Andy Greenwald
May 19, 1977
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Author, screenwriter, podcast host
Brown University, AB
Music, Television
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Life and career[edit]
Greenwald grew up in Philadelphia and currently lives in Los Angeles, California. He graduated from Friends' Central School in Philadelphia and Brown University in Providence.[4] He is married to an attorney and has two daughters.[5][6]
Greenwald made a Twin Peaks fanzine in middle school.[7]
Greenwald was a senior contributing writer at Spin, and has also written for such publications as The Washington Post, Blender, Entertainment Weekly, The Village Voice, MTV Magazine, Complex, and Magnet.[8] He is the author of the books Nothing Feels Good: Punk Rock, Teenagers, and Emo[9] and Miss Misery: A Novel.[4]
From 2011 to 2015, he was a staff writer and principal TV writer for Bill Simmons' ESPN website Grantland.[10] During his time at Grantland, he began podcasting with his best friend and pop culture writer Chris Ryan.[11], hosting both the Andy Greenwald Podcast and the Hollywood Prospectus Podcast. Once Grantland closed and Simmons started The Ringer in Los Angeles, both Greenwald and Ryan began co-hosting The Watch on the new site's podcast network.[12] In 2016, he and Ryan began hosting the Game of Thrones aftershow After the Thrones on HBO, as well as the Mr Robot aftershow Hacking Robot on USA Network.[8]
Beginning in 2016, Greenwald worked as a screenwriter on the superhero TV show Legion.[3] In 2018, Greenwald and Sam Esmail's adaptation of the Ross Thomas book Briarpatch was ordered to series on USA Network.[13] Greenwald is both a writer and executive producer on the show, which stars Rosario Dawson.[14] The show was cancelled after one season.[15]
It was reported that Greenwald was part of a writer's room for a new Star Wars project.[16]