| Chris Brancato | |
| Birth Date: | 24 July 1962 |
| Birth Place: | Teaneck, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Screenwriter, film producer |
Chris Brancato (born July 24, 1962) is an American television and film writer and producer. Brancato grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey[1] and graduated in 1980 from Teaneck High School.[2] He subsequently attended and graduated from Brown University.
Brancato wrote or was story editor for several episodes of the 1992 season of Beverly Hills, 90210. He co-wrote the X-Files episode ”Eve“, which first aired on December 10, 1993.[3] Brancato created and wrote Space Channel's First Wave, which aired from 1998 to 2001,[1] and also wrote the 1998 film Species II.[1]
Brancato wrote the 1997 film Hoodlum set in crime-ridden 1930s New York City.
Brancato was executive producer of the 2002 film Stealing Harvard.[4] Brancato was also a writer/producer for the critically acclaimed 2002–2003 television series Boomtown.
Brancato wrote two episodes during season 12 of the long-running NBC legal drama, , titled "Branded" and "Spectacle". Brancato moved on to be executive producer/show runner/head writer for the tenth season of the USA Network police-procedural , a show that is related to Law & Order: SVU.[5] Brancato did a police-procedural pilot for NBC titled Blue Tilt, where he was creator/executive producer with Vincent D'Onofrio (Law & Order: Criminal Intent) and Ethan Hawke, who were also set to star in the project as well.[6] On May 11, 2012, NBC decided not to bring it, and other pilots, to series.[7] He created the Netflix series Narcos and [8] with Carlo Bernard and Doug Miro.
After going through several iterations, Brancato is credited as a co-screenwriter for third Sherlock Holmes film along with Joel Silver, Susan Downey and Lionel Wigram returning as producers, and Village Roadshow returning as co-producer. Warner Bros. have confirmed the third film will include Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law. The film had an expected release date December 22, 2021[9] but is currently undated.[10]
Brancato is the screenwriter, executive producer, writer, and creator of the EPIX series Godfather of Harlem starring Forest Whitaker.