Joshua Safran

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Joshua Safran is an American television screenwriter and executive producer.

Education

Safran attended the Horace Mann School prior to graduating from NYU Tisch with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in playwriting.{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/features/article/174220-STAGE-TO-SCREENS-Joshua-Safran-the-New-Storyteller-of-Smash-Talks-About-Season-Two/pg3|website=Playbill.com|date=January 21, 2013|last=Jones|first=Kenneth|title=Stage to Screens: Joshua Safran, the new storyteller of 'Smash', talks about Season 2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126084327/http://www.playbill.com/features/article/174220-STAGE-TO-SCREENS-Joshua-Safran-the-New-Storyteller-of-Smash-Talks-About-Season-Two/pg3|archive-date=January 26, 2013|url-status=dead}} He has stated he is Jewish.{{cite web|last=Li|first=Shirley|title=Quantico postmortem: Showrunner talks THAT bloody departure, the twins' latest switch|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2016/11/06/quantico-season-2-episode-6-aquiline-postmortem|date=November 6, 2016|website=EW.com}}

Career

Safran was an executive producer and writer on The CW television series Gossip Girl, for which he was the showrunner for the series' fourth and fifth seasons, and was the executive producer and showrunner for the second season of the NBC television series Smash.{{cite news|last=Goldberg|first=Lesley|title='Smash' Taps 'Gossip Girl's' Josh Safran as New Showrunner|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/smash-gossip-girl-josh-safran-showrunner-315983|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=January 30, 2013|date=April 24, 2012}} He shared writing credits with director Shana Feste for the screenplay of the 2014 remake of the 1981 film Endless Love.{{cite web|title=Universal Sets Apropos Release Date For 'Endless Love' Remake|url=https://deadline.com/2013/05/universal-sets-apropos-release-date-for-endless-love-remake-505652/|website=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=PMC|access-date=August 9, 2013|date=May 21, 2013}}

Safran was the creator, executive producer and showrunner (seasons one and two) of the ABC thriller drama series Quantico.{{cite news| url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/josh-safran-mark-gordon-team-733837 | work=The Hollywood Reporter | title= Josh Safran, Mark Gordon Team for Quantico Drama at ABC (Exclusive) | date=September 17, 2014}}{{cite news| url=https://deadline.com/2017/05/quantico-renewed-season-3-josh-safran-stepping-down-showrunner-1202092950/ | work= Deadline | title= 'Quantico' Renewed For Season 3 By ABC, Josh Safran Steps Down As Showrunner | date=May 15, 2017}} Recently, he was credited as the creator, executive producer and showrunner for the Netflix musical television series Soundtrack.{{cite news| url=https://deadline.com/2018/07/mixtape-netflix-series-fox-musical-drama-pilot-1202420732/ | work= Deadline Hollywood | title= 'Mixtape': Netflix Picks Up Fox Musical Drama Pilot To Series | date=July 2, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://tvline.com/2019/10/31/soundtrack-netflix-jenna-dewan-musical-premiere-date/|title=Soundtrack: Jenna Dewan Music Drama Gets December Premiere Date at Netflix|last=Schwartz|first=Ryan|work=TVLine|date=October 31, 2019|access-date=October 31, 2019}}

He is set to create, executive produce and showrun the 2021 sequel series Gossip Girl for HBO Max.{{cite web|url=https://popculture.com/streaming/2019/07/26/gossip-girl-creator-reveals-hbo-max-version-will-be-more-continuation-than-reboot/|title='Gossip Girl' Creator Reveals HBO Max's Version Will Be More a 'Continuation' Than Reboot|work=Pop Culture|last=Bastidas|first=Jose|access-date=July 26, 2019|date=July 26, 2019}} Safran is developing an untitled ghost drama for AMC with Annapurna Television.{{cite news| url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/quantico-creator-sets-music-show-at-fox-ghost-drama-at-amc-1052562 | work= The Hollywood Reporter | title= 'Quantico' Creator Sets Music Show at Fox, Ghost Drama at AMC (Exclusive) | date=October 27, 2017}}

Personal life

Safran is openly gay.{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/tv/gossip-girl-joshua-safran-pride/ |title=Gossip Girl executive producer Joshua Safran on how his characters represent parts of his coming-out journey |last=Kinane |first=Ruth |date=June 15, 2021 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}

Filmography

= Film =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" ! rowspan="2" scope="col"\| Title ! rowspan="2" scope="col"\| Year ! colspan="3" scope="col"\| Credited as ! rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable"\| Notes
Writer ! Director ! Producer
scope=row\| Endless Love \| 2014 \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \|

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scope=row| Endless Love

| 2014

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

=Television=

The numbers in directing and writing credits refer to the number of episodes.

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" ! rowspan="2" scope="col"\| Title ! rowspan="2" scope="col"\| Year ! colspan="4" scope="col"\| Credited as ! rowspan="2" scope="col"\| Network ! rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable"\| Notes
Creator ! Director ! Writer ! Executive Producer
scope=row\| 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)
scope=row\| Smash \| 2013 \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} (3) \| {{yes}} \| NBC \| executive producer and showrunner (Season 2: 15 episodes)
scope=row\| Quantico \| 2015–18 \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} (7) \| {{yes}} \| ABC \| executive producer and showrunner (Seasons 1–2: 44 episodes), consultant (Season 3: 13 episodes)
scope=row\| Soundtrack \| 2019 \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} (1) \| {{yes}} (3) \| {{yes}} \| Netflix \| executive producer and showrunner
scope=row\| Gossip Girl \| 2021 \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} (3) \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| HBO Max \| executive producer and showrunner.

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Creator

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scope=row| Gossip Girl

| 2007–12