The Tomorrow People Production Biographies

10 December 2013

GREG BERLANTI (Executive Producer)

WGA, DGA and Golden Globe-nominated writer, director and producer Greg Berlanti is the force behind several of the most inventive and acclaimed works in film and television. He is the writer, director and producer behind several of the most creative and lauded television series, including Brothers & Sisters, Eli Stone (for which he was nominated for a WGA award), Golden Boy and the miniseries Political Animals (for which he was nominated for WGA, DGA and Golden Globe awards). Berlanti started in television as a writer and executive producer on Dawson’s Creek before going on to create and executive produce two of The WB’s most critically acclaimed dramas – Everwood and Jack & Bobby. He is also executive producer of the hit Warner Bros. drama, Arrow.

Berlanti co-wrote and produced the Warner Bros. action film Green Lantern. He also directed Life As We Know It, starring Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel. In 2000, Berlanti made his film directorial debut with The Broken Hearts Club.

Berlanti resides in Los Angeles.

 

JULIE PLEC (Executive Producer)

Julie Plec skillfully juggles work in film and television as both a producer and a writer.  In addition to The Tomorrow People, she is the co-creator and executive producer of The Vampire Diaries and is currently the creator and executive producer of its spin-off, The Originals.

Plec got her start as a television writer on the ABC Family series Kyle XY, which she also produced for its three-year run. 

Her screenplay adaptation The Tiger’s Curse is in development at Paramount, and she will produce the feature @emma with Darko Entertainment. Past feature production credits include Scream 2 and Scream 3, Greg Berlanti’s Broken Hearts Club, as well as Wes Craven’s Cursed and The Breed.

 

DANNY CANNON (Executive Producer)

Danny Cannon is not only an executive producer on The Tomorrow People, he is also an executive producer on the high-octane drama Nikita, and a co-creator and executive producer on Dark Blue.

Several years ago, Cannon came to Jerry Bruckheimer’s attention after the film producer saw Cannon’s debut feature film, The Young Americans. When Bruckheimer decided to bring cinema to the small screen and make his foray into television, he thought of Cannon.

Cannon, who grew up in North London, began his career as a theater actor. While working with a small repertory company, he directed several short films featuring his fellow actors.  Acclaimed film director Alan Parker saw Cannon’s work and championed the young director (who was then just 19 years old) in BBC Showreel, an annually televised competition. After Cannon took first prize, Parker persuaded him to enroll at the prestigious National Film and TV School.

In addition to The Young Americans, starring Harvey Keitel and Viggo Mortensen, Cannon has directed Judge Dredd, starring Sylvester Stallone, Phoenix, starring Ray Liotta, Angelica Huston and Giovanni Ribisi, and Goal!, starring Kuno Becker and Anna Friel. Cannon has also directed a number of commercials and music videos.

After directing the pilot for CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Cannon stayed on as a producer and writer, working on pilots for both CSI: Miami and CSI: NY.  The “CSI” franchise has grown into one of the most successful television series ever and has won four People’s Choice awards, as well as garnered three Emmy® nominations for Best Drama Series.  Cannon has also executive produced and directed the series Eleventh Hour and The Forgotten.

PHIL KLEMMER (Executive Producer)

After getting started in TV writing on Veronica Mars with executive producer Rob Thomas, Klemmer subsequently worked on Chuck, with executive producers Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak, Undercovers, with J.J. Abrams and Josh Reims, Political Animals, with Greg Berlanti, and most recently Golden Boy, with Nick Wooton.

He started his entertainment career working for Propaganda Films and later as an assistant to Michel Gondry.

Klemmer grew up in Winchester, Virginia (home of Patsy Cline). After studying Classics at Stanford University, he never left California, where he now lives with his wife, Andy, his two boys, and two genuine human skulls.