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Darren Star (born July 25, 1961) is an American writer, director and producer of film and television. He is best known for creating the television series Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–2000), Melrose Place (1992–1999), Sex and the City (1998–2004), Younger (2015–2021), and Emily in Paris (2020–present).

Darren Star
Star interviewed on Sidewalks Entertainment about Younger in 2017
Born	(1961-07-25) July 25, 1961 (age 61) Potomac, Maryland, U.S.
Alma mater	University of California, Los Angeles
Occupation	Film, television producer, director, writer

Early life

Darren Star was born to a Jewish family[1] in Potomac, Maryland. His mother was a freelance writer and his father was an orthodontist.[2] He attended Winston Churchill High School and UCLA where he studied English and Creative Writing.[3]

Career

He created the television series Beverly Hills, 90210 based on his own high school experiences and Melrose Place, and he was the creator and a writer for the HBO series Sex and the City.[4]

He also worked on Central Park West (1995), Grosse Pointe (2000), The $treet (2000), Miss Match (2003), Kitchen Confidential (2005), Runaway (2006) and Cashmere Mafia (2008).^{[citation needed]} He was the producer of Sex and the City: The Movie, which was released in 2008, and its sequel Sex and the City 2, which was released in 2010.^{[citation needed]}

In 2002, he was the recipient of the Austin Film Festival's Outstanding Television Writer Award. He sits on the board of directors of Project Angel Food.[5] In 2020, he signed a deal with ViacomCBS.[6]

Personal life

Star is openly gay.[7] He has residences in New York City and Los Angeles.[8]

Filmography

Creator

• Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–2000)
• Melrose Place (1992–1999)
• Central Park West (1995–1996)
• Sex and the City (1998–2004)
• Grosse Pointe (2000–2001)
• Miss Match (2003)
• Younger (2015–2021)
• Emily in Paris (2020–present)
• And Just Like That... (2021–present)
• Uncoupled (2022–present)

Screenwriter

• Doin' Time on Planet Earth (1988)
• Dead Heat (1988) (uncredited)
• If Looks Could Kill (1991)

Executive producer

• Melrose Place (1992–1995)
• Beverly Hills, 90210 (1992–1995)
• Central Park West (1995–1996)
• Sex and the City (1998–2000)
• The Street (2000)
• Grosse Pointe (2000–2001)
• Miss Match (2003)
• Kitchen Confidential (2005)
• Runaway (2006)
• Cashmere Mafia (2008)
• GCB (2012)
• Younger (2015–2021)
• Emily in Paris (2020–present)
• Uncoupled (2022–present)

Producer

• Sex and the City (2008)
• Sex and the City 2 (2010)

References

External links

• Darren Star at IMDb
• Darren Star at The Interviews: An Oral History of Television

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[de] Darren Star

Darren Star (* 25. Juli 1961 in Potomac (Maryland)) ist ein US-amerikanischer Fernsehregisseur, Fernsehproduzent und Drehbuchautor.

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[ru] Стар, Даррен

Даррен Стар (англ. Darren Star; род. 25 июля 1961) — американский телевизионный сценарист и продюсер.

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