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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), Emily in Paris (2020–present), And Just Like That... (2021–present) and Uncoupled (2022).
Early life
Darren Star was born to a Jewish family in Potomac, Maryland. His mother was a freelance writer and his father was an orthodontist. He attended Winston Churchill High School and UCLA where he studied English and Creative Writing.
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.
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). 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.
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. In 2020, he signed a deal with ViacomCBS.
Personal life
Star is openly gay. He has residences in New York City and Los Angeles.
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)
= 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)
= 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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- Sex and the City
- Emily in Paris
- Darren Wang
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- Sex and the City 2
- Darren Barnet
- Sex and the City (film)
- Royalties (seri televisi)
- Darren Bent
- And Just Like That...
- Darren Star
- James Darren
- Darren Barnet
- Darren Till
- Darren Aronofsky
- Emily in Paris
- Michael Urie
- Darren Criss
- Sex and the City
- Sex and the City season 1
