date=January 7, 2007 }}
Career
In 1995, Schwartz attended film school to study screen and television writing at the University of Southern California (USC). He became a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, as well as president of the chapter, and got to see what it's like "behind the gated communities and big mansions" of Southern California which would later provide fodder for his pilot The O.C.{{cite web |title=Schwartz struts his stuff on 'O.C.' |author=Kim Holmes |date=April 22, 2004 |publisher=Daily Trojan |url=http://www.dailytrojan.com/media/storage/paper679/news/2004/04/22/Lifestyle/Schwartz.Struts.His.Stuff.On.o.c-667916.shtml?norewrite200701071734&sourcedomain=www.dailytrojan.com |archive-url=https://archive.today/20071015073101/http://www.dailytrojan.com/media/storage/paper679/news/2004/04/22/Lifestyle/Schwartz.Struts.His.Stuff.On.o.c-667916.shtml?norewrite200701071734&sourcedomain=www.dailytrojan.com |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 15, 2007 |access-date=January 7, 2007}}{{cite web|title=Exclusive Interview: Josh Schwartz, Creator/Executive Producer of The OC|url=http://www.buddytv.com/articles/the-oc/exclusive-interview-josh-scwar-2651.aspx|publisher=BuddyTV|date=December 14, 2006|access-date=January 4, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007023801/http://www.buddytv.com/articles/the-oc/exclusive-interview-josh-scwar-2651.aspx|archive-date=October 7, 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |title=The OC revealed |author=Libby Slate |year=2005 |publisher=Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |url=http://www.emmys.org/events/2005/theoc.php |access-date=January 16, 2007}}
While at USC, Schwartz tried out stand-up comedy at a talent show in front of five hundred people but was "disabused of [the] notion very quickly."{{cite video | people = Charlie Rose (interviewer) | date = November 22, 2004 | title = The Charlie Rose Show: A Conversation with Josh Schwartz | url = http://www.charlierose.com/shows/2004/11/22/2/a-conversation-with-the-o-c-creator-josh-schwartz | format = Flash | medium = Television production | access-date = August 15, 2007 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930155756/http://www.charlierose.com/shows/2004/11/22/2/a-conversation-with-the-o-c-creator-josh-schwartz | archive-date = September 30, 2007 }}
In his sophomore year he wrote an autobiographical screenplay about his senior year in high school called Providence as a homework assignment for school. He entered his screenplay into a contest for the prestigious Nicholson Award in Screenwriting, the highest honor awarded to undergraduates, and won. Unfortunately, the prize was quickly revoked; to be eligible he had to be in his junior year at the time. Schwartz says "I dropped it in a box – I was a sophomore. And I got a call over the summer saying I'd won, and I'd won five thousand dollars. I was like, 'This is awesome!' Then they called back, like, the next day and said you had to be a junior to enter and not a sophomore, so they were rescinding it. I was pretty pissed."{{cite web |title=Schwartz uses youth to his advantage…A look behind The O.C. |author=Molly Shalgos |date=May 2004 |publisher=Lumino Magazine |url=http://www.luminomagazine.com/2004.05/spotlight/ocpf.html |access-date=January 4, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015072404/http://luminomagazine.com/2004.05/spotlight/ocpf.html |archive-date=October 15, 2007 }} Nevertheless, with help from connections through his fraternity, he generated interest in Hollywood to buy his screenplay. In 1997, Sony's TriStar Pictures bought his first screenplay in a bidding war for a deal guaranteeing $550,000 and worth up to $1 million while he was still a junior in college. It was never made.{{cite news|title=Big Journey at WB; Foster exits 'Double' |author=Michael Fleming |date=December 15, 1997 |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/1997/voices/columns/big-journey-at-wb-foster-exits-double-111776851/ |access-date=January 7, 2007}}
Schwartz got an agent and subsequently wrote a TV pilot called Brookfield for ABC/Disney while he was still studying at USC. It was a boarding school drama about wealthy kids in New England and was his first TV pilot script; it sold only a few months after he had sold his first feature film script. Brookfield was produced starring Amy Smart and Eric Balfour but never aired. Schwartz then dropped out of USC to work full-time{{cite news|title=Young Hollywood guns flex primetime muscle |author=Cynthia Littleton |date=August 4, 2003 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1947702 |access-date=January 7, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001000644/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1947702 |archive-date=October 1, 2007 }} and wrote another pilot called Wall to Wall Records, a drama about working in a music store for Warner Bros. TV that was also produced but never aired.{{cite web|title=The O.C. |url=http://fox61tv.com/first/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=129&Itemid=48 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928040553/http://fox61tv.com/first/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=129&Itemid=48 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 28, 2007 |publisher=Fox61tv.com |access-date=January 4, 2007}}
His writing influences include Cameron Crowe and Woody Allen.
=''The O.C.'' (2003–2007)=
{{main|The O.C.}}
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In 2003, Schwartz wrote a pilot called The O.C. for Warner Bros. TV and Wonderland Sound and Vision which was produced with him as creator and executive producer. At 26 he was the youngest ever creator of a TV show, which did not sit well with Fox executives who sent a series of seasoned pros armed with conventional ideas about how to steer the show and a bitterness about sharing control with someone so young. That changed when Bob DeLaurentis signed on, a TV veteran who proved to be a nurturing presence on the show. Schwartz and Bob DeLaurentis collaborated on supervising and approving the editors' work on each episode in post-production.[http://www.theocshow.com/news/news_82.htm The OC Show – OC News Articles] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014231350/http://theocshow.com/news/news_82.htm |date=October 14, 2007 }}
The O.C. became an instant teen favorite when it debuted on the Fox Network in August 2003. The show popularized its setting, Orange County, and led to copycats like MTV's reality show Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County and the Bravo documentary series The Real Housewives of Orange County.{{cite news|title=Once hot, 'O.C.' now struggles |author=Suzanne C. Ryan |url=https://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2006/10/29/occupational_hazard/ |date=October 29, 2006 |publisher=The Boston Globe |access-date=January 4, 2007}} The show became well known for its music, chosen by Schwartz according to his own musical tastes and designed to reflect who the characters were, bringing the general public an awareness of indie rock bands like Death Cab for Cutie, Bloc Party and Rooney.{{cite news |title=The DJ of 'The O.C.': Show creator's musical taste guides skein |author=Josef Adalian |date=February 10, 2005 |work=Variety|access-date=January 7, 2007 |url=https://variety.com/2005/music/news/the-dj-of-the-o-c-1117917745/}} He has said that he partially based The O.C. character Seth Cohen on his own Jewish upbringing.{{cite web| title=Schwartz still likes hanging in 'The O.C.' |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/schwartz-still-likes-hanging-o-c-wbna12070285 |publisher=Today.com |date=March 29, 2006 |access-date=January 4, 2007}}{{cite web|url=http://www.observer.com/2008/style/gossip-girl-s-josh-schwartz-doesn-t-have-problem-racy-ads-or-jay-mcinerney|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917013133/http://www.observer.com/2008/style/gossip-girl-s-josh-schwartz-doesn-t-have-problem-racy-ads-or-jay-mcinerney|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 17, 2008|title=Gossip Girl's Josh Schwartz Doesn't Have a Problem With Racy Ads, or Jay McInerney|author=Irina Aleksander|date=September 2, 2008|publisher=New York Observer|access-date=October 4, 2011}} Schwartz was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for the pilot{{cite web|title=56th Annual Writers Guild Awards -- Television and Radio Nominees Announced |year=2004 |url=http://www.wgaeast.org/awards/2004/01/20/tvnom/ |access-date=January 7, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050219171809/http://www.wgaeast.org/awards/2004/01/20/tvnom/ |archive-date=February 19, 2005 }} as well as a People's Choice Award. The O.C. was named "Guilty Pleasure of the Year" by VH1. In 2007, after 4 seasons The O.C. was canceled due to a significant ratings drop.{{cite news|title=Fox bids farewell to 'The OC' |author=Michael Schneider |date=January 3, 2007 |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2007/scene/markets-festivals/fox-bids-farewell-to-the-oc-1117956637/ |access-date=January 4, 2007}}
Schwartz has stayed in touch with his alma maters: The Wheeler School and USC. In 2005, he endowed USC with its first television writing scholarship: The Josh Schwartz Scholarship. The scholarship is intended to be awarded annually to a student or students concentrating on writing for television and in need of financial assistance, who have completed a TV pilot script and first season synopsis.{{cite web |title=The OC" Creator Josh Schwartz Endows Inaugural Scholarship for Television Writing Students at USC School of Cinema-Television |url=http://cinema.usc.edu/summer/resources/newsDetail.cfm?news_id=197 |publisher=USC School of Cinematic Arts|access-date=January 4, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061204015341/http://cinema.usc.edu/summer/resources/newsDetail.cfm?news_id=197 |archive-date = December 4, 2006}} Although Schwartz never graduated from USC he has since worked with many USC alumni. In 2005 he gave a commencement speech to The Wheeler School.
Schwartz has worked on his share of stalled projects. In 2004, he worked as a script doctor on the J. J. Abrams Superman screenplay that Warner Bros. eventually tossed.{{cite news |title=Supe's on with 'X' man: Singer flies with pic |author=Cathy Dunkley, Michael Fleming |date=July 18, 2004 |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2004/film/markets-festivals/supe-s-on-with-x-man-1117907948/ |access-date=January 8, 2007}}{{cite news |title='Superman' back in orbit: Moritz, Adler in negotiations to produce |author=Michael Fleming, Cathy Dunkley |date=June 16, 2004 |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2004/film/markets-festivals/superman-back-in-orbit-1117906596/ |access-date=January 8, 2007}} He sold a pilot to Fox called Alphabet City, a drama about a New York tabloid but it was never produced.Horn, John (March 21, 2004). "He's 'O.C.'s' fresh breeze: Infusing it with sly wit and detail, creator Josh Schwartz has raised the Fox drama above its prime-time soap trappings". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on August 15, 2007. He also worked on a drama for Fox called Athens described as an "OC" companion but it was never produced.{{cite news |title=Fox turning a triple play: Hit trio fields new timeslots |author=Josef Adalian, Michael Schneider |date=May 18, 2004 |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2004/scene/features/fox-turning-a-triple-play-1117905236/ |access-date=January 8, 2007}}{{cite web|title=Josh Schwartz of The O.C. Interview |author=Daniel Robert Epstein |publisher=UnderGroundOnline |url=http://www.ugo.com/channels/filmtv/features/theoc/default.asp |access-date=January 8, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050430053016/http://www.ugo.com/channels/filmtv/features/theoc/default.asp |archive-date=April 30, 2005 }}
=Recent projects (2007–present)=
{{See also|Fake Empire (company)}}
In 2005, Paramount signed Schwartz to adapt and direct John Green's young adult novel Looking for Alaska with producer Mark Waters.{{cite news|title= Par, Schwartz bake 'Alaska':'OC' creator 'Looking' for Paramount project |author=Dave McNary |date=July 18, 2005 |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2005/film/features/par-schwartz-bake-alaska-1117926060/ |access-date=January 4, 2007}}
It was revealed in late August 2006 that Schwartz would develop and executive produce a drama pilot for The CW, based on the popular book series Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar.{{cite news |title=CW gives Schwartz some good news: 2nd pilot picked up for show creator| author=Michael Schneider |author2=Josef Adalian |date=January 3, 2007 |url=https://variety.com/2007/scene/markets-festivals/cw-gives-schwartz-some-good-news-1117956643/ |work=Variety |access-date=January 4, 2007}} Similar to The O.C., Gossip Girl is a satirical approach of teenagers in a wealthy upbringing. Gossip Girl became a popular show for The CW.
In 2007, Schwartz signed a three-year, seven-figure overall deal with Warner Bros. TV to write and exec produce with Chris Fedak an hourlong high-concept action comedy called Chuck for NBC about twenty-something spies and was described in press releases as "in the vein of Grosse Pointe Blank". The plot revolves around a normal guy who downloads the entire CIA and NSA databases into his head.{{cite news|title= Networks return to pilot parade: ABC aligned with Mimoun; NBC nabs Schwartz project |author= Josef Adalian |url=https://variety.com/2006/scene/markets-festivals/networks-return-to-pilot-parade-1117950140/ |work=Variety|date=September 14, 2006|access-date=January 4, 2007}}
In May 2008, Schwartz joined Zak Penn's X-Men: First Class project.{{cite news | title = Young X-Men Get Gossip Girl Scribe? | work = Superhero Hype! | date = May 2, 2008 | url = http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=7159 | access-date = May 3, 2008 | archive-date = May 5, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080505154136/http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=7159 | url-status = dead }} Schwartz announced that he will write the script for X-Men: First Class, a prequel to the X-Men movies that focuses on the adventures of teen Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Professor X, Beast, Iceman, and Angel.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2008/film/markets-festivals/fox-josh-schwartz-mutate-x-men-1117996099/|publisher=Variety|author=MARC GRASER, TATIANA SIEGEL|date= November 18, 2008|title= Fox, Josh Schwartz mutate 'X-Men'}} However, his script was later jettisoned.{{cite news|author=Kit, Borys |url=http://www.heatvisionblog.com/2009/12/bryan-singer-xmen-first-class-jack-the-giant-killer-q-and-a.html |title=Heat Vision Q&A: Bryan Singer on 'X-Men: First Class,' 'Avatar' and more |work=Heat Vision |date=December 21, 2009 |access-date=April 26, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100407143216/http://www.heatvisionblog.com/2009/12/bryan-singer-xmen-first-class-jack-the-giant-killer-q-and-a.html |archive-date=April 7, 2010 }}
In Spring 2009, Schwartz launched "Rockville CA", a web-series on TheWB.com that follows young 20-somethings at a fictional rock club in Los Angeles.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailycomet.com/article/DA/20090403/BIGFUN/903319881/DC/|title=Article 404 - Daily Comet - Thibodaux, LA|website=Daily Comet}} There are twenty indie band performances in the episodes, including Lykke Li, The Kooks and Kaiser Chiefs.{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/arts/television/15karp.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=rockville%20josh%20schwartz&st=cse | work=The New York Times | title=Welcome to the Net, Mr. 'OC' | first=Ari | last=Karpel | date=March 15, 2009 | access-date=May 7, 2010}}
It was also announced that Schwartz would write and direct Bright Lights, Big City for MGM, based on the iconic debut novel by Jay McInerney. Stephanie Savage was also announced as producer.
In February 2011, The CW ordered a pilot of his new project titled Hart of Dixie.{{cite web|url=http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2011/02/the-cw-announces-four-pilot-pickups-including-new-josh-schwartz-and-stephanie-savage-project.html|title=The CW orders four pilots, including new Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage project|last=Bricker|first=Tierney|date=February 1, 2011|access-date=March 10, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110308070654/http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2011/02/the-cw-announces-four-pilot-pickups-including-new-josh-schwartz-and-stephanie-savage-project.html|archive-date=March 8, 2011}} The show is co-produced with longtime creative partner Stephanie Savage and stars former "O.C." castmember and personal friend of Schwartz, Rachel Bilson.{{cite web|url=http://www.tvline.com/2011/02/rachel-bilson-to-star-in-the-cws-dixie-pilot/|title=Rachel Bilson To Star In The CW's Dixie Pilot|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=February 8, 2011|access-date=March 10, 2011|archive-date=February 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110209005254/http://www.tvline.com/2011/02/rachel-bilson-to-star-in-the-cws-dixie-pilot/|url-status=dead}} The show was picked up in May 2011 and premiered in fall 2011. At the same time, Schwartz has also been working on a Georgetown pilot for ABCde Moraes, Lisa. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/02/AR2011020205923.html Can 'Georgetown' bring a bit of the 'O.C.' to D.C.?] Washington Post, February 3, 2011. However, ABC did not pick the series for its 2011 - 2012 schedule.
In September 2011, it was announced by The CW that Schwartz and Stephanie Savage had been selected to develop the television adaption of Candace Bushnell's The Carrie Diaries, a prequel to the original Sex and the City television series.[https://deadline.com/2011/09/update-carries-diaries-now-officially-at-cw-with-gossip-girl-producers-on-board-169856/ 'The Carrie Diaries' Now Officially At CW With 'Gossip Girl' Producers On Board], Deadline, September 11, 2011 The series, set in the 1980s, will follow character Carrie Bradshaw during her years in high school.
In January 2012, it was announced The CW had ordered a pilot for new drama titled Cult, result of collaboration with Stephanie Savage and Len Goldstein.{{cite news|last=Rose|first=Lacey|title=CW Orders Crime Drama Pilot from 'Gossip Girl's' Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gossip-girl-cult-pilot-josh-schwartz-stephanie-savage-278080|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=January 6, 2012|date=January 4, 2012}} This is Schwartz and Savage's fourth series on the network.
He also developed several adaptations of popular properties, such as Runaways for Marvel,{{Cite web |title='Marvel's Runaways' bosses give preview of 'amped-up' new season |url=https://ew.com/tv/2018/12/20/marvels-runaways-josh-schwartz-stephanie-savage-season-2-preview/ |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=EW.com |language=en}} a reboot of Dynasty and Nancy Drew for CW.{{Cite web |last=O'Connell |first=Lesley Goldberg,Mikey |date=2016-09-30 |title=‘Dynasty’ Reboot in the Works at The CW |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/dynasty-reboot-works-at-cw-934334/ |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=2018-09-07 |title=Nancy Drew Drama From Josh Schwartz & Stephanie Savage In Works At the CW |url=https://deadline.com/2018/09/nancy-drew-drama-from-josh-schwartz-stephanie-savage-in-works-at-the-cw-1202459725/ |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}
It was announced in 2025 that Schwartz would be one of three executive producers on an upcoming Peacock series based on Clueless.
Personal life
On September 20, 2008, Schwartz married Jill Stonerock in Santa Barbara, California. The couple were introduced by actress Rachel Bilson, who portrayed Summer Roberts on Schwartz's show The O.C. Bilson was the maid of honor at the couple's wedding and is godmother of their two daughters.{{cite news |last1=Walters |first1=Mike |title='Gossip Girl' Creator Josh Schwartz Files For Divorce After 13 Years Of Marriage |url=https://theblast.com/151273/gossip-girl-creator-josh-schwartz-files-for-divorce-after-13-years-of-marriage/ |access-date=May 17, 2023 |publisher=theblast.com |date=December 31, 2021}}
On December 28, 2021, Schwartz filed for divorce due to "irreconcilable differences".
Filmography
=Film=
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| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Credited as ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes | |||
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| 1997 | Providence | Writer | Unproduced film, developed for TriStar Pictures |
| 2004 | Superman: Flyby | Script doctor | Unproduced film, developed for Warner Bros.; Directed by McG |
| 2012 | Fun Size | Director and producer | Produced by Fake Empire and Nickelodeon Movies |
=Television=
=Web=
References
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Further information
- {{cite book |title=Created by: Inside the Minds of TV's Top Show Creators |last=Prigge |first=Steven |date=September 30, 2005 |publisher=Silman-James Press |isbn=978-1-879505-82-7}}
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070822102908/http://popgurls.com/article_show.php3?id=670 PopGurls Interview: Josh Schwartz]
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