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Feb 28, 2022 · New drama from writer Kirk Ellis and director Tim Van Patten, and executive producers Tony Krantz and Richard Plepler. Academy, Emmy and AFI Lifetime Achievement Award winner Michael Douglas will star as Benjamin Franklin in a new Apple Original limited event series.
Kirk Ellis won two Emmys, a Golden Globe, a WGA Award, a Peabody and the Humanitas Prize for his work on the HBO miniseries John Adams. The miniseries won a record-breaking 13 Primetime Emmys in total, as well as four Golden Globe awards.
Feb 28, 2022 · Kirk Ellis, Tim Van Patten Apple. Written by Ellis and directed by Van Patten, the drama will explore the thrilling story of one of the greatest gambles of Benjamin Franklin’s career.
- Denise Petski
It was announced in February 2022 that Michael Douglas would star in the series as Benjamin Franklin for Apple TV+, with Kirk Ellis writing the series and Tim Van Patten directing. In June 2022, it was announced that Howard Korder had joined the production as a writer and executive producer.
- Kirk Ellis
- Tim Van Patten
- A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America, by Stacy Schiff
- Biographical drama
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Jan 26, 2018 · Kirk Ellis, president of Western Writers of America, is perhaps best known for having written and co-produced the 2008 HBO miniseries John Adams, which garnered him two personal Emmy Awards among the 13 the adaptation garnered.
- Candy Moulton
Dec 16, 2023 · John Adams, the second U.S. president, is an often overlooked founding father but played a crucial role in securing and consolidating the country's independence. The HBO miniseries John Adams...
Panelist Kirk Ellis won two Emmys, a WGA Award, a Peabody and the Humanitas Prize for his work as writer and co-executive producer on the HBO miniseries “John Adams.” The miniseries won a record breaking 13 Emmys in total, as well as four Golden Globe awards.
