Gary Lennon is an award-winning playwright, showrunner, producer, writer, and director. He is currently the co-showrunner of “Hightown,” and was previously the co-showrunner of "Power." Both series are with Starz, where he has an overall deal. He is also an executive producer of HBO's "Euphoria."
Lennon began his career in theater. His play “The Interlopers” received three Ovation nominations and two NAACP nominations, and was an LA Times Critics Pick. His play “A Family Thing” was also an LA Times Critics Pick, earning six LA Weekly and two Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Nominations.
Lennon’s work as a writer on “Justified” earned him a Peabody Award, a WGA Award, an AFI Award, and a Critic’s Choice Nomination. His work as a writer on “Orange is the New Black” earned him an Emmy...
Gary Lennon is an award-winning playwright, showrunner, producer, writer, and director. He is currently the co-showrunner of “Hightown,” and was previously the co-showrunner of "Power." Both series are with Starz, where he has an overall deal. He is also an executive producer of HBO's "Euphoria."
Lennon began his career in theater. His play “The Interlopers” received three Ovation nominations and two NAACP nominations, and was an LA Times Critics Pick. His play “A Family Thing” was also an LA Times Critics Pick, earning six LA Weekly and two Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Nominations.
Lennon’s work as a writer on “Justified” earned him a Peabody Award, a WGA Award, an AFI Award, and a Critic’s Choice Nomination. His work as a writer on “Orange is the New Black” earned him an Emmy nomination, a Peabody Award, a PGA Award, and a WGA Nomination.
Lennon made his directorial feature debut with his film “.45,” and his television directorial debut with the fifth season’s penultimate episode of “Power,” which he also wrote. He recently sold his play “Change” for a feature adaptation, which will go into production in 2019 with director Brian Percival. Another of his plays is being adapted as a feature, retitled as “A Family Film.”