Darren Star

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Darren Bennett Star (born 1961) is an American television and film producer and screenwriter best known for creating the hugely successful television series Beverly Hills 90210, Melrose Place (both of which were co-produced with Aaron Spelling), and Sex and the City which was based on a book of the same name by Candace Bushnell. As well as creating these series, he personally wrote a number of scripts and directed some episodes.

Star was raised in Potomac, Maryland, and attended Winston Churchill High School. His father is a retired orthodontist.

Star's other works include another glossy prime time soap Central Park West (1995), the comedic Grosse Pointe (2000), which Star himself described as a satire of 90210, The $treet (2000), Miss Match (2003), Kitchen Confidential (2005) and Runaway (2006) and Cashmere Mafia which premiered in 2008. Star will also executive produce the long-awaited film version of Sex And The City which will be released in summer 2008.

Star has residences in New York and Los Angeles. He is openly gay.[1]

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  1. ^ Romesburg, Don (2003-02-18), “Saint Savant?”, The Advocate, <http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_2003_Feb_18/ai_97726489>. Retrieved on 2007-09-22 

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