Darren Star - Biography

Darren Bennett Star (born July 25, 1961) is an American producer, director and writer for film and television. He is best known for creating the hit TV shows Melrose Place, Beverly Hills, 90210 and Sex and the City.

Career

Star created the television series Beverly Hills, 90210 and Melrose Place (with Aaron Spelling) and was the creator and a writer for the HBO series Sex and the City.

Star also worked on CBS's Central Park West (1995), The WB's Grosse Pointe (2000), Fox's The $treet (2000), NBC's Miss Match (2003), Kitchen Confidential (2005), The CW's Runaway (2006) and ABC's Cashmere Mafia, which premiered in 2008. Star was the producer of Sex and the City: The Movie, which was released in 2008 and its sequel, Sex and the City 2 which was released in 2010.

In 2002, Star was the recipient of the Austin Film Festival's Outstanding Television Writer Award. HBO is reportedly planning a Star-penned pilot for a series tentatively titled "Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl".

Personal life

Star was born in Potomac, Maryland. His mother was a freelance writer and his father was an orthodontist. He attended Winston Churchill High School and UCLA.

Star is gay, Jewish and has residences in New York City and Los Angeles.

Filmography

Creator

• 2009/2010 - Melrose Place (TV series)
• 2009 - Niños ricos, pobres padres (TV series)
• 2008/ - 90210 (TV series)
• 2003 - Miss Match (TV series)
• 2000/2001 - Grosse Pointe (TV series)
• 1998/2004 - Sex and the City (TV series)
• 1995/1996 - Central Park West (TV series)
• 1992/1999 - Melrose Place (TV series)
• 1990/2000 - Beverly Hills, 90210 (TV series)

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