Background
Ellin, Doug was born on April 6, 1968 in Bklyn, New York, United States.
screenwriter film producer television producer
Ellin, Doug was born on April 6, 1968 in Bklyn, New York, United States.
He attended Tulane University.
Ellin also served as executive producer and head writer for the series, and wrote, directed and produced its 2015 film adaptation. 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 90"s to be a stand-up comedian and soon got a job in the mail room at New Lincolnshire Cinema. lieutenant 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".
Kissing a Fool was sold for distribution and Ellin subsequently sold a few screenplays to Miramax. One, The Pledge was never produced although Ellin was paid seven figures for the script and was set to direct. He sold another unproduced screenplay for mid-six figures.
Ellin"s real success came in 2004 with Entourage.
The Home Box Office show ran for eight seasons and Ellin made an eight-figure pact with Home Box Office to continue producing television Additionally, Ellin serves on the board of the Greenwich International Film Festival.
Ellin wrote and directed the 2015 film adaptation of Entourage. Ellin married Melissa Dana Hecht in 1996 and together have one child.
The two divorced in 2009.
Ellin has said the character of Ari Gold"s wife in Entourage was based on Hecht. Ellin dated Maddie Diehl and proposed to her in 2014, but the couple broke up in March 2016.
Married; 2 children.