Biography
Dean Devlin is an American screenwriter, producer, director and former actor. He is best known for his long collaboration with director Roland Emmerich, for whom he co-wrote and produced Stargate (1994), Independence Day (1996) and Godzilla (1998).
He began his career as an actor before turning to writing, with his first produced screenplay Universal Soldier (1992). Devlin co-founded Centropolis Entertainment and later founded Electric Entertainment, through which he has produced and directed films including Geostorm (2017) and Bad Samaritan (2018), and developed television series such as The Librarians (2014) and Leverage (2008). He was born on 27 August 1962 in New York City.
