Ben Sokolowski

Ben Sokolowski
Born	Benjamin Sokolowski
Alma mater	University of Southern California (BFA)
Occupation	Television writer
Years active	2006–present

Benjamin "Ben" Sokolowski is a Canadian television writer.

He is well known for his work on The CW superhero series Arrow and The Flash .

Career

Television and film

He began his career as a production staffer on the J. J. Abrams produced ABC dramedy What About Brian . He would later go on to work with Abrams a second time on the 2008 science-fiction feature Cloverfield , as a production assistant.

In 2011, he was hired as a story editor on CTV's The Listener . He went on to script one episode, "Lady in the Lake".

He has written for the NBC horror series Fear Itself and the French Canadian action/drama Transporter: The Series . ^[1]

In 2021, he wrote the episode "Quatervois" for The Walking Dead: World Beyond. ^[2] In 2022, he wrote the episode "Evie / Joe" for Tales of the Walking Dead . ^[3]

Arrow and The Flash

In summer 2012, Sokolowski joined the freshman season of the DC Comics produced CW series Arrow , as a writer. He was then promoted to executive story editor, during the second season. With the commencement of season three, Sokolowski was promoted to co-producer; and at the start of production for the show's fourth season he was named producer, along with Keto Shimizu. ^{[1] [4]} Episodes he has contributed to include:

• "Damaged" (1.05) (co-written by co-producer Wendy Mericle)
• "Burned" (1.10) (co-written by co-executive producer Moira Kirland)
• "Vertigo" (1.12) (co-written with Mericle)
• "Home Invasion" (1.21) (co-written with Beth Schwartz)
• "Identity" (2.02) (co-written by Schwartz)
• "Keep Your Enemies Closer" (2.06) (co-written with Schwartz)
• "Three Ghosts" (2.09) (Sokolowski and DC Comics CCO Geoff Johns wrote a teleplay, based on a story by executive producers Andrew Kreisberg and Greg Berlanti)
• "The Promise" (2.15) (co-written by supervising producer Jake Coburn)
• "Streets of Fire" (2.22) (co-written by Coburn)
• "The Secret Origin of Felicity Smoak" (3.05) (co-written with Brian Ford Sullivan)
• "Midnight City" (3.11) (co-written with co-executive producer Mericle)
• "Nanda Parbat" (3.15) (Sokolowski and co-executive producer Erik Oleson co-wrote a teleplay, based on a story by Mericle and Sokolowski)
• "Broken Arrow" (3.19) (Sokolowski and Sullivan co-wrote a teleplay, based on a story by co-executive producer Coburn)
• "This Is Your Sword" (3.22) (Sullivan and Sokolowski co-wrote a teleplay, based on a story from Oleson)
• "Beyond Redemption" (4.04) (co-written by co-producer Schwartz)
• "Beacon of Hope" (4.17) (co-written with Brian Ford Sullivan)
• "A Matter of Trust" (5.03) (co-written with Emilio Ortega Aldrich)
• "Vigilante" (5.07) (co-written with Emilio Ortega Aldrich)
• "Who Are You?" (5.10) (co-written with Brian Ford Sullivan
• "Fighting Fire With Fire" (5.15) (co-written with Speed Weed)
• "Deathstroke Returns" (6.05) (co-written with Spiro Skentzos)
• "Crisis on Earth-X Part 2 (6.08) Sokolowski and Mericle co-wrote a teleplay, based on a story by co-executive producers Andrew Kreisberg and Marc Guggenheim)

During the first season of Arrow's sister-series The Flash , Sokolowski crossed over to co-pen two episodes. With the commencement of the sophomore year, he was promoted to consulting producer. Installments he has contributed to include:

• "Flash vs. Arrow" (1.08) (Brooke Eikmeier and Sokolowski co-wrote a teleplay, based on a story from executive producers Kreisberg and Berlanti) ^[5]
• "Fallout" (1.14) (co-written with Shimizu)
• "The Darkness and the Light" (2.05) (co-penned by executive story editor Grainne Godfree)

Comics

It was announced in July 2014, that he, along with Arrow and The Flash co-creator Andrew Kreisberg, would take over writing for the Green Arrow New 52 comic book series in October of that year. Their tenure commenced with issue #35. ^[6]

References

1. "Ben Sokolowski". TV.com . Retrieved September 2, 2014.
2. "The Walking Dead: World Beyond - Quatervois - TheTVDB.com". thetvdb.com. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
3. Bonomolo, Cameron (August 14, 2022). "Tales of the Walking Dead Series Premiere Recap: Evie/Joe". ComicBook.com . Paramount Global . Retrieved August 17, 2022. Directed by Ron Underwood and written by Ben Sokolowski and Maya Goldsmith...
4. Cassidy, Katie (July 30, 2015). "#Arrow". Twitter . Retrieved August 28, 2015.
5. "Episode Title: (#108) "Flash vs. Arrow"". The Futon Critic . Retrieved November 19, 2014.
6. Schedeen, Andrea (July 3, 2014). "ARROW'S ANDREW KREISBERG AND BEN SOKOLOWSKI TO TAKE OVER DC'S GREEN ARROW COMIC". IGN . Retrieved September 2, 2014.

External links

Ben Sokolowski at IMDb