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Philip Levens. TV Writer, Producer, Showrunner.

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Philip Levens : He is an executive writer/producer who grew up in Lubbock, Texas, before moving to Los Angeles, and attended Texas University in Austin. He produced and was the showrunner for Universal and Lions gate, Executive Producing along with Jason Blum ("Paranormal Activity," "Insidious"), the limited series "Ascension." Ascension was a 2014 science fiction mystery television miniseries airing on CBC in Canada and Syfy in the United States. It consisted of six 43 minute episodes, divided into three chapters of two episodes each. Conversation points during this Q&A session include the career trajectory of Philip Levens, his experiences in writing and producing sci-fi and fantasy television, his thoughts on the exponential boom in the popularity of superhero and science fiction media, and his views on the changing television and media landscape. He recently wrote a pilot for CBS, based on a well-known Texas solicitor. Philip has sold ...
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Philip Levens: A Veteran writer and producer

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Philip Levens is a skilled TV writer, producer, and showrunner. He grew up in up in Lubbock, Texas, and attended The University of Texas in Austin before shifting to Los Angeles. He started his career as a writer/producer on the CW's “Smallville,” CBS’s “Wolf Lake,” Fox’s “Night Visions,” and NBC’s new “Knight Rider.” And he was executive producer, along with Jennifer Lopez, on Paramount’s “South Beach.” He has also written projects for prominent personalities such as Ice Cuba, Will and Jada Smith, and Micheal Jackson. Further, he has also written for popular studios such as Marvel, Warner Bros, Universal, Disney, Imagine, Joel Silver and Lionsgate. He had a two-year deal with Sony Televisions to develop pilots. He has sold 20 pilots to television networks-among them “Red Queen” for ABC, “Finders/Keepers” for the USA, “Nightwatch” for Fox—and modified the graphic novel Rest for NBC. His other works cover a serialized trial series for A&E called “The Accused,” “Deep S...
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