Andrew Dabb

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Andrew Dabb is an American writer in the field of television, movies, and graphic novels.

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Career

Andrew Dabb's works include Ghostbusters: Legion , Happydale: Devils in the Desert, and Atomika ; as well as the G.I. Joe and Dungeons & Dragons series.[ citation needed ] Dabb wrote the webcomic series Slices for opi8.com.[ citation needed ]

Dabb formally wrote for the television show Supernatural on The CW, [1] [ better source needed ] including the episode "I Believe the Children Are Our Future" [2] and a proposed spin-off, titled Supernatural: Bloodlines . [3] [4] He also penned the series' season 11 finale and took over as co-showrunner for series' final four seasons. [5]

He was the showrunner for Resident Evil series on Netflix. [6]

Personal life

Dabb was born in Ogden, Utah and currently resides in Los Angeles.

Filmography

Film

TitleYearCredited asNotes
Writer
Do or Die2004YesShort film
Therefore IM2005YesShort film

Television

Key
Denotes television series that have not yet been aired
TitleYearCredited asNetworkNotes
CreatorWriterExecutive
Producer
Supernatural 2008–2020NoYes (45)Yes The CW Story editor (season 5)
Executive story editor (season 6)
Producer (season 7)
Supervising producer (season 8)
Co-executive producer (seasons 9–11)
Executive producer (seasons 12–15)
Supernatural: The Long Road Home2020NoYesYes Television special
Resident Evil 2022DevelopedYes (2)Yes Netflix
Grendel 2022NoYesYes Post-production

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References

  1. Andrew Dabb website.
  2. Supernatural: Clip from Ep. 6 and Some New Casting News
  3. Glass, Andrew. "Andrew Dabb is writing spin off. And he is going to kill it!," Twitter.com (July 25, 2013). (Glass is a Supernatural writer.)
  4. "'Supernatural: Bloodlines' boss on monster families, more". Entertainment Weekly's EW.com. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
  5. Ausiello, Michael; Gelman, Vlada (May 13, 2016). "Supernatural Names New Showrunners as Jeremy Carver Moves to Frequency". TVLine. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
  6. Patches, Matt (August 27, 2020). "Resident Evil live-action series confirmed by Netflix with first details". Polygon. Retrieved August 27, 2020.