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'''Noah Harpster''' (born 1976) is an American actor, writer, producer and director. |
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| education = [[University of California, Santa Barbara]] (BFA) |
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| occupation = {{Hlist|Actor|Writer|Director|Producer}} |
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| known_for = {{ubl|''[[A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood]]''|''[[Painkiller (TV series)|Painkiller]]''|''[[Transparent (TV series)|Transparent]]''|''[[One Mississippi (TV series)|One Mississippi]]''|''[[For All Mankind (TV series)|For All Mankind]]''}} |
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| awards = [[Humanitas Prize]], [[PEN award]], [[Peabody Award]] |
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He is best known for his role of Remy on [[Tig Notaro]]'s ''[[One Mississippi (TV series)|One Mississippi]]'', and writing and acting on [[Transparent (TV series)|''Transparent'']], for which he won a [[Peabody Award]], and was nominated for an [[Emmy Award]], [[Writers Guild Award]], [[Golden Globe Award]], and [[GLAAD Award]] |
'''Noah Harpster''' is an American actor, writer, producer and director. He is best known for his role of Remy on [[Tig Notaro]]'s ''[[One Mississippi (TV series)|One Mississippi]]'', and writing, producing and acting on [[Transparent (TV series)|''Transparent'']], for which he won a [[Peabody Award]], and was nominated for an [[Emmy Award]], [[Writers Guild Award]], [[Golden Globe Award]], and [[GLAAD Award]]. |
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==Early life and education== |
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He and his writing partner Micah Fitzerman-Blue wrote the script for ''[[A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood]]'' about [[Fred Rogers]] which landed on the [[Black List (survey)|Black List]] in 2013.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2013/12/2013-black-list-best-screenplays-full-list-653017/|title=Black List 2013: Full Screenplay List|last=Team|first=The Deadline|date=2013-12-17|work=Deadline|access-date=2018-08-08|language=en-US}}</ref> After a nearly 10-year process, it was released in 2019, starring [[Tom Hanks]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/tom-hanks-mr-rogers-you-are-my-friend-tristar-1202676746/|title=Tom Hanks to Play Mr. Rogers in Biopic 'You Are My Friend' (EXCLUSIVE)|last=Kroll|first=Justin|date=2018-01-29|work=Variety|access-date=2018-08-08|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Chris Cooper]], [[Matthew Rhys]], and Harpster himself in a small role.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/matthew-rhys-star-tom-hanks-you-are-my-friend-1127347|title=Matthew Rhys to Star Opposite Tom Hanks' Mr. Rogers in 'You Are My Friend'|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=2018-08-08|language=en}}</ref> He and Fitzerman-Blue also co-wrote ''[[Maleficent: Mistress of Evil]]'' alongside [[Linda Woolverton]], and in 2017, they opened their production company, Blue Harp.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2017/08/micah-fitzerman-blue-noah-harpster-amazon-studios-tv-blue-harp-beauiful-ruins-the-legend-of-master-legend-1202148575/|title=Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster Sign First-Look Deal With Amazon Studios For TV|last=Ramos|first=Dino-Ray|date=2017-08-14|work=Deadline|access-date=2018-08-08|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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Harpster grew up in [[Salinas, California]].<ref name='kion'>{{Cite news |last=Andre |first=Drew |date=November 22, 2019 |title=Fred Rogers biopic writer talks about growing up in Salinas |url=https://kion546.com/news/2019/11/22/fred-rogers-biopic-writer-talks-about-growing-up-in-salinas/ |publisher=[[KION-TV]] |access-date=March 25, 2024}}</ref> He attended [[Salinas High School]], where he wasn't selected for the baseball team and took up acting before graduating in 1994.<ref name='kion'/> |
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He later attended the [[University of California, Santa Barbara]] and graduated with a [[Bachelor of Fine Arts]] in acting in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://news.ucsb.edu/2020/019740/writing-mister-rogers |title=Writing Mister Rogers |last=Jacobs |first=Tom |date=January 2, 2020 |website=news.ucsb.edu |access-date=March 25, 2024}}</ref> |
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In 2018, he and Fitzerman-Blue were listed on ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]''{{'}}s 10 Screenwriters to Watch.{{Citation needed|date=December 2018}} |
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==Career== |
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He and his writing partner [[Micah Fitzerman-Blue]] wrote the script for ''[[A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood]]'' about [[Fred Rogers]] which landed on the [[Black List (survey)|Black List]] in 2013.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2013/12/2013-black-list-best-screenplays-full-list-653017/|title=Black List 2013: Full Screenplay List|last=Team|first=The Deadline|date=2013-12-17|work=Deadline|access-date=2018-08-08|language=en-US}}</ref> After a nearly 10-year process, it was released in 2019, starring [[Tom Hanks]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/tom-hanks-mr-rogers-you-are-my-friend-tristar-1202676746/|title=Tom Hanks to Play Mr. Rogers in Biopic 'You Are My Friend' (EXCLUSIVE)|last=Kroll|first=Justin|date=2018-01-29|work=Variety|access-date=2018-08-08|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Chris Cooper]], [[Matthew Rhys]], and Harpster himself in a small role.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/matthew-rhys-star-tom-hanks-you-are-my-friend-1127347|title=Matthew Rhys to Star Opposite Tom Hanks' Mr. Rogers in 'You Are My Friend'|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=2018-08-08|language=en}}</ref> For their screenplay, Fitzerman-Blue and Harpster were nominated for also winners of the prestigious [[PEN award|PEN Award]] and the [[Humanitas Prize|Humanities Prize]]. |
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He and Fitzerman-Blue also co-wrote ''[[Maleficent: Mistress of Evil]]'' alongside [[Linda Woolverton]]. |
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In 2017, they opened their production company, Blue Harp.,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2017/08/micah-fitzerman-blue-noah-harpster-amazon-studios-tv-blue-harp-beauiful-ruins-the-legend-of-master-legend-1202148575/|title=Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster Sign First-Look Deal With Amazon Studios For TV|last=Ramos|first=Dino-Ray|date=2017-08-14|work=Deadline|access-date=2018-08-08|language=en-US}}</ref> and in 2018, he and Fitzerman-Blue were listed on ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]''{{'}}s 10 Screenwriters to Watch.{{Citation needed|date=December 2018}} |
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Since 2019 he has played NASA Mission Controller Bill Strausser in the [[Apple TV+]] [[alternate history]] series ''[[For All Mankind (TV series)|For All Mankind]]'', created by [[Ronald D. Moore]], Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi. |
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In 2021, Harpster and Fitzerman-Blue created the limited series [[Painkiller (TV series)|''Painkiller'']] for Netflix. ''Painkiller'' is a dramatization of the birth of the opioid crisis and stars [[Matthew Broderick]], [[Uzo Aduba]], [[Taylor Kitsch]], [[Dina Shihabi]], and [[West Duchovny|West Duchovony]]. It is based on the reporting work done by [[Barry Meier]] for the [[The New York Times|New York Times]] and [[Patrick Radden Keefe]] for the [[The New Yorker|New Yorker]]. Harpster also has an acting role in the limited series. It was released August 10, 2023. |
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Along with Fitzerman-Blue, he will be co-directing the film adaptation of [[Dash Shaw]]'s ''[[Bottomless Belly Button]]'' in 2024. |
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==Filmography== |
==Filmography== |
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| 2010 |
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| 2012 || ''[[The Motel Life (film)|The Motel Life]]'' || {{yes}} |
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| ''Takedowns and Falls'' |
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| {{no}} |
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| {{yes}} |
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| {{no}} |
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| 2012 |
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| 2019 || ''[[A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood]]'' || {{yes}} |
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| ''[[The Motel Life (film)|The Motel Life]]'' |
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| {{yes}} |
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| {{yes}} |
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| {{yes}} |
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| co-written with Micah Fitzerman-Blue |
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| 2013 |
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| 2019 || ''[[Maleficent: Mistress of Evil]]'' || {{yes}} |
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| ''[[Afternoon Delight (film)|Afternoon Delight]]'' |
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| {{no}} |
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| {{no}} |
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| {{yes}} |
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| 2014–2019 |
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| 2020 || ''[[Magic Camp]]'' || {{yes}} |
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| ''[[Transparent (TV series)|Transparent]]'' |
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| {{yes}} |
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| {{yes}} |
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| {{yes}} |
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| co-written with Micah Fitzerman-Blue |
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| 2015–2017 |
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| ''[[One Mississippi (TV series)|One Mississippi]]'' |
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| {{no}} |
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| {{no}} |
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| {{yes}} |
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| 2017 |
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| ''Legend of Master Legend'' |
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| {{yes}} |
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| {{yes}} |
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| {{no}} |
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| created and co-written with Micah Fitzerman-Blue |
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| 2019 |
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| ''[[A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood]]'' |
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| {{yes}} |
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| {{yes}} |
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| {{yes}} |
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| co-written with Micah Fitzerman-Blue |
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| 2019 |
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| ''[[Maleficent: Mistress of Evil]]'' |
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| {{yes}} |
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| {{no}} |
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| {{no}} |
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| co-written with Micah Fitzerman-Blue |
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| 2019–present |
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| ''[[For All Mankind (TV series)|For All Mankind]]'' |
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| {{no}} |
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| {{no}} |
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| {{yes}} |
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| Recurring role |
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| 2020 |
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| ''[[Magic Camp (film)|''Magic Camp'']]'' |
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| {{yes}} |
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| {{no}} |
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| {{no}} |
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| co-written with Micah Fitzerman-Blue |
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| 2023 |
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| [[Painkiller (TV series)|''Painkiller'']] |
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| {{yes}} |
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| {{yes}} |
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| {{yes}} |
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| created and co-written with Micah Fitzerman-Blue |
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| 2024 |
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| ''Bottomless Belly Button''| ''[[Bottomless Belly Button]]'' |
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| {{yes}} |
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| {{yes}} |
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| {{no}} |
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| directed and co-written with Micah Fitzerman-Blue |
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| 2024 |
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| ''[[The United States of America vs. Vince McMahon|The USA vs. Vince McMahon]]'' |
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| {{yes}} |
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| {{yes}} |
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| {{no}} |
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| co-written with Micah Fitzerman-Blue |
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| 2025 |
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| ''[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/dodgers-fernando-valenzuela-limited-series-1235406017/ Unt. Fernando Valenzuela series]'' |
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| {{yes}} |
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| {{yes}} |
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| {{no}} |
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| co-written with Micah Fitzerman-Blue |
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| 2025 |
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| ''Bambi''| ''[[Bambi]]'' |
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| {{yes}} |
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| {{no}} |
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| {{no}} |
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| co-written with Micah Fitzerman-Blue |
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== References == |
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| Awards | Humanitas Prize, PEN award, Peabody Award |
Noah Harpster is an American actor, writer, producer and director. He is best known for his role of Remy on Tig Notaro's One Mississippi, and writing, producing and acting on Transparent, for which he won a Peabody Award, and was nominated for an Emmy Award, Writers Guild Award, Golden Globe Award, and GLAAD Award.
Early life and education
[edit]Harpster grew up in Salinas, California.[1] He attended Salinas High School, where he wasn't selected for the baseball team and took up acting before graduating in 1994.[1]
He later attended the University of California, Santa Barbara and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting in 1998.[2]
Career
[edit]He and his writing partner Micah Fitzerman-Blue wrote the script for A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood about Fred Rogers which landed on the Black List in 2013.[3] After a nearly 10-year process, it was released in 2019, starring Tom Hanks,[4] Chris Cooper, Matthew Rhys, and Harpster himself in a small role.[5] For their screenplay, Fitzerman-Blue and Harpster were nominated for also winners of the prestigious PEN Award and the Humanities Prize.
He and Fitzerman-Blue also co-wrote Maleficent: Mistress of Evil alongside Linda Woolverton.
In 2017, they opened their production company, Blue Harp.,[6] and in 2018, he and Fitzerman-Blue were listed on Variety's 10 Screenwriters to Watch.[citation needed]
Since 2019 he has played NASA Mission Controller Bill Strausser in the Apple TV+ alternate history series For All Mankind, created by Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi.
In 2021, Harpster and Fitzerman-Blue created the limited series Painkiller for Netflix. Painkiller is a dramatization of the birth of the opioid crisis and stars Matthew Broderick, Uzo Aduba, Taylor Kitsch, Dina Shihabi, and West Duchovony. It is based on the reporting work done by Barry Meier for the New York Times and Patrick Radden Keefe for the New Yorker. Harpster also has an acting role in the limited series. It was released August 10, 2023.
Along with Fitzerman-Blue, he will be co-directing the film adaptation of Dash Shaw's Bottomless Belly Button in 2024.
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | ||
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| Writer | Executive Producer | Actor | |||
| 2010 | Takedowns and Falls | No | Yes | No | |
| 2012 | The Motel Life | Yes | Yes | Yes | co-written with Micah Fitzerman-Blue |
| 2013 | Afternoon Delight | No | No | Yes | |
| 2014–2019 | Transparent | Yes | Yes | Yes | co-written with Micah Fitzerman-Blue |
| 2015–2017 | One Mississippi | No | No | Yes | |
| 2017 | Legend of Master Legend | Yes | Yes | No | created and co-written with Micah Fitzerman-Blue |
| 2019 | A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood | Yes | Yes | Yes | co-written with Micah Fitzerman-Blue |
| 2019 | Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | Yes | No | No | co-written with Micah Fitzerman-Blue |
| 2019–present | For All Mankind | No | No | Yes | Recurring role |
| 2020 | Magic Camp | Yes | No | No | co-written with Micah Fitzerman-Blue |
| 2023 | Painkiller | Yes | Yes | Yes | created and co-written with Micah Fitzerman-Blue |
| 2024 | Bottomless Belly Button | Yes | Yes | No | directed and co-written with Micah Fitzerman-Blue |
| 2024 | The USA vs. Vince McMahon | Yes | Yes | No | co-written with Micah Fitzerman-Blue |
| 2025 | Unt. Fernando Valenzuela series | Yes | Yes | No | co-written with Micah Fitzerman-Blue |
| 2025 | Bambi | Yes | No | No | co-written with Micah Fitzerman-Blue |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Andre, Drew (November 22, 2019). "Fred Rogers biopic writer talks about growing up in Salinas". KION-TV. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
- ^ Jacobs, Tom (January 2, 2020). "Writing Mister Rogers". news.ucsb.edu. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
- ^ Team, The Deadline (2013-12-17). "Black List 2013: Full Screenplay List". Deadline. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
- ^ Kroll, Justin (2018-01-29). "Tom Hanks to Play Mr. Rogers in Biopic 'You Are My Friend' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
- ^ "Matthew Rhys to Star Opposite Tom Hanks' Mr. Rogers in 'You Are My Friend'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
- ^ Ramos, Dino-Ray (2017-08-14). "Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster Sign First-Look Deal With Amazon Studios For TV". Deadline. Retrieved 2018-08-08.