{{short description|American screenwriter}} {{about|the American screenwriter|the scholar|Joshua Berman}}
{{BLP sources|date=July 2014}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2015}} {{Infobox person |name= Josh Berman |birth_name= Joshua Berman |occupation= Writer, producer }}
'''Joshua Berman''' is an American writer and producer for television. He was an executive producer on the TV show ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' and consulting producer on ''Bones''.
==Career== Josh Berman was born in 1972. Berman's writing career began in comedy in 1998 when he won an NBC writing contest.<ref>{{cite magazine |id={{ProQuest|203805600}} |last1=Lisotta |first1=Christopher |title=Josh Berman |magazine=TelevisionWeek |location=Chicago |volume=24 |issue=29 |date=18 July 2005 |pages=13, 15 }}</ref>
''Drop Dead Diva'', created by Berman originally for Fox, premiered on Lifetime on July 12, 2009. Produced by Sony Pictures Television, the series stars stage actress Brooke Elliott as Jane, a brilliant, thoughtful, and overweight attorney whose body is inhabited by the soul of a vapid fashion model, and Margaret Cho as her loyal assistant, Teri. Berman's grandmother, who he described as having “carried herself as a supermodel,” inspired the character Jane, as Berman sought to bring his grandmother's self-acceptance and life-affirming energy to the screen.<ref name=":0" /> His Osprey Productions company most recently signed a deal with Sony Pictures Television.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=2020-06-18|title=Josh Berman Inks New Five-Year Overall Deal With Sony Pictures Television|url=https://deadline.com/2020/06/josh-berman-re-ups-sony-pictures-tv-new-five-year-overall-deal-1202962443/|access-date=2020-10-22|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}</ref>
Berman has written and directed ''Drop Dead Dave'', an hour-long series that is still in development as of October 2021. It explores a similar concept to his popular series ''Drop Dead Diva;'' the new series follows the character Dave as he finds new perspective when reincarnated as a complicated Gen X lawyer.<ref>Rose, Michelle. "Molina’s mystery - Actor leads TV adaptation of Louise Penny series." ''Chattanooga Times Free Press (TN)'', sec. TV Times, 10 Oct. 2021, p. TV28. ''NewsBank: Access World News.''</ref>
== Personal life == Berman is a native of Encino and is gay.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |url=http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/television/2011/09/15/death-becomes-him |date=October 2011 |work=The Advocate |last=Kinser |first=Jeremy |title=Josh Berman: Death Becomes Him |accessdate=October 2, 2011}}</ref> His brother, David Berman, is head researcher for ''CSI'', and occasionally plays assistant coroner "Super Dave" Phillips.{{Cn|date=April 2025}}
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0075785}}
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