# Josh Berman

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{{short description|American screenwriter}}
{{about|the American screenwriter|the scholar|Joshua Berman}}

{{BLP sources|date=July 2014}}
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|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](/source/CSI%3A_Crime_Scene_Investigation)'' and consulting producer on ''[Bones](/source/Bones_(TV_series))''.

==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](/source/TelevisionWeek) |location=Chicago |volume=24 |issue=29 |date=18 July 2005 |pages=13, 15 }}</ref>

''[Drop Dead Diva](/source/Drop_Dead_Diva)'', created by Berman originally for Fox, premiered on [Lifetime](/source/Lifetime_(TV_network)) on July 12, 2009. Produced by [Sony Pictures Television](/source/Sony_Pictures_Television), the series stars stage actress [Brooke Elliott](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Encino%2C_California) 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](/source/The_Advocate_(LGBT_magazine)) |last=Kinser |first=Jeremy |title=Josh Berman: Death Becomes Him |accessdate=October 2, 2011}}</ref> His brother, [David Berman](/source/David_Berman_(actor)), is head researcher for ''CSI'', and occasionally plays assistant [coroner](/source/coroner) "Super Dave" Phillips.{{Cn|date=April 2025}}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0075785}}

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