Doug Ellin is one of the most popular and richest Screenwriter who was born on April 6, 1968 in New York, New York, United States. Writer and producer most recognized for creating Entourage, a popular HBO series which was partly based on Mark Wahlberg’s early experiences in hollywood.
He wrote the screenplay for Kissing a Fool, a film that starred actor David Schwimmer.
Ellin married Melissa Dana Hecht in 1996 and together have two children. The two divorced in 2009. Ellin has said the character of Ari Gold’s wife in Entourage was based on Hecht.
Before producing and writing for Entourage, Ellin served as a staff writer for Life with Bonnie, which starred Bonnie Hunt. The series ran from 2003-2004. Ellin has also written screenplays for two films, Kissing a Fool and Phat Beach. He moved to Los Angeles in the early 1990s to be a stand-up comedian and soon got a job in the mail room at New Line Cinema. It was there where he befriended film producer Mike DeLuca who funded Ellin’s first short film The Pitch, starring then unknown actor David Schwimmer. That short film got Ellin accepted to the American Film Institute, where he graduated from in 1994. In 1996, he directed the independent comedy film Phat Beach. The film was made on a very low budget, and Ellin has called it “Probably the worst movie ever made”. Two years later, Ellin made another independent comedy film Kissing a Fool, starring David Schwimmer, who was now known due to his role on Friends which was in its fourth season.
He married Melissa Dana Hecht in 1996.
