John Patrick Glenn is an American screenwriter, producer, and director. Glenn launched his screenwriting career in 1999, when he sold his

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''Red World'' to

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and

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in a multi-studio bidding war. Since, he has scripted original films for every major studio, handled production rewrites, produced and directed film, and created Television at myriad of major networks. He formerly served as the showrunner and executive Producer of the

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drama '' SEAL Team.''

Television career

Glenn sold his first television show, ''Black Star'', in 2001 to UPN. He has continued to create, write, produce, and direct dozens of projects throughout the last 20 years. Most notably he has created and produced ''Identity'' (ABC Studios), ''The Hatfields and McCoys'' (NBC/ABC Studios), ''Tin Man'' (NBC and Universal Television Studios), ''Allegiance'' (NBC and Universal Television Studios), ''Miranda's Rights'' (NBC and Universal Television Studios), and ''SEAL Team'' (as showrunner, CBS Studios and CBS Network). Over the course of his extensive career, Glenn has developed, sold, and produced over three dozen projects to every major network, including ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox. Prior to taking over '' SEAL Team'', Glenn's production company, John Glenn Entertainment, was based at NBC/Universal on the Universal studio lot. During Glenn's successful 4-year tenure with NBC/Universal, he sold and produced multiple projects, and served as Executive Producer on the NBC drama, ''

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''. Glenn moved his company to CBS in September 2017.

Film career

Glenn has scripted feature films for every major studio, including ''Journey to the Center of the Earth'', ''Clash of the Titans'' and '' The Lazarus Project'' (which Glenn wrote and directed). In 2008, he delivered a page one rewrite of ''

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'' that

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attached to direct. Glenn also worked on re-imaginings for ''

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'' with producer

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, and for ''The Warriors'' with director

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. He produced the film ''Disaster'' with Roy T. Wood as the director and just recently sold two more films as of 2021. Glenn has partnered with producers such as

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, Beau Flynn, Bert Salke,

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, M. Night Shyamalan,

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, and actors

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, and

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to name a few.

Personal life

Glenn was born on December 18, 1971, in

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and attended the

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. He currently resides outside of Los Angeles in

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with his wife and three children.

Filmography

Films

* ''Red World'' (1999) * ''Journey to the Center of the Earth'' (2000) * ''Clash of the Titans'' (2002, uncredited) * ''Blade Runner v.2'' (2003) * ''The Warriors'' (2003) * ''The Source'' (2005) * ''Disaster'' (2006) * '' The Lazarus Project'' (2006) * ''

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'' (2008) * ''

'' (2008) * ''Junkers'' (2009) * ''Dog Show'' (2011) * '' Abducted'' (2013) * ''Merlin'' (2017)

Television

*''Black Star'' (2001) - as Creator, Writer, Producer *''Payback'' (2002) - as Creator, Writer, Co-Executive Producer *''Deegan's Century'' (2004) - as Creator, Writer, Co-Executive Producer *''Silverlake'' (2004) - as Creator, Writer, Executive Producer *''McCabe'' (2005-2006) - as Creator, Writer, Executive Producer *''Drift'' (2005-2006) - as Creator, Writer, Executive Producer *''Bullet'' (2006) - as Creator, Writer, Executive Producer *''Mercy'' (2007) - as Creator, Writer, Executive Producer *''Fix It Men'' (2008) - as Creator, Writer, Executive Producer *''Fallen'' (2009) - as Creator, Writer, Executive Producer *''Treadstone'' (2010) - as Creator, Writer, Executive Producer *''Identity'' (2010-2011) - as Creator, Writer, Executive Producer *''Kate Warne'' (2011) - as Executive Producer *''Treasure Island'' (2011) - as Creator, Writer, Executive Producer *''Lost Horizon'' (2012) - as Creator, Writer, Executive Producer *''The Hatfields and McCoys'' (2012-2013) - as Creator, Writer, Executive Producer *''Tin Man'' (2013-2014) - as Executive Producer *''Conception'' (2013-2014) - as Creator, Writer, Executive Producer *''Ghost Projekt'' (2013-2014) - as Creator, Writer, Executive Producer *''Domino'' (2013-2014) - as Creator, Writer, Executive Producer *''

'' (2014) - as Executive Producer *''Justice'' (2014-2015) - as Executive Producer *''Critical'' (2014-2015) - as Executive Producer *''Last Hour'' (2014-2015) - as Executive Producer *''The Possession of Maggie Gill'' (2014-2015) - as Creator, Writer, Executive Producer *''Coyote'' (2015-2016) - as Writer, Executive Producer (with David Goyer) *''Caesar'' (2015-2016) - as Executive Producer *''Miranda's Rights'' (2015-2016) - as Executive Producer *''Heavenly Creatures'' (2015-2016) - as Creator, Writer, Executive Producer *''Under Suspicion'' (2016) - as Executive Producer *''Dreamer'' (2016) - as Executive Producer *''The Evidence Room'' (2016) - as Creator, Writer, Executive Producer *''Samuri'' (2017) - as Executive Producer *''My Fair Baby'' (2017) - as Creator, Executive Producer *''Murder Room'' (2018) - as Showrunner, Creator, Executive Producer *''Trader'' (2018) - as Showrunner, Creator, Executive Producer *'' SEAL Team'' (2018–19) - as Showrunner / Executive Producer *''Cabin Fever'' (2018-2019) - as Executive Producer *''Viola Wells'' (2020) - as Showrunner, Creator, Executive Producer

References

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