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Ben Sokolowski is an American-Canadian television writer, known for his work on The CW superhero series Arrow.

Career

Television and film

He began his career as a production staffer on the JJ Abrams produced ABC dramedy What About Brian. He would later go on to work with Abrams a second time on the 2008 science-fiction feature Cloverfield, as a production assistant.

In 2011, he was hired as a story editor on CTV's The Listener. He went on to script one episode, "Lady in the Lake".

He has written for the NBC horror series Fear Itself and the French Canadian action/drama Transporter: The Series.

Arrow and The Flash

In summer 2012, Sokolowski joined the freshman season of the DC Comics produced CW series Arrow, as a writer. He was then promoted to executive story editor, during the second season. With the commencement of season three, Sokolowski was promoted to co-producer. Episodes he has contributed to include:

• "Damaged" (1.05) (co-written by producer Wendy Mericle)
• "Burned" (1.10) (co-written by co-executive producer Moira Kirland)
• "Vertigo" (1.12) (co-written with Mericle)
• "Home Invasion" (1.21) (co-written with Beth Schwartz)
• "Identity" (2.02) (co-written by Schwartz)
• "Keep Your Enemies Closer" (2.06) (co-written with Schwartz)
• "Three Ghost" (2.09) (Sokolowski and DC Comics CCO Geoff Johns wrote a teleplay, based on a story by executive producers Andrew Kreisberg and Greg Berlanti)
• "The Promise" (2.15) (co-written by supervising producer Jake Coburn)
• "Streets of Fire" (2.22) (co-written by Coburn)
• "The Secret Origin of Felicity Smoak" (3.05) (co-written with Brian Ford Sullivan)
• "Midnight City" (3.11) (co-written with co-executive producer Mericle)

Episodes of Arrow's sister-series The Flash Sokolowski has contributed to include:

• "Flash vs. Arrow" (1.08) (Brooke Eikmeier and Sokolowski co-wrote a teleplay, based on a story from executive producers Kreisberg and Berlanti)

Comics

It was announced in July 2014, that he, along with Arrow and The Flash co-creator Andrew Kreisberg, would take over writing for the Green Arrow New 52 comic book series in October of that year. Beginning with issue #35.

References

1. ^ "Ben Sokolowski". TV.com. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
2. "Episode Title: (#108) "Flash vs. Arrow"". The Futon Critic. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
3. Schedeen, Andrea (July 3, 2014). "ARROW'S ANDREW KREISBERG AND BEN SOKOLOWSKI TO TAKE OVER DC'S GREEN ARROW COMIC". IGN. Retrieved September 2, 2014.

External links

Ben Sokolowski at IMDb

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