Allan Heinberg

Allan Heinberg (born June 29, 1967) is an American film screenwriter, television writer and producer and comic book writer.

Allan Heinberg
Allan Heinberg at Belmont University in 2017
Born (1967-06-29) June 29, 1967
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Writer

Heinberg is the screenwriter of the film Wonder Woman, directed by Patty Jenkins. His television writing and producing credits include The Naked Truth, Party Of Five, Sex And The City, Gilmore Girls, The O.C., Grey's Anatomy, Looking, and Scandal. Most recently, Heinberg developed, wrote, and ran ABC’s The Catch, starring Mireille Enos and Peter Krause. For Marvel Comics, Heinberg created and wrote Young Avengers and its sequel, Avengers: The Children’s Crusade with co-creator/artist Jim Cheung. For DC Comics, Heinberg co-wrote JLA: Crisis Of Conscience with Geoff Johns (art by Chris Batista), and re-launched Wonder Woman with artists Terry and Rachel Dodson.

Early life

Heinberg was born to a Jewish family[1] and is a graduate of Booker T. Washington High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Yale University class of 1989. He was in Morse College. Heinberg acted in the Broadway cast of Laughter on the 23rd Floor and appeared off-Broadway in Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh and the Vineyard Theatre's production of Bob Merrill's Hannah...1939 starring Julie Wilson.[2]

Career

Theatre

A stageplay called The Amazon's Voice helped launch Heinberg's screenwriting career in 1994.[3] The play was produced off-Broadway by the Manhattan Class Company and featured Tim Blake Nelson and Ellen Parker in lead roles.[4][5]

Comics

Heinberg's Young Avengers was a sales success and fan favorite for Marvel Comics. The series also gained favorable press for its inclusions of two gay characters, Wiccan and the alien Hulkling. Heinberg himself is openly gay.[6][7] He returned to write for the Young Avengers during the Children's Crusade storyline.

After co-writing a 5-issue arc of DC Comics's JLA with Geoff Johns, Heinberg and artist Terry Dodson relaunched Wonder Woman following the "Infinite Crisis" mini-series.

TV

On television, Heinberg worked on The Naked Truth, Party of Five, Sex and the City, Gilmore Girls, The O.C., Grey's Anatomy, Looking, Scandal and The Catch, and served as Executive Producer of The CW's pilot for their Wonder Woman origin series Amazon in 2012, but the pilot was not picked up to series.[8]

Movies

Heinberg wrote the screenplay for the 2017 superhero film Wonder Woman, as well as co-wrote the story with Zack Snyder and Jason Fuchs.[9]

Filmography

Film
YearFilmCreditNotes
2006 Grey's Anatomy: Straight to the Heart Consulting producer TV movie
Grey's Anatomy: Under Pressure
Grey's Anatomy: Complications of the Heart
2007 Grey's Anatomy: Every Moment Counts Co-executive producer
Grey's Anatomy: Come Rain or Shine
2012 Blue Like Jazz Special thanks
2017 Playing It Straight Very special thanks Short film
Thirst Special thanks
Wonder Woman Screenplay, story Co-wrote story with Zack Snyder and Jason Fuchs

Television
YearFilmCredit
1997-1998 The Naked Truth Written by
1998-2000 Party of Five Story editor, written by, story by, co-producer, producer
2000-2002 Sex and the City Creative consultant, written by, supervising producer
2000 Grosse Pointe Creative consultant
2002 Gilmore Girls Written by
2003-2005 The O.C. Co-executive producer, executive consultant, written by, story by
2006-2010 Grey's Anatomy Executive producer, co-executive producer, written by, consulting producer
2014 Looking Written by
2014-2015 Scandal Co-executive producer, written by
2016-2017 The Catch Developed by, executive producer, written by

Video Games
YearFilmCreditNotes
2013 Marvel Heroes Characters created by, uncredited Characters: Katherine "Kate" Bishop/Hawkeye and William "Billy" Kaplan/Wiccan
2016 Lego Marvel's Avengers Characters: Katherine "Kate" Bishop/Hawkeye, William "Billy" Kaplan/Wiccan, Dorrek VIII/Theodore "Teddy" Altman/Hulkling and Thomas "Tommy" Shepherd/Speed
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gollark: Although I do have 10 hours of maths lessons per week⸘/‽‽
gollark: I do ENTIRELY QUANTITATIVE SUBJECTS now and thus NEVER HAVE TO WRITE ESSAYS.

References
  1. Bloom, Nate (June 1, 2017). "Jews in the Newz". American Israelite.
  2. "'Sex and the City' writer to be guest at master's tea". Yale Bulletin and Calendar. 2004-11-05. Archived from the original on 2010-07-27. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
  3. New York Film Academy Guest Speaker Series video at 2:26 Oct 10, 2018
  4. newspapers.com February 25, 1994
  5. nytimes.com February 23, 1994
  6. "Young love?". The Advocate. 2005-05-24. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
  7. Figuracion, Neil (2005-11-04). "Who The #*&% Is Allan Heinberg? - Part 3". Broken Frontier. Archived from the original on 2006-11-12. Retrieved 2007-05-24.
  8. MacKenzie, Carina Adly (2012-11-29). "The CW's 'Wonder Woman' pilot gets a twist: No more Diana Prince?". Archived from the original on 2012-12-01. Retrieved 2012-11-29.
  9. "Warner Bros. Pictures brings Hero's and Magic".
Preceded by
Greg Rucka		 Wonder Woman writer
2006–2007		 Succeeded by
Will Pfeifer
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