PHILIP LEVENS

Philip Levens, the head of Dreamtiger Entertainment, is a veteran TV writer, producer, and showrunner. He created and was  showrunner of the limited series “Ascension” for Universal and  Lionsgate, Executive Producing along with Jason Blum (“Paranormal  Activity,” “Insidious”). 

Philip has sold 20 pilots to television networks—among them “Red  Queen” for ABC, “Finders/Keepers” for USA, “Nightwatch” for Fox—and  adapted the graphic novel Rest for NBC. His other works include a serialized trial series for A&E called “The Accused,” “Deep State” for Televisa, as well as a pilot for CBS based on a famous Texas attorney.

 Philip grew up in Lubbock, Texas, and attended The University  of Texas in Austin before moving to Los Angeles. He began his career as a writer/producer on the CW's “Smallville,” CBS’s  “Wolf Lake,” Fox’s “Night Visions,” and NBC’s new “Knight Rider.” And he was Executive Producer, along with Jennifer Lopez, on Paramount’s “South  Beach.”

Philip has also written projects for Ice Cube, Will and Jada Smith,  and Michael Jackson; studios like Imagine, Joel Silver, Marvel, Warner Bros, Universal, Disney, and Lionsgate; and had a two-year deal with Sony Television to develop pilots.

In film, his adaptation of the Patricia Highsmith novel, Found in the Street,  was developed by John Malkovich. He also re-wrote the Wachowski  Brothers’ script “Vertical Run” at Warners and wrote a draft of the  screenplay “Wonder Woman.”