Andrew W. Marlowe

Summary

Andrew W. Marlowe (sometimes Andrew Marlowe) is an American screenwriter. Marlowe is best known for being the creator of, an executive producer of, and a writer on Castle, a crime mystery and comedy-drama TV show, that ran on ABC from 2009 to 2016, starring Nathan Fillion in the eponymous role.

Andrew W. Marlowe
Other namesAndrew Marlowe
Alma materColumbia University (BA)
University of Southern California (MFA)
Occupation(s)author, screenwriter, producer
Spouse
(m. 1997)

Biography edit

Marlowe graduated from Columbia University in 1988 with a degree in English Literature,[1] and attended the University of Southern California where he obtained his MFA in Screenwriting in 1992.[2]

Screenwriting edit

He won the Nicholl Fellowship award for screenwriting for his script The Lehigh Pirates. Apogee, a space-based adventure he wrote soon after, sold for $500,000. He went on to write Air Force One, End of Days and Hollow Man.

He wrote the unproduced scripts Hammer Down, Alien Prison and a Western intended for Harrison Ford and John Woo. He is the creator and executive producer of the ABC TV series Castle, which he also frequently wrote.[3] He also created the TV series Take Two and the revival of The Equalizer [4][5]

He is working on two film screenplays, Manhunt and a film adaptation of the comic book character Nick Fury.

Novels edit

Marlowe is purportedly the ghostwriter (or co-writer) of Heat Wave, a mystery novel published September 28, 2009, attributed to the fictional Richard Castle—the title character of the Castle TV series; the novel itself is a plot element in the show. The author acknowledges Marlowe's wife Terri E. Miller as "my partner in crime". The book debuted at number 26 on The New York Times Best Seller list.[6]

Personal life edit

Marlowe lives in Los Angeles with wife and fellow screenwriter Terri Edda Miller; she has two children from her first marriage

Filmography edit

Film writer

Television

Year Title Writer Executive producer Producer Creator Actor Role Notes
1994 Viper     Wrote 2 episode
2009–2016 Castle       Award ceremony guest
Castle's Neighbor
Wrote 21 episodes, Story/teleplay 1 episode
Uncredited cameo in 2 episodes
2018 Take Two         Wrote 3 episodes
2021–present The Equalizer    

Notes edit

  1. ^ Wallace, Phil (Summer 2015). "King of His Castle". Columbia College Today. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  2. ^ "USC Cinema-Television Alumni Development Council Formed". Press Room. 2006-02-20. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  3. ^ "An interview with Andrew W. Marlowe about Castle's recent steampunk episode". 29 October 2010.
  4. ^ "'Take Two' Procedural from 'Castle' Creator Starring Eddie Cibrian & Rachel Bilson Gets Straight-To-Series ABC Order". 16 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Double act".
  6. ^ "Hardcover Fiction – List – NYTimes.com". The New York Times. October 9, 2009. https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/books/bestseller/besthardfiction.html. Retrieved December 2, 2009

External links edit

  • Andrew W. Marlowe at IMDb