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Misha Green          

Co-Creator, Executive Producer & Showrunner, Known For "Lovecraft Country"

Misha Green is an American television writer, director and producer. She is best known as the showrunner of the supernatural series "Lovecraft Country" on HBO and creator and executive producer of the historical drama "Underground." She is a former staff writer for "Heroes" and "Sons of Anarchy."

In 2016, together with fellow "Heroes" alumnus Joe Pokaski, Green created "Underground," a period drama about the Underground Railroad, which takes place primarily in the Antebellum South and bordering free states of the North. The first season premiered on WGN America on March 9, 2016 to a positive critical response. The series was a watershed moment in television, using deeply nuanced and humanizing portrayals to depict the horrific experiences of enslaved people in America for a contemporary audience. In 2020, Green centered the mid-20th century African-American experience in another type of horror, teaming up with Jordan Peele and J.J. Abrams to present "Lovecraft Country." Based on Matt Ruff's novel of the same name, the series tackles race issues, set in the 1950s, while also utilizing elements of H.P. Lovecraft. The show received a "straight-to-series" order from HBO. In January 2021, Green was chosen to write and direct the upcoming "Tomb Raider" sequel in her feature directorial debut.

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'Lovecraft Country' Creator Misha Green : Fresh Air : NPR
The HBO series 'Lovecraft Country' takes the real horrors of the Black experience in the 1950s and adds to it the supernatural terrors of the horror genre. We talk ...
'Lovecraft Country': Read Misha Green's Pilot Script For HBO Drama
'Lovecraft Country's Misha Green On Her HBO Drama: 'You Create A Piece Of Art And You Hope That It's Speaking To The Times'. Check out the series-premiere ...
Misha Green Is on the TIME100 Next 2021 List | TIME
Misha's projects are birthed from a source deep within her; thus she fights tooth and nail to make sure no one tames her vision. As her collaborators, we are invited ...
Living While Black in 'Lovecraft Country' - The New York Times
Misha Green, the creator of this macabre new HBO series, discusses her obsession with horror and why its sense of dread and danger is not just an allegory.

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