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Greg Berlanti

Greg Berlanti

Producer and writer, also director and actor · Born May 24, 1972 (54) · Rye, New York

Primetime Emmy nominee · 3 other major award bodies

Gregory Berlanti (born May 24, 1972) is an American screenwriter, producer and director. He is known for his work on the television series Dawson's Creek, Brothers & Sisters, Everwood, Political Animals, Riverdale, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and You, in addition to his contributions to DC Comics on film and television productions, including The CW's Arrowverse, as well as Titans and Doom Patrol. In 2000, Berlanti founded the production company Berlanti Productions. In the 2017–2018 television season, Berlanti tied Jerry Bruckheimer's 2005–2006 record in having 10 different live-action scripted television series airing on various networks and digital platforms and took sole possession of the record, with 14 airing in the 2018–19 television season, having signed the most expensive producer deal at that time (June 2018) with Warner Bros. In the 2019–20 television season, with one cancellation and two new series, Berlanti increased the record to 18. Berlanti also directed the 2018 film Love, Simon, a gay romantic comedy-drama which grossed $66 million worldwide. Berlanti was named on Time's list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2020. Description above from the Wikipedia article Greg Berlanti, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
May 24, 1972 (54)
From
Rye, New York
Works as
Producer and writer, also director and actor
Titles
62 on MovieCove · 75 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 20% in 30 days

What are Greg Berlanti's films like?

Across their 26 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Comedy7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 66th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Action5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 29th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Animation5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 57th percentile
: browse their Animation movies
Documentary2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 96th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
25%
Bonds
24%
Morality
16%
Society
15%
Power
8%
Survival
7%
Ideas
5%
Identity10 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds7 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love4 titles, browse their movies with this themeLegacy3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption3 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 20 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 13 · Serious 2 · Dark 5

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 7 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 7

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 4 · Charged 11 · Intense 5

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 6 · Shifting 14 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 10 · Funny 3

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 12 · Relentless 3

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 11 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 20 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
11
Hopeful
12
Thrilling
8
Warm
7
Melancholic
10
Other
26

How their films linger

Hopeful16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy11
  • Bittersweet11
  • Ambiguous3
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Greg Berlanti's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 46 of their 62 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (17).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Greg Berlanti's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

75 credits, 62 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Last Guest of the Holloway Motel(2025)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • The Kings of Tupelo: A Southern Crime Saga(2024)

    Show 3 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows

  • Brilliant Minds(2024)

    Show 33 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • Fly Me to the Moon(2024)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Dead Boy Detectives(2024)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • The Girls on the Bus(2024)

    Show 10 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all shows

  • Atlas(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Found(2023)

    Show 35 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows

  • Red, White & Royal Blue(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Superpowered: The DC Story(2023)

    Show 3 episodes · Executive Producer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows

  • Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Gotham Knights(2023)

    Show 13 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all shows

  • My Policeman(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Moonshot(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • All American: Homecoming(2022)

    Show 41 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows

  • Beebo Saves Christmas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Executive Producer

  • Free Guy(2021)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Kung Fu(2021)

    Show 39 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows

  • Superman & Lois(2021)

    Show 53 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Story

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • The Flight Attendant(2020)

    Show 16 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows

  • Equal(2020)

    Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows

  • Unpregnant(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Helter Skelter: An American Myth(2020)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • Followed(2018)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Stargirl(2020)

    Show 39 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 2 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Batwoman(2019)

    Show 51 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows

  • Prodigal Son(2019)

    Show 33 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • The Red Line(2019)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows

  • Five Feet Apart(2019)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Doom Patrol(2019)

    Show 46 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Chilling Adventures of Sabrina(2018)

    Show 36 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • Titans(2018)

    Show 49 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Story

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • All American(2018)

    Show 106 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Constantine: City of Demons(2018)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • You(2018)

    Show 50 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Teleplay

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Freedom Fighters: The Ray(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Constantine: City of Demons(2018)

    Show 5 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • Love, Simon(2018)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Black Lightning(2018)

    Show 58 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows

  • Vixen(2017)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Riverdale(2017)

    Show 137 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • Legends of Tomorrow(2016)

    Show 110 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Story · Writer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows

  • Supergirl(2015)

    Show 126 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Story · Writer

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows

  • Pan(2015)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Blindspot(2015)

    Show 100 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • The Flash(2014)

    Show 184 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Story · Writer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • The Mysteries of Laura(2014)

    Show 38 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows

  • The Tomorrow People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 22 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer

  • Golden Boy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 13 episodes · Producer

  • Arrow(2012)

    Show 170 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Story · Writer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • Political Animals(2012)

    Show 6 episodes · Director · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • Wrath of the Titans(2012)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Green Lantern(2011)

    Producer · Screenplay · Screenstory

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Green Lantern: Emerald Knights(2011)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Life as We Know It(2010)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • No Ordinary Family(2010)

    Show 20 episodes · Creator · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows

  • Eli Stone(2008)

    Show 26 episodes · Creator · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Dirty Sexy Money(2007)

    Show 23 episodes · Producer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • Brothers & Sisters(2006)

    Show 109 episodes · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all shows

  • Robot Chicken(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Greg Berlanti (voice)

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Jack & Bobby(2004)

    Show 22 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Story · Teleplay

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Everwood(2002)

    Show 89 episodes · Creator · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Young Americans (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

  • The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy(2000)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Dawson's Creek(1998)

    Show 11 episodes · Writer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • Afterlife with Archie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Executive Producer

  • An Innocent Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Court Date (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Hurt People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Red, White & Royal Wedding (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Sasha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Scooby-Doo: Origins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Executive Producer

  • Stillwater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show Creator · Executive Producer

Career shape

A full career of 74 titles, 66 of them dated from 1998 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Free Guy (2021)

$332M worldwide

Highest rated

Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary (2019)

Midcredits 96th

Most popular right now

Superpowered: The DC Story (2023)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 74: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting5 of 74: 3 only directing, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score75thWriting19 of 74: 3 only writing, 16 with another role · typical Midcredits score72ndProducing65 of 74: 49 only producing, 16 with another role · typical Midcredits score59thOther crew15 of 74: 1 only other crew, 14 with another role · typical Midcredits score75th

74 titles, 17 with more than one role — producing and writing overlap on 15 of them.

By decade

1990s1 · crew2000s8 · 1 acting · 7 crew2010s31 · crew2020s26 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

1 major award from 9 major nominations, 2009–2024.

WinNomination
  1. 2024
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Television Movie
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures
  2. 2022
    • Producers Guild Award, won
  3. 2021
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Comedy Series
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy
  4. 2013
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Miniseries or Movie
    • +2 other major bodies · 2 nominations
      • Directors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Mini-Series
      • Writers Guild Award, nominated · Long Form - Original
  5. 2009
    • Writers Guild Award, nominated · Episodic Drama

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Greg Berlanti's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 66th percentile, the median of all 22; across their 20 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 65th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Approval · how many liked their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Reach · how many have seen their films

89thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Midcredits score across 62 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up20
  • 50th to 74th19
  • 25th to 49th16
  • Below 25th7

Shape of the crowd

33 of their 62 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Divisive3
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser33
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed21

Most divisive · producer

Equal (2020)

96th percentile spread · 31% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

The Last Guest of the Holloway Motel (2025)

Midcredits 95th · 82% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 48/100 and the plot and story 47/100 in their films, across 19 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Greg Berlanti's work okay for kids?

Across up to 15 MovieCove titles with content scores, every category sits near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore14 titles3–84 · median 41 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity15 titles14–61 · median 32 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity14 titles25–58 · median 45 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs13 titles7–37 · median 29 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense13 titles6–65 · median 36 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Greg Berlanti work with?

People who share at least 2 of Greg Berlanti's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Sarah Schechter shares the most, 16.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles