Doug Ellin

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Doug Ellin (born April 6, 1968 Merrick, New York^[1]) is the creator of the HBO television series Entourage. Ellin also serves as executive producer and head writer for the series. He attended Tulane University.

Before producing and writing for Entourage, he served as staff writer for Life with Bonnie, which starred Bonnie Hunt. The series ran from 2002-2004. Ellin has also written screenplays for three films, Kissing a Fool, Phat Beach and The Waiter, which he also directed. Shortly after he moved to Los Angeles from his native New York City, he worked as a stand-up comedian at such venues as The Improv and The Comedy Store.^[2] He is reported to be working on a new series for HBO that centers around hedge fund managers and their friends and colleagues.^[3] In an interview that took place when the season 4 finale of Entourage aired (Sept 2007), Doug Ellin stated that the script/pilot will be written by the writers of Ocean's Thirteen, when they are done with their latest project.