Oscar Balderrama is an American

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and

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. He is well known for his work on the

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legal drama ''

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'' and for

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superhero series '' Arrow''.

Career

His first job in the industry was as an intern on

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'', ...

's ''

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'', in 2002–2003. He would go on to become a production assistant and then assistant to the producers for

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series. He then joined the

family drama '' Brothers & Sisters'', as script coordinator, for six episodes during the first season. He worked on the

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for the 2007 series ''

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'', as a production staffer. Balderrama went on to join another drama created by Berlanti, ABC's

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starrer ''

'', as script coordinator. He later co-scripted two episodes ("Waiting for That Day" and season two's "Flight Path"). In 2012, he moved to the

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series ''

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''; then, following its cancellation, boarded Lifetime's ''

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''. Working as script coordinator and script supervisor, respectively.

''Arrow''

Balderrama has served as the script coordinator on the Green Arrow origin series '' Arrow'', since the pilot episode. He made his writing debut on the show with the third season installment, "The Fallen", co-penning the hour with co-executive producer

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. He, along with ''Arrow: Blood Rush'' writer Lauren Certo, will co-write ''Arrows first tie-in novel, "Vengeance", due in 2016. Balderrama's first credit for the series' fourth season was with the fifth episode, "Haunted", co-written by executive story editor

Brian Ford Sullivan Brian Ford Sullivan is an American television writer. He is known for his work on The CW superhero series ''Arrow''. Life and career He grew up, for the most part, in Chicago, Illinois. Sullivan founded the U.S. TV listing website ''The Futo ...

. It featured an anticipated appearance by DC Comics antihero

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( Matt Ryan), from the cancelled NBC series. Balderrama will next co-script the first episode of 2016, "Blood Debts", with staff writer Sarah Tarkoff; helmed by

Jesse Warn Jesse Warn is an American television director, film director, and screenwriter. He is well known for his work on the Starz drama ''Spartacus'' and for The CW's '' The Originals'', '' Arrow'', '' The Flash'' and ''Supergirl''. Warn also direct ...

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