Doug Ellin

Doug Ellin Biography

Douglas Reed "Doug" Ellin (born April 6, 1968) is the creator of the HBO television series Entourage. Ellin also served as executive producer and head writer for the series. He attended Tulane University.

Early Life

Ellin was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of June and Marvin Ellin.

Career

Before producing and writing for Entourage, Ellin served as a staff writer for Life with Bonnie, which starred Bonnie Hunt. The series ran from 2003-2004. Ellin has also written screenplays for two films, Kissing a Fool and Phat Beach. He moved to Los Angeles in the early 90's to be a stand-up comedian and soon got a job in the mail room at New Line Cinema. It was there where he befriended film producer Mike DeLuca who funded Ellin's first short film The Pitch, starring unknown actor David Schwimmer. That short film got Ellin accepted to the American Film Institute, where he graduated from in 1994. In 1996, he directed the independent comedy film Phat Beach. The film was made on a very low-budget, and Ellin has called it "Probably the worst movie ever made". Two years later, Ellin made another independent comedy film Kissing a Fool, starring David Schwimmer, who was now known due to his role on Friends which was in its fourth season.

Kissing a Fool was sold for distribution and Ellin subsequently sold a few screenplays to Miramax. One, The Pledge was never produced although Ellin was paid seven-figures for the script and was set to direct. He sold another unproduced screenplay for mid six-figures.

Ellin's real success came in 2004 with Entourage. The HBO show ran for eight seasons and Ellin made an eight-figure pact with HBO to continue producing television.

Awards and nominations

Ellin has been nominated for three Emmy Awards, four Writers Guild of America Awards, three PGA Awards and a BAFTA, and has won a BAFTA and a PGA award.

Filmography

Writer

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	The Waiter	Writer	Independent film
1993	The Pitch	Writer	Credited as Douglas Ellin
1996	Phat Beach	Screenwriter
1998	Kissing A Fool	Screenwriter
2002-2004	Life With Bonnie	Staff Writer	Number of written episodes unknown
2004-2011	Entourage	Head Writer	Also Creator

Producer

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004-2011	Entourage	Executive Producer	96 Episodes

Actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	The Pitch	Unknown	Credited as Douglas Ellin
1998	Kissing A Fool	Bartender/Springer guest
2004-2011	Entourage	Doug/Director	3 Episodes guest star

Director

Year	Title	Notes
1993	The Waiter	Independent (Indie) film
1993	The Pitch	Credited as Douglas Ellin
1996	Phat Beach
1998	Kissing A Fool
2015	Entourage

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