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name: "Will Berson"
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roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T08:04:17.564636+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Will Berson

Writer. Born 1 January 2000 in Harlem, New York City.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 2000, Harlem, New York City
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Berson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106043336, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0077768/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1237144

## Biography

Will Berson is an American screenwriter. He co-wrote the screenplay and story for the 2021 film *Judas and the Black Messiah* with Shaka King (and story credit shared with Kenny Lucas and Keith Lucas). The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay.

Berson grew up in New York City and graduated from Haverford College. He began his career as a writers' assistant on series including *Spin City*, *Scrubs* and *Arrested Development*, and wrote episodes of *Scrubs* (2003), *Run of the House* (2004) and *The Mighty B!* (2008). He performed and taught at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre before transitioning to dramatic writing.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, latimes.com, imdb.com, haverford.edu.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Judas and the Black Messiah* (2021), Fi1m 80, Story, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/judas-and-the-black-messiah.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Judas and the Black Messiah* (2021), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/judas-and-the-black-messiah.md)
- *Sea Oak* (2017), series, Producer
- *The Mighty B!* (2008), series, Writer
- *The Buzz on Maggie* (2005), series, Writer
- *Run of the House* (2003), series, Writer
- *Scrubs* (2001), series, Writer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2021: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Judas and the Black Messiah*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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