Marc Guggenheim (born September 24, 1970) is an American screenwriter, television producer, comic book writer, and novelist. He is best known as the creator of the television series ''

Eli Stone ''Eli Stone'' is an American legal comedy-drama television series, named for its title character. The series was created by Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim, who also served as executive producers alongside Ken Olin who directed the pilot, wit ...

'' (2008–2009), ''

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'' (2012– 2020), and ''

Legends of Tomorrow ''DC's Legends of Tomorrow'', or simply ''Legends of Tomorrow'', is an American Time travel in fiction, time travel superhero fiction, superhero television series developed by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Andrew Kreisberg, and Phil Klem ...

'' (2016–2022), executive producer of the animated series ''

Tales of Arcadia ''Tales of Arcadia'' is a trilogy of computer-animated science fantasy television series created for Netflix by Guillermo del Toro and produced by DreamWorks Animation and Double Dare You. The series comprising the trilogy follows the inhabit ...

'' (2016–2021), as well as the writer of the feature films ''

Green Lantern Green Lantern is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. They fight evil with the aid of rings that grant them a variety of extraordinary powers, all of which come from imagination, fearlessness, ...

'' (2011), and '' Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters'' (2013).

Early life

Marc Guggenheim was born and raised to a

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family on

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, New York. He attended the

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. His brothers are screenwriters

Eric Guggenheim Eric Guggenheim (born October 22, 1973) is an American screenwriter. He graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts in 1995. Two years later he sold a script, ''Trim'', to Fox 2000 at age 23. Following that, he wrote an unproduced drama for ...

and

David Guggenheim David Guggenheim is an American screenwriter, producer, and novelist, best known for writing the 2012 films ''Safe House'' and ''Stolen'', as well as creating and writing for the 2016 television series ''Designated Survivor''. In 2013, the film ...

Career

Guggenheim worked in

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Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

as a lawyer at Hutchins Wheeler & Dittmar, and part-time writer for five years.

Television

After a

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script led to a few meetings with producers, he moved to California to pursue a career as a screenwriter. A script for ''

The Practice ''The Practice'' is an American legal drama television series created by David E. Kelley centering on partners and associates at a Boston law firm. The show ran for eight seasons on ABC, from March 4, 1997, to May 16, 2004. It won an Emmy in ...

'' was his first produced work. He eventually served as a producer for ''

Law & Order ''Law & Order'' is an American police procedural and legal drama television series created by Dick Wolf and produced by Wolf Entertainment, launching the '' Law & Order'' franchise. ''Law & Order'' aired its entire run on NBC, premiering on ...

'', '' Jack and Bobby'', ''

CSI: Miami ''CSI: Miami'' (''Crime Scene Investigation: Miami'') is an American police procedural drama television series that ran from September 23, 2002 until April 8, 2012 on CBS. Featuring David Caruso as Lieutenant Horatio Caine, Emily Procter as Dete ...

'', and ''

In Justice ''In Justice'' is an American police procedural television series created by Michelle King and Robert King. The series began airing on Sunday, January 1, 2006, on ABC as a midseason replacement and assumed its regular night and time on Friday, ...

''. With

Greg Berlanti Gregory Berlanti (born May 24, 1972) is an American screenwriter, producer and director of film and television. He is known for his work on the television series ''Dawson's Creek'', '' Brothers & Sisters'', '' Everwood'', '' Political Animals'', ...

, Guggenheim is the co-creator of the

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show ''

''. He later became executive producer of ABC's ''

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''. Guggenheim, together with Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg, adapted the Green Arrow comics into the television series ''

''. The three, alongside

Phil Klemmer Phil Klemmer is an American television writer and producer. He is known for his work on UPNs ''Veronica Mars'', the NBC series ''Chuck'', and The CW series ''Legends of Tomorrow''. Early life Klemmer grew up in Winchester, Virginia being kept ...

, went on to develop the spin-off series ''

''. Guggenheim served as co-showrunner on ''Arrow'' for seasons 1-6 and 8, and on ''Legends of Tomorrow'' for seasons 1-4. From the fall of 2018, he stepped down as showrunner and serve as an executive consultant to both shows. With Guillermo del Toro, he co-wrote the pilot and several episodes of the award-winning animated series ''

'', an original franchise created for

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from

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, for which he won an Emmy in the category of "Best Writing for an Animated Series" and nominated for several others. He remained as Executive Producer throughout the series' three installments, ''

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'', '' 3Below'' and '' Wizards: Tales of Arcadia''. In October 2020, it was announced that Guggenheim would be writing a series based on

alongside

Seth Grahame-Smith Seth Grahame-Smith (born Seth Jared Greenberg; January 4, 1976) is an American writer and film producer, best known as the author of ''The New York Times'' best-selling novels '' Pride and Prejudice and Zombies'' and '' Abraham Lincoln, Vampire ...

, who is showrunning the series, for

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in 2021. However, In October 2022, when Grahame-Smith departed from the series and it’s development now on John Stewart, Guggenheim has confirmed he is no longer involved.

Comic books

He served as an intern at

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for a time in 1990 for editor

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, and was the

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for an eight-page Iceman/

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story while there. His writing experiences also include the comic books ''

Aquaman Aquaman is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Paul Norris and Mort Weisinger, the character debuted in ''More Fun Comics'' #73 (November 1941). The character is a pastiche of Namor. Initially ...

'' for

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, ''

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''. ''

The Punisher The Punisher (Francis "Frank" Castle, born Castiglione) is an antihero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Gerry Conway and artists John Romita Sr. and Ross Andru. The Punisher made ...

'' for Marvel and scripts for the Rare Game ''

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''. He wrote ''

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'' for twelve issues with artist

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. In 2006, Guggenheim took over the writing of ''

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''. Guggenheim's run concluded with the death of the fourth Flash, Bart Allen. In 2007, Guggenheim became one of the rotating team of writers on ''

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''. His first story appeared in ''Amazing Spider-Man'' #549. He also launched a creator-owned comic, ''Resurrection'', for

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. He wrote the comic book ''

Young X-Men ''Young X-Men'' was a comic book series published by Marvel Comics. It lasted for 12 issues, from April 2008 through March 2009. The series was written by Marc Guggenheim. Plot summary Final Genesis (Issues 1–5) Blindfold has a vision of a t ...

'' for

which was launched in April 2008, and in 2008 was working on a comic with

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and

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, '' Nowhere Man'', and on ''Super Zombies'' for

Dynamite Entertainment Dynamite Entertainment is an American comic book publisher founded by Nick Barrucci in 2004 at Mount Laurel, New Jersey. It is best known as the owners of '' The Boys'' franchise across several IP medias. Dynamite primarily publishes adaptation ...

and

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. He wrote the script for the 2009 video game '' X-Men Origins: Wolverine'', developed by

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, a video game based on

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of the same name. Guggenheim was intended to take over ''

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'' after the ''

War of the Supermen ''Superman: War of the Supermen'' is an American comic book limited series from DC Comics that serves as the culmination to the ''Superman'' line-wide event '' New Krypton''. The series began on Free Comic Book Day 2010, with a zero-issue released ...

'' limited series, but was replaced by

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. Guggenheim instead worked on ''

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''.

Personal life

Guggenheim is married to fellow writer-producer Tara Butters, who has previously worked on projects including

's ''Agent Carter'',

's ''Resurrection'' and ''

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''.

Filmography

Bibliography

Novels

* ''Overwatch'' (2014) * ''Arrow: Fatal Legacies'' (2018) co-authored with James R. Tuck

Comics

DC Comics

* ''

Batman Confidential ''Batman Confidential'' is an American monthly comic book series from DC Comics which debuted on December 6, 2006 and concluded on March 2, 2011. Like a previous Batman series, '' Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'', ''Batman Confidential'' feat ...

'' #50–54 (2011) * ''Arrow Special Edition'' #1 (2012) * ''

'' #1–12 (2012–2013) * '' Adventures of Superman'' vol. 2 #8 (2013) * ''Legends of the Dark Knight 100-Page Super Spectacular'' #4 (2014) * ''Arrow: Season 2.5'' #1–12 (2014–2015) * '' Flash: Season Zero'' #5 (plot) (2015) * '' Love is Love'' OGN (Batman) (2016) * ''Crisis on Infinite Earths Giant'' #1–2 (with

Marv Wolfman Marvin Arthur Wolfman (born May 13, 1946) is an American comic book and novelization writer. He worked on Marvel Comics's '' The Tomb of Dracula'', for which he and artist Gene Colan created the vampire-slayer Blade, and DC Comics's ''The New Te ...

) (2019–2020) * ''

Titans In Greek mythology, the Titans ( grc, οἱ Τῑτᾶνες, ''hoi Tītânes'', , ''ho Tītân'') were the pre-Olympian gods. According to the ''Theogony'' of Hesiod, they were the twelve children of the primordial parents Uranus (Sky) and Ga ...

Giant'' #1 (2020) * ''Batman: Gotham Nights'' #11, 18, 20 (digital) (2020)

Marvel Comics

* ''

Punisher The Punisher (Francis "Frank" Castle, born Castiglione) is an antihero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Gerry Conway and artists John Romita Sr. and Ross Andru. The Punisher made ...

: The Trial of the Punisher'' #1–2 (2013) * ''

X-Men The X-Men are a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, first appearing in Uncanny X-Men, ''The X-Men'' #1 by artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby and writer/editor Stan Lee in 1963. Although initially cancelled in ...

'' vol 4 #18–22 (2014) ** collected in: ''X-Men Volume 4: Exogenous'' (tpb, 112 pages, 2015) * '' Daredevil'' vol. 4 #15.1 (2015) * ''All-New, All-Different Marvel Point One'' #1 (S.H.I.E.L.D.) (2015) * ''

Squadron Sinister The Squadron Sinister is a supervillain team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Squadron Sinister first appeared in the final panel of '' The Avengers'' #69 (October 1969), created by Roy Thomas and Sal Buscema. ...

'' #1–4 (2015) ** collected in: ''Squadron Sinister'' (tpb, 141 pages, 2015): * ''X-Tinction Agenda'' #1–4 (2015) ** collected in ''X-Tinction Agenda: Warzones!'' (tpb, 112 pages, 2016) * ''The Accused'' #1 (2016) * '' Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D'' #1–10 (2016) * ''X-Men Prime'' #1 (2017) *''

X-Men Gold ''X-Men Gold'' is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics and initially created by writer Marc Guggenheim and artist Ardian Syaf. This series builds off of plot points established in '' X-Men Prime''. The first issue was released April 5, ...

'' #1–36, ''Annual'' #1 (2017–2018) *''Star Wars: Age of Rebellion Special'' #1 (2019)

Oni Press

* ''Stringers'' #1–5 (2015) ** collected in: ''Stringers Volume 1'' (tpb, 141 pages, 2016)

Legendary Comics

* ''The Infinite Adventures of Jonas Quantum'' #1–6 (2015–2016)

References

External links

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