Chris Brancato

Chris Brancato
Born	(1962-07-24) July 24, 1962 (age 63) Teaneck, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Screenwriter, film producer

Chris Brancato (born July 24, 1962) is an American television and film writer and producer.

Early life

Brancato grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey ^[1] and graduated in 1980 from Teaneck High School. ^[2] He subsequently attended and graduated from Brown University.

Career

Brancato wrote or was story editor for several episodes of the 1992 season of Beverly Hills, 90210 . He co-wrote the X-Files episode ”Eve“, which first aired on December 10, 1993. ^[3] Brancato created and wrote Space Channel's First Wave , which aired from 1998 to 2001, ^[1] and also wrote the 1998 film Species II . ^[1]

Brancato wrote the 1997 film Hoodlum set in crime-ridden 1930s New York City.

Brancato was executive producer of the 2002 film Stealing Harvard . ^[4] Brancato was also a writer/producer for the critically acclaimed 2002–2003 television series Boomtown .

Brancato wrote two episodes during season 12 of the long-running NBC legal drama, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , titled "Branded" and "Spectacle". Brancato moved on to be executive producer/show runner/head writer for the tenth season of the USA Network police-procedural Law & Order: Criminal Intent , a show that is related to Law & Order: SVU. ^[5] Brancato did a police-procedural pilot for NBC titled Blue Tilt, where he was creator/executive producer with Vincent D'Onofrio (Law & Order: Criminal Intent) and Ethan Hawke, who were also set to star in the project as well. ^[6] On May 11, 2012, NBC decided not to bring it, and other pilots, to series. ^[7] He created the Netflix series Narcos and Narcos: Mexico ^[8] with Carlo Bernard and Doug Miro.

Brancato was credited as a co-screenwriter for third Sherlock Holmes film along with Joel Silver, Susan Downey and Lionel Wigram returning as producers, and Village Roadshow returning as co-producer. Warner Bros confirmed the third film will include Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law. The film had an expected release date December 22, 2021 ^[9] but is currently undated. ^[10]

Brancato is the screenwriter, executive producer, writer, and creator of the EPIX series Godfather of Harlem starring Forest Whitaker.

Filmography

Television

Year(s)	Title	Role(s)	Notes
1992	Beverly Hills, 90210	Writer	4 episodes
1993	The X-Files	Writer	1 episode
1995	Robin's Hoods	Writer	1 episode
1995	Burke's Law	Writer	2 episodes
1996-1998	The Outer Limits	Writer	4 episodes
1998-2001	First Wave	Creator, Writer, Executive Producer	66 episodes
2002	Crossing Jordan	Consulting Producer	2 episodes
2002-2003	Boomtown	Writer, Co-executive Producer	2 episodes
2003	Miracles	Writer	1 episode
2003	Tru Calling	Writer, Consulting Producer	1 episode, consulted for production of 12 episodes
2004	North Shore	Writer, Executive Producer	1 episode
2006	Secrets of a Small Town	Producer	1 episode
2007	Football Wives	Producer	TV Short
2010-2011	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Writer	2 episodes
2011	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Writer	2 episodes, executive produced 8 episodes
2011	Terra Nova	Consulting Producer	2 episodes
2012	The Firm	Executive Producer	12 episodes
2013-2014	Hannibal	Writer, Executive Producer	4 episodes, executive produced 26 episodes
2015-2017	Narcos	Creator, Writer, Consulting Producer, Executive Producer	30 episodes, consulted or produced 12 episodes
2016	Of Kings and Prophets	Creator, Executive Producer	9 episodes
2018-2021	Narcos: Mexico	Creator, Writer,	21 episodes
2019-2025	Godfather of Harlem	Creator, Writer, Executive Producer	36 episodes, executive produced 35
2020	By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem	Co-executive Producer	TV Miniseries
2024	Hotel Cocaine	Creator, Writer, Executive Producer, Showrunner	8 episodes

Film

Year(s)	Title	Role(s)	Notes
1997	Hoodlum	Writer, Co-producer
1998	Species II	Writer
2002	Stealing Harvard	Executive Producer
2002	Flashpoint	Writer, Executive Producer	TV Movie
2003	Then Came Jones	Executive Producer	TV Movie
2003	The Break	Executive Producer	TV Movie
2005	Murder Book	Writer, Executive Producer	TV Movie
2006	Sixty Minute Man	Writer, Executive Producer	TV Movie
2006	Drift	Executive Producer	TV Movie
2008	The Prince of Motor City	Executive Producer	TV Movie
2010	True Blue	Writer, Executive Producer	TV Movie
2017	Las Reinas	Executive Producer	TV Movie
TBD	Sherlock Holmes 3	Screenplay Writer	currently in pre-production

References

1. Profile of Chris Brancato: Writer / Creator of Sci Fi Channel's First Wave , accessed January 1, 2007. "Brancato always knew he was going to be a writer – but not for the movies. He grew up in Teaneck, N.J., with school-teacher parents."
2. "Godfather of Harlem Creator To Appear at Teaneck International Film Festival", Northern Valley Press, November 14, 2019. Accessed February 12, 2020. "In episode three of Godfather of Harlem, Chris Brancato, Teaneck High School alumnus and a creator of the series—about Harlem kingpin Bumpy Johnson in the 1960s—acknowledges the town he grew up in. Before heading off to finish some illegal business, Bumpy tells his wife and daughter to go have some ice cream at Bischoff’s."
3. Howard Johnson, Kim (June 1998). "The Origin of Species". Starlog: 78–9.
4. Full Cast and Crew for Stealing Harvard, from the Internet Movie Database, accessed January 1, 2007
5. "Chris Brancato to Run 'Law & Order: CI'". December 6, 2010. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010.
6. Andreeva, Nellie (September 14, 2011). "Ethan Hawke And Vince D'Onofrio To Star in NBC Crime Drama Written By Chris Brancato". Deadline. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
7. Andreeva, Nellie (May 11, 2012). "NBC Cancels Four Series, Passes on Remaining Pilots". Deadline. Archived from the original on May 13, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2012.
8. "Narcos: México | Sitio oficial de Netflix".
9. "'Sherlock Holmes 3' Moved Back by a Year to Christmas 2021". March 5, 2019.
10. "'Sherlock Holmes 3 cast, release date, plot and everything you need to know". December 12, 2021.

External links

• Chris Brancato at IMDb