Dean Devlin

Dean Devlin is an American screenwriter, producer, director, and actor of film and television. He is best known for his collaborations with director Roland Emmerich, and for his work on the Librarian and Leverage television franchises. He is a co-founder of the production companies Centropolis Entertainment and Electric Entertainment. He was a series regular of the short lived TV series Hard Copy.

Early life Devlin's father, Don Devlin (1930–2000), an actor turned writer-producer who was noted for discovering Steven Spielberg, was Jewish, and his mother, Pilar Seurat, was a Filipino actress. Career

Film

Devlin appeared as an actor on numerous television shows throughout the 1980s. He also appeared in films, including My Bodyguard, The Wild Life, Real Genius, and Martians Go Home. Due to his youthful appearance, Devlin often played teenage characters despite being in his 20s.

Devlin gradually began writing scripts. His first produced screenplay was for Universal Soldier. He reached prominence as a writer/producer working alongside director Roland Emmerich, with whom he teamed after appearing in Emmerich's film Moon 44. Together they cowrote and produced Stargate, the first movie to have a web site. The team then produced Independence Day and Godzilla. They split following the 2000 Mel Gibson film The Patriot, but re-teamed to film Independence Day: Resurgence in 2016. Devlin also produced Cellular, Who Killed the Electric Car?, and Flyboys.

Devlin's directorial debut was the action sci-fi film Geostorm for Warner Bros. The film was set for a March 2016 release, later rescheduled for October 2017. It starred Gerard Butler as the lead The film made $221 million on a $120 million budget. In March 2018, Deadline Hollywood calculated the film lost Warner Bros. $71.6 million when factoring in all other expenses and revenues.

Devlin's second film as director was the 2018 thriller Bad Samaritan, starring Robert Sheehan and David Tennant.

Television Devlin produced The Triangle miniseries, Leverage (of which he has directed twelve episodes), The Librarian franchise, and The Outpost. He also co-created The Visitor series.

In 2019 Devlin began working with the Philippine media conglomerate ABS-CBN to produce a new series called Almost Paradise (originally titled Off Tropic.) The series premiered in the United States on May 30, 2020, on WGN America, and premiered on Kapamilya Channel in 2021. It was filmed entirely in the Philippines and the majority of the cast members are Filipino, aside from the lead—played by Christian Kane, with whom Devlin had worked on the television shows Leverage and The Librarians.

Delvin produced The Ark TV series for Syfy, which aired starting in February 2023.

Video games Devlin was an advisor to the video game company ZeniMax Media from 1999 to 2004. Additionally Devlin was involved in video game projects The 10th Planet and Godzilla Online.

Personal life Devlin is married to actress Lisa Brenner. Their daughter, Hannah Devlin, is also an actress who guest starred in Devlin's TV series The Librarians: The Next Chapter.

Filmography Year Title Director Producer Writer Notes 1992 Universal Soldier Co-writer with Richard Rothstein & Christopher Leitch 1994 Stargate Co-writer with Roland Emmerich 1996 Independence Day Co-writer with Roland Emmerich 1998 Godzilla Co-writer with Roland Emmerich, co-wrote story with Emmerich, Terry Rossio & Ted Elliott 2000 The Patriot 2002 Eight Legged Freaks 2004 Cellular 2006 Who Killed the Electric Car? Documentary Flyboys 2011 Shakespeare High Documentary 2013 Transit 2015 The Wannabe 2016 Independence Day: Resurgence Co-writer with Roland Emmerich, Nicolas Wright, James A. Woods & James Vanderbilt 2017 Geostorm Directorial debutCo-writer with Paul Guyot 2018 Bad Samaritan 2025 One Big Happy Family

Television The numbers in directing and writing credits refer to the number of episodes.

Acting roles Year Title Role 1984 The Wild Life Liquor Store Clerk City Limits Ernie 1985 Real Genius Milton 1987 Hard Copy David Del Valle 1989 Martians Go Home Joe Fledermaus 1990 Moon 44 Tyler 1991 Total Exposure Adult Bookstore Manager

Awards and nominations Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films Year Nominated work Category Result 1996 Independence Day Best Writer 1998 George Pal Memorial Award Golden Raspberry Awards 1996 Independence Day Worst Written Film Grossing Over $100 Million 1998 Godzilla Worst Picture Worst Screenplay 2016 Independence Day: Resurgence Hugo Awards 1994 Stargate Best Dramatic Presentation 1996 Independence Day Online Film & Television Association 1996 Independence Day Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror Picture Sci-Fi Universe Magazine 1996 Independence Day Best Writing for a Genre Motion Picture Stinkers Bad Movie Awards 1998 Godzilla Worst Screenplay for a Film Grossing More than $100 Million Using Hollywood Math