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Allan Heinberg (born June 29, 1967) is an American film screenwriter, television writer and producer and comic book writer. Heinberg is the screenwriter of the 2017 film ''
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. His television writing and producing credits include ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', and ''
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'' . Most recently, Heinberg developed, wrote, and ran ABC's '' The Catch,'' starring
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and Peter Krause and also developed the 2022 Netflix series on '' The Sandman.'' For
Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is an American comic book publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Comics'' in 19 ...
, Heinberg created and wrote '' Young Avengers'' and its sequel, ''Avengers: The Children’s Crusade'' with co-creator/artist
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. For
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, Heinberg co-wrote '' JLA: Crisis of Conscience'' with
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(art by
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), and re-launched Wonder Woman with artists Terry and Rachel Dodson.


Early life

Heinberg was born to a
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family and is a graduate of Booker T. Washington High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma and
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class of 1989. He was in
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. Heinberg acted in the Broadway cast of '' Laughter on the 23rd Floor'' and appeared off-Broadway in ''
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'' and the Vineyard Theatre's production of Bob Merrill's ''Hannah...1939'' starring Julie Wilson.


Career


Theatre

A stageplay called ''The Amazon's Voice'' helped launch Heinberg's screenwriting career in 1994. The play was produced
off-Broadway An off-Broadway theatre is any professional theatre venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, inclusive. These theatres are smaller than Broadway theatres, but larger than off-off-Broadway theatres, which seat fewer th ...
by the Manhattan Class Company and featured
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and Ellen Parker in lead roles.


Comics

Heinberg's '' Young Avengers'' was a sales success and fan favorite for
Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is an American comic book publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Comics'' in 19 ...
. The series also gained favorable press for its inclusions of two gay characters,
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and the alien
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. Heinberg himself is openly gay. He returned to write for the Young Avengers during the '' Children's Crusade'' storyline. After co-writing a 5-issue arc of
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's '' JLA'' with
Geoff Johns Geoffrey Johns (born January 25, 1973) is an American comic book writer, screenwriter, and film and television producer. Johns's work on the DC Comics characters Green Lantern, Aquaman, Flash and Superman, has drawn critical acclaim. He se ...
, Heinberg and artist
Terry Dodson Terry Dodson is an American comic book artist and penciller. He is best known for his work on titles such as ''Harley Quinn'', ''Trouble, Spider-Man/Black Cat: The Evil that Men Do'', '' Marvel Knights: Spider-Man'', ''Wonder Woman'' and ''Uncann ...
relaunched ''
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'' following the "Infinite Crisis" mini-series.


TV

On television, Heinberg worked on ''
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'', ''
Party of Five ''Party of Five'' is an American television teen and family drama created by Christopher Keyser and Amy Lippman that originally aired on Fox for six seasons from September 12, 1994, to May 3, 2000. The series featured an ensemble cast led by ...
'', ''
Sex and the City ''Sex and the City'' is an American romantic comedy-drama television series created by Darren Star for HBO. An adaptation of Candace Bushnell's newspaper column and 1996 book anthology of the same name, the series premiered in the United St ...
'', ''
Gilmore Girls ''Gilmore Girls'' is an American comedy-drama television series created by Amy Sherman-Palladino and starring Lauren Graham ( Lorelai Gilmore) and Alexis Bledel ( Rory Gilmore). The show debuted on October 5, 2000, on The WB and became a flag ...
'', ''
The O.C. ''The O.C. '' is an American teen drama television series created by Josh Schwartz that originally aired on the Fox network in the United States from August 5, 2003, to February 22, 2007, running a total of four seasons. "O.C." is an initialis ...
'', ''
Grey's Anatomy ''Grey's Anatomy'' is an American medical drama television series that premiered on March 27, 2005, on ABC as a mid-season replacement. The series focuses on the lives of surgical interns, residents, and attendings as they develop into ...
'', ''
Looking Looking is the act of intentionally focusing visual perception on someone or something, for the purpose of obtaining information, and possibly to convey interest or another sentiment. A large number of troponyms exist to describe variations o ...
'', ''
Scandal A scandal can be broadly defined as the strong social reactions of outrage, anger, or surprise, when accusations or rumours circulate or appear for some reason, regarding a person or persons who are perceived to have transgressed in some way. Th ...
'' and '' The Catch'', and served as Executive Producer of
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's
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for their
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origin series ''Amazon'' in 2012, but the pilot was not picked up to series. In 2019, it was announced that Heinberg would develop a
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of ''The Sandman'' for
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. He also executive produces the show with
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and David S. Goyer.


Movies

Heinberg wrote the screenplay for the 2017 superhero film ''
Wonder Woman Wonder Woman is a superhero created by the American psychologist and writer William Moulton Marston (pen name: Charles Moulton), and artist Harry G. Peter. Marston's wife, Elizabeth, and their life partner, Olive Byrne, are credited as being ...
'', as well as co-wrote the story with
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and
Jason Fuchs Jason Isaac Fuchs (born March 5, 1986) is an American actor and screenwriter, best known for writing '' Ice Age: Continental Drift'' (2012), '' Pan'' (2015) and ''Wonder Woman'' (2017). He is also known for his role as Lawrence Grey on the Fox d ...
.


Filmography


Film


Television


Video games


References


External links


Allan Heinberg at Marvel.com
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