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Joseph Weisberg is an American television writer, producer, novelist, and school teacher.[2] Weisberg is best known as the creator and showrunner of the FX TV series The Americans.

Joe Weisberg
Born	1965/1966 (age 56–57)[1]
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Yale University
Occupation	School teacher Television writer and producer
Notable work	The Americans
Awards	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series

Career

A 1987 graduate of Yale University, Weisberg became a CIA officer three years after graduation,[2] and after a short career with the Agency, Weisberg taught at The Summit School, a private special education high school in Queens, New York until 2010 when he went on to pursue a career in television. One of his final projects at Summit School was helping students found the school newspaper, The Summit Sun.[3]

Weisberg wrote episodes for TNT's alien invasion series Falling Skies and the DirecTV legal drama Damages. He then created The Americans, an FX series centering on two KGB sleeper agents, who pose as American citizens in Washington, D.C. during the 1980s.[2] The Americans was executive-produced by Weisberg and Justified creator Graham Yost.[4][5] In 2022, Weisberg co-created and showran the limited FX series The Patient.

Weisberg authored two novels: 10th Grade and An Ordinary Spy.[6] An Ordinary Spy was nominated for the Believer Book Award.[7]

Weisberg is also the author of the non-fiction book Russia Upside Down: An Exit Strategy for the Second Cold War.

Personal life

Weisberg grew up in a Jewish family in Chicago,[8] the son of civil rights attorney Bernard Weisberg and former Commissioner of Cultural Affairs Lois Weisberg.[2] He is the younger brother of Slate Group editor-in-chief Jacob Weisberg.[2] Weisberg married Julia Rothwax, former press secretary to presidential candidates Bill Clinton and Bill Bradley, in 2005.[2][9] The couple have a daughter.[2]

Filmography

Falling Skies

• "Silent Kill" (1.05)
• "Mutiny" (1.09)
• "Love and Other Acts of Courage" (2.05)

Damages

• "Next One's on Me, Blondie" (4.04)

The Americans

• "Pilot" (1.01)
• "The Clock" (1.02)
• "In Control" (co-written with Joel Fields) (1.04)
• "Mutually Assured Destruction" (co-written with Joel Fields) (1.08)
• "The Colonel" (co-written with Joel Fields) (1.13)
• "Comrades" (co-written with Joel Fields) (2.01)
• "Cardinal" (co-written with Joel Fields) (2.02)
• "Operation Chronicle" (co-written with Joel Fields) (2.12)
• "Echo" (co-written with Joel Fields) (2.13)
• "EST Men" (co-written with Joel Fields) (3.01)
• "Baggage" (co-written with Joel Fields) (3.02)
• "Stingers" (co-written with Joel Fields) (3.10)
• "March 8, 1983" (co-written with Joel Fields) (3.13)
• "Glanders" (co-written with Joel Fields) (4.01)
• "Pastor Tim" (co-written with Joel Fields) (4.02)
• "Roy Rogers in Franconia" (co-written with Joel Fields) (4.12)
• "Persona Non Grata" (co-written with Joel Fields) (4.13)
• "Amber Waves" (co-written with Joel Fields) (5.01)
• "Pests" (co-written with Joel Fields) (5.02)
• "The World Council of Churches" (co-written with Joel Fields) (5.12)
• "The Soviet Division" (co-written with Joel Fields) (5.13)
• "Dead Hand" (co-written with Joel Fields) (6.01)
• "Tchaikovsky" (co-written with Joel Fields) (6.02)
• "Jennings, Elizabeth" (co-written with Joel Fields) (6.09)
• "START" (co-written with Joel Fields) (6.10)

Bibliography

• 10th Grade (2002)
• An Ordinary Spy (2008)

References

External links

• Joe Weisberg at IMDb

На других языках

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[ru] Вайсберг, Джо

Джо́зеф Ва́йсберг (англ. Joe Weisberg) — американский телевизионный сценарист, писатель и бывший офицер ЦРУ. Наиболее известен как создатель телесериала «Американцы» (2013—2018).

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