Career

He got his start in television as a writer and executive producer on Dawson's Creek before going on to create two of The WB's most critically acclaimed dramas, Everwood and Jack & Bobby.

He created and produced the ABC legal drama Eli Stone and the USA family drama Political Animals.

He directed the 2010 film Life As We Know It, starring Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel, and produced Pan for Warner Bros. under his Berlanti Productions banner. The film was released October 9, 2015. He also produces The Mysteries of Laura, an American adaptation of the Spanish television series, for NBC.

DC Comics

Film

Berlanti co-wrote and co-produced the DC Comics film Green Lantern, starring Ryan Reynolds as the titular character. As the film was not critically nor financially successful, any further releases planned were cancelled. It has since been announced that a rebooted version of the character is in development as a part of the DC Extended Universe.

In May of 2016, Berlanti discussed his involvement in a Booster Gold feature film that is currently in development, as producer and possibly as director as well. Zack Stentz is signed to the project as screenwriter.

Television

Arrow, The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow

In December 2011, it was announced that, along with Andrew Kreisberg and Marc Guggenheim, Berlanti would create, write, and produce a series for The CW based on Green Arrow, called Arrow. In May 2012, it was picked up to series and premiered on October 10, of that year. On July 30, 2013, it was announced at the summer TCA tour that Berlanti, Kreisberg, and DC Comics CCO Geoff Johns would be introducing Barry Allen in the second season of Arrow, with the possibility of the character being spun off to his own series. Actor Grant Gustin was cast and made his debut in episode 8, "The Scientist", to public and critical acclaim. In November 2013, The CW officially ordered a pilot for The Flash. In May 2014, the network picked the project up to series to premiere in the autumn of that year. It premiered on October 7, 2014; preceding the third season premiere of Arrow on October 8, 2014.

On February 26, 2015, it was announced that Berlanti, along with Guggenheim and Kreisberg, would write/executive produce a spin-off series featuring The Atom (Brandon Routh), Captain Cold (Wentworth Miller), Martin Stein (Victor Garber), and The White Canary (Caity Lotz), for a potential 2016 premiere. The series was ultimately titled Legends of Tomorrow, and it will follow the ragtag team of heroes and villains as they travel through time and space on a mission to stop the devious immortal Vandal Savage.

Supergirl

On September 4, 2014, it was reported that Berlanti would executive produce a re-imagining of the origin of Supergirl, to be written by The New Normal and Chuck alum Ali Adler. Flash co-creator Johns is also involved with development. On September 19, 2014, it was reported that CBS had made a series commitment to Supergirl. It was also announced that Berlanti would co-write the first episode.

Personal life

He was born in Rye, New York. His parents are Barbara Moller Berlanti and Eugene Berlanti. Greg has one sister, Dina, and is the uncle of two nieces. He has Italian and Irish ancestry. He described his early life in an August 2004 interview with Entertainment Weekly: "We were Italians in a town of WASPs" and his family was not "doing as well as 90% of the community." The Berlanti Television production logo, which follows each episode of shows he produces, features a family with their backs to the audience and the spoken quote, "Greg, move your head!" This is an homage to Berlanti's father, Gene, who would yell at Greg when he was blocking the television screen. Berlanti graduated from Northwestern University in 1994.

Berlanti has been in a relationship with LA Galaxy soccer player Robbie Rogers since mid-2013. On February 18, 2016, Berlanti, and Rogers, welcomed their first son via surrogacy, Caleb Berlanti.

Filmography

TV series

Year	Series	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes
1998-2003	Dawson's Creek	No	Yes	Yes
2000	Young Americans	No	Yes	No
2002-2006	Everwood	No	Yes	Yes
2004-2005	Jack & Bobby	No	Yes	Yes
2006-2008	Brothers & Sisters	No	Yes	Yes
2007-2009	Dirty Sexy Money	No	No	Yes
2008-2009	Eli Stone	No	Yes	Yes
2010-2011	No Ordinary Family	No	No	Yes
2012	Political Animals	Yes	Yes	Yes
2012-present	Arrow	No	Yes	Yes
2013	Golden Boy	No	No	Yes
2013-2014	The Tomorrow People	No	No	Yes
2014-present	The Flash	No	Yes	Yes
2014-2016	The Mysteries of Laura	No	No	Yes
2015-present	Blindspot	No	No	Yes
	Supergirl	No	No	Yes
2016-present	Legends of Tomorrow	No	Yes	Yes
2016	Riverdale	No	No	Yes	Series order given by The CW

Films

Year	Film	Director	Writer	Producer	Critical Reception
					Rotten Tomatoes	Metacritic
2000	The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy	Yes	Yes	No	63%	51 out of 100
2010	Life As We Know It	Yes	No	No	28%
2011	Green Lantern	No	Yes	Yes	26%	39 out of 100
2012	Wrath of the Titans	No	Yes	No	25%	37 out of 100
2015	Pan	No	No	Yes	26%	36 out of 100

[ Source: Wikipedia ]