Howard Overman
Howard Overman is a British television producer, creator, and writer. He wrote scripts for a number of BBC television shows and in 2008 began writing for the fantasy show Merlin produced by Shine Limited. He received a BAFTA award for the series Misfits in 2009. In 2010, he created a procedural comedy Vexed for BBC Two. With Johnny Capps and Julian Murphy he founded a television series production company Urban Myths Film which produced both seasons of the mythological fantasy Atlantis for BBC One and BBC America. He wrote 8 episodes for the first season of Atlantis and 8 episodes for the second season. He has been writing and executive producing also at Urban Myths Films, the 2019 series War of the Worlds for Canal+ and Fox, and The One for Netflix.
Sources:
Profile at urbanmythfilms.com (accessed: January 14, 2020)
Interview: Jemima Rooper and Co-Creators Johnny Capps and Howard Overman Talk Atlantis, the Biggest Threats and Villains of This Season, and More by Christina Radish, collider.com, Nov. 30, 2013,(accessed: January 14, 2020)
Bio prepared by Elżbieta Olechowska, University of Warsaw, elzbieta.olechowska@gmail.com
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