Darren Star
Darren Star (born July 25, 1961) is an American writer, director, and producer of film and television. He is best known for creating the television series Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–2000), Melrose Place (1992–1999), Sex and the City (1998–2004), Younger (2015–2021), Emily in Paris (2020–present), and Uncoupled (2022).
Darren Star
Sidewalks Entertainment · Interview: Darren Star and Miriam Shor (Younger) at 02:29, cropped · CC BY 3.0
- Name
- Darren Star
- Born
- 25 July 1961
- Birthplace
- Potomac, Maryland, U.S.
- Education
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Occupation
- Film, television producer, director, writer
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
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Darren Star (born July 25, 1961) is an American writer, director, and producer of film and television. He is best known for creating the television series Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–2000), Melrose Place (1992–1999), Sex and the City (1998–2004), Younger (2015–2021), Emily in Paris (2020–present), and Uncoupled (2022).
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Darren Star • Born — 25 July 1961 • Birthplace — Potomac, Maryland, U.S. • Education — University of California, Los Angeles • Occupation — Film, television producer, director, writer
Early life and education
Early life and education
Darren Star was born to a Jewish family in Potomac, Maryland. His mother was a freelance writer and his father was an orthodontist. He attended Winston Churchill High School and UCLA where he studied English and Creative Writing.
Career
Career
He created the television series Beverly Hills, 90210 based on his own high school experiences, and Melrose Place, and he was the creator and a writer for the HBO series Sex and the City. He also worked on Central Park West (1995), Grosse Pointe (2000), The $treet (2000), Miss Match (2003), Kitchen Confidential (2005), Runaway (2006) and Cashmere Mafia (2008). He was the producer of Sex and the City: The Movie, which was released in 2008, and its sequel Sex and the City 2, which was released in 2010. In 2002, he was the recipient of the Austin Film Festival's Outstanding Television Writer Award. He sits on the board of directors of Project Angel Food. In 2020, he signed a deal with ViacomCBS.
Personal life
Personal life
As of 2025, Star has a boyfriend. He has a son from a previous relationship. He has residences in New York City and Los Angeles.
Creator
Creator
• Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–2000) • Melrose Place (1992–1999) • Central Park West (1995–1996) • Sex and the City (1998–2004) • Grosse Pointe (2000–2001) • The Street (2000, co-created with Jeff Rake) • Miss Match (2003, co-created with Jeff Rake) • Younger (2015–2021) • Emily in Paris (2020–present) • Uncoupled (2022)
Executive producer
Executive producer
• Melrose Place (1992–1995) • Beverly Hills, 90210 (1992–1995) • Central Park West (1995–1996) • Sex and the City (1998–2000) • The Street (2000) • Grosse Pointe (2000–2001) • Miss Match (2003) • Kitchen Confidential (2005) • Runaway (2006) • Cashmere Mafia (2008) • GCB (2012) • Younger (2015–2021) • Emily in Paris (2020–present) • Uncoupled (2022)
Producer
Producer
• Sex and the City (2008) • Sex and the City 2 (2010)
Identity
Identity
Darren Star is recorded as screenwriter, film director, film producer, showrunner and television producer.
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Darren Star is recorded as having studied at University of California, Los Angeles and Winston Churchill High School.
In the extended interview, SIDEWALKS host Lori Rosales talks to "Younger" star Miriam Shor and creator Darren Star about Star's inspiration of his TV shows; why Star thought of Shor for the role of Diana Trout; and did Star, at the beginning, know who Carrie would pick in the "Sex in the City" finale.
Sidewalks Entertainment · Interview: Darren Star and Miriam Shor (Younger) at 02:29, cropped
Screenwriter
• Doin' Time on Planet Earth (1988) • Dead Heat (1988) (uncredited) • If Looks Could Kill (1991)
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