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Gary Lennon is a playwright, television and film writer and director. Raised in Hell’s Kitchen, NY, Lennon grew up on the streets that inspires much of his writing and has helped him possess a voice that is both unique in its grittiness but often heartfelt with emotion and richly drawn characters. After success as a playwright with plays Dates and Nuts and Blackout, the latter play was developed into Drunks, a film with an impressive cast including Academy Award winners Faye Dunaway and Dianne Weist as well as Parker Posey and Amanda Plummer. Lennon would go on to sell a myriad of film projects such Separated At Birth to Fox 2000, Soul Sisters to Disney with Oprah Winfrey attached to produce and Heart and Soul for Jerry Weintraub at Warner Brothers before directing his own script of .45 starring Milla Jovovich, Stephen Dorff, Angus MacFadyen and Aisha Tyler. From that film, Lennon segued into television as Executive Story Editor on the final season of FX’s The Shield and Co-Producer on ABC’s The Unusuals. While Lennon currently is working on original projects at HBO (Maria Bello Project) and A&E (Untitled Pilot for Saving Grace’s Nancy Miller) he is a Producer on FX’s upcoming drama Justified. Lennon currently lives in Los Angeles.