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American television writer
Joseph Weisberg (born 1965/1966)[1] is an American television writer, producer, novelist, and school teacher.[2] Weisberg is best known as the creator and showrunner of the FX TV series The Americans and The Patient (co-created with Joel Fields).
A 1987 graduate of Yale University , Weisberg became a CIA officer three years after graduation,[2] and after a short career with the Agency, Weisberg taught at The Summit School , a private special education high school in Queens , New York City until 2010 when he went on to pursue a career in television. One of his final projects at Summit School was helping students found the school newspaper, The Summit Sun .[3]
Weisberg wrote episodes for TNT's alien invasion series Falling Skies and the DirecTV legal drama Damages . He then created The Americans , an FX series centering on two KGB sleeper agents, who pose as American citizens in Washington, D.C. during the 1980s.[2] The Americans was executive-produced by Weisberg and Justified creator Graham Yost .[4] [5] In 2022, Weisberg co-created and showran the limited FX series The Patient .
Weisberg authored two novels: 10th Grade and An Ordinary Spy .[6] An Ordinary Spy was nominated for the Believer Book Award .[7]
Weisberg is also the author of the non-fiction book Russia Upside Down: An Exit Strategy for the Second Cold War , which was published in 2021.[8]
Personal life [ edit ]
Weisberg grew up in a Jewish family in Chicago,[9] the son of civil rights attorney Bernard Weisberg and former Commissioner of Cultural Affairs Lois Weisberg .[2] He is the younger brother of Slate Group editor-in-chief Jacob Weisberg .[2]
Filmography [ edit ]
Falling Skies [ edit ]
Damages [ edit ]
"Next One's on Me, Blondie" (4.04)
The Americans [ edit ]
"Pilot " (1.01)
"The Clock " (1.02)
"In Control " (co-written with Joel Fields) (1.04)
"Mutually Assured Destruction " (co-written with Joel Fields) (1.08)
"The Colonel " (co-written with Joel Fields) (1.13)
"Comrades " (co-written with Joel Fields) (2.01)
"Cardinal " (co-written with Joel Fields) (2.02)
"Operation Chronicle " (co-written with Joel Fields) (2.12)
"Echo " (co-written with Joel Fields) (2.13)
"EST Men " (co-written with Joel Fields) (3.01)
"Baggage " (co-written with Joel Fields) (3.02)
"Stingers" (co-written with Joel Fields) (3.10)
"March 8, 1983" (co-written with Joel Fields) (3.13)
"Glanders" (co-written with Joel Fields) (4.01)
"Pastor Tim" (co-written with Joel Fields) (4.02)
"Roy Rogers in Franconia" (co-written with Joel Fields) (4.12)
"Persona Non Grata" (co-written with Joel Fields) (4.13)
"Amber Waves" (co-written with Joel Fields) (5.01)
"Pests" (co-written with Joel Fields) (5.02)
"The World Council of Churches" (co-written with Joel Fields) (5.12)
"The Soviet Division" (co-written with Joel Fields) (5.13)
"Dead Hand" (co-written with Joel Fields) (6.01)
"Tchaikovsky" (co-written with Joel Fields) (6.02)
"Jennings, Elizabeth" (co-written with Joel Fields) (6.09)
"START " (co-written with Joel Fields) (6.10)
The Patient [ edit ]
All 10 episodes (co-written with Joel Fields)
Bibliography [ edit ]
Accolades [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ "News" (PDF) . The Summit Sun. June 2010.
^ Bill Brioux (January 30, 2013). "The Americans debuts on FX Canada Jan. 30" . Toronto Star . The Canadian Press. Retrieved February 15, 2013 .
^ Andreeva, Nellie (December 16, 2011). "FX Greenlights Drama Pilot About 1980s KGB Spies Posing As U.S. Suburbanites" . Deadline . Retrieved May 3, 2012 .
^ Waxman, Olivia B. (January 30, 2013). "Q&A: The CIA Officer Behind the New Spy Drama The Americans" . Time Magazine. Retrieved April 13, 2015 .
^ "The Believer Book Award 2007 finalists" . The Believer ' . March–April 2008. Retrieved March 6, 2014 .
^ "Russia Upside Down" . Kirkus Reviews . July 15, 2021. Retrieved April 25, 2023 .
^ Bloom, Nate (September 14, 2017). "Jewish entertainers well-represented at Emmy Awards" . Saint Louis Jewish Light. Archived from the original on April 26, 2019. Retrieved May 30, 2018 .
^ Voyles, Blake (September 20, 2023). "83rd Peabody Award Nominees" . Retrieved September 20, 2023 .
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