Tom Kapinos

Tom Kapinos is an American television writer and screenwriter best known for his creation of the Showtime series Californication and the Fox series Lucifer.

Early life Kapinos attended Island Trees School District on Long Island, New York.

Career Kapinos moved from New York to California in the mid-1990s, working in Los Angeles for Creative Artists Agency as a staff story analyst. In 1999, Fox 2000 purchased his first sold screenplay, The Virgin Mary, with actress Jennifer Aniston attached to play the title role. The film was never made, but after reading The Virgin Mary the producers of Dawson's Creek offered Kapinos a job.

After beginning his career in television in 1999 as a writer and eventually executive producer on Dawson's Creek, Kapinos moved on to his own series, Californication, a dramedy on which he was executive producer and chief writer.

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

Title Year Credited as Network Notes Creator Writer ExecutiveProducer Dawson's Creek 1998–2003 (20) The WB Creative consultant Co-producer Supervising producer Californication 2007–14 (66) Showtime Dead People 2015 The CW Unaired pilot Lucifer 2016–2021 (1) FoxNetflix Executive consultant Roadies 2016 (1) Showtime White Famous 2017 (10) Showtime Lovestruck 2019 Fox Unaired pilot