Allan Heinberg (born June 29, 1967) is an American film screenwriter, television writer and producer and comic book writer.
Heinberg is the screenwriter of the 2017 film Wonder Woman, directed by Patty Jenkins. His television writing and producing credits include The Naked Truth, Party of Five, Sex and the City, Gilmore Girls, The O.C., Grey's Anatomy, Looking, and Scandal. Heinberg developed, wrote, and ran ABC's The Catch, starring Mireille Enos and Peter Krause and also developed the 2022 Netflix series The Sandman.
For Marvel Comics, Heinberg co-created and wrote Young Avengers and its sequel, Avengers: The Children's Crusade with co-creator/artist Jim Cheung. As part of this series, he co-created the characters Kate Bishop, Hulkling, Iron Lad, Patriot (Eli Bradley), Speed, and Wiccan. For DC Comics, Heinberg co-wrote JLA: Crisis of Conscience with Geoff Johns (art by Chris Batista), and re-launched Wonder Woman with artists Terry Dodson and Rachel Dodson.
Early life Heinberg is a graduate of Booker T. Washington High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Yale University class of 1989. He was in Morse College. Heinberg acted in the Broadway cast of Laughter on the 23rd Floor and appeared off-Broadway in Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh and the Vineyard Theatre's production of Bob Merrill's Hannah...1939 starring Julie Wilson.
Career Theatre A stageplay called The Amazon's Voice helped launch Heinberg's screenwriting career in 1994.New York Film Academy Guest Speaker Series video at 2:26 Oct 10, 2018 The play was produced off-Broadway by the Manhattan Class Company and featured Tim Blake Nelson and Ellen Parker in lead roles.newspapers.com February 25, 1994nytimes.com February 23, 1994
Comics Heinberg's Young Avengers was a sales success and fan favorite for Marvel Comics. He returned to write for the Young Avengers during the 2010–2011 Children's Crusade storyline.
After co-writing a 5-issue arc of DC Comics's JLA with Geoff Johns, Heinberg and artist Terry Dodson relaunched Wonder Woman following the Infinite Crisis limited series.
Heinberg won the 2005 Wizard Fan Award for Breakout Talent for Young Avengers.
Television On television, Heinberg worked on The Naked Truth, Party of Five, Sex and the City, Gilmore Girls, The O.C., Grey's Anatomy, Looking, Scandal and The Catch, and served as executive producer of The CW's pilot for their Wonder Woman origin series Amazon in 2012, but the pilot was not picked up for a series. In 2019, it was announced that Heinberg would develop a television adaptation of The Sandman for Netflix. He also executive produced the series with Neil Gaiman and David S. Goyer.
Film Heinberg wrote the screenplay for the 2017 superhero film Wonder Woman, as well as co-wrote the story with Zack Snyder and Jason Fuchs.
Filmography Film Year Film Credit Notes 2012 Blue Like Jazz Special thanks2017 Playing It Straight Very special thanksShort film Thirst Special thanks Wonder Woman Screenplay byStory by Co-wrote story with Zack Snyder and Jason Fuchs
Television Year Film Credit1997–1998The Naked TruthWritten by1998–2000Party of FiveStory editor, written by, story by, co-producer, producer2000–2002Sex and the CityCreative consultant, written by, supervising producer2000Grosse Pointe Creative consultant2002Gilmore GirlsWritten by2006–2010Grey's AnatomyWritten by, executive producer, co-executive producer, consulting producer2006Grey's Anatomy: Straight to the HeartConsulting producerTV movieGrey's Anatomy: Under PressureGrey's Anatomy: Complications of the Heart2007Grey's Anatomy: Every Moment CountsCo-executive producerGrey's Anatomy: Come Rain or Shine2016–2017The CatchDeveloped by, executive producer, written by2021Hawkeye Created Kate Bishop (uncredited)2022The SandmanDeveloped by, executive producer, written by
Video games Year Film Credit Notes2013Marvel HeroesCharacters created by, uncreditedCharacters: Katherine "Kate" Bishop/Hawkeye and William "Billy" Kaplan/Wiccan2016Lego Marvel's AvengersCharacters: Katherine "Kate" Bishop/Hawkeye, William "Billy" Kaplan/Wiccan, Dorrek VIII/Theodore "Teddy" Altman/Hulkling and Thomas "Tommy" Shepherd/Speed2016Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2Characters: Katherine "Kate" Bishop/Hawkeye, William "Billy" Kaplan/Wiccan and Dorrek VIII/Theodore "Teddy" Altman/Hulkling
References
External links
Allan Heinberg at Marvel.com