Ian Bennnan (Sourceist) – Wikipédia

Ian Brennan is a American producer, screenwriter and actor. born the April 23, 1978 to Mount Prospect, in Illinois. He is known to be the creator of the series Glee .

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Brennan is the son of John and Charman Brennan. His sister, Sarah Brennan, is one of the founders of the Amandla Charter School in Chicago. He spent four years at the High School prospect (in) Illinois in the mid -90s, and was a member of the choir, of which he did not find particularly pleasant. He aspired to be an actor, and as the choir leader was also the musical director, he joined the choir in order to improve his chances of being wrapped in musicals. He had as a model and was inspired by his theater director John Marquette, who was then the reason why he became a writer. The character Will Schuester in Glee is partially based on Marquette. Brennan continued his theater studies at Loyola University in Chicago and graduated in 2000. After that, he did theater for a time in Chicago by studying at The Second City Training Center (in) And worked with Steppenwolf and Goodman theaters. Then, he moved to New York to play off-briefway in theaters like the Vineyard, Playwrights Horizons (in) et MCC Theatres.

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Glee’s original idea is inspired by Brennan’s personal experience when he was in the choir of Prospect High School. In 2005, a choirman’s choir of Prospect High School was accused of inappropriate driving with regard to a student, and later was found guilty of aggravated crime of sexual abuse. Brennan was inspired by these events. In August 2005 , he bought a copy of “writing scenarios for dummies” and wrote Glee’s first draft, initially envisaged as a film rather than a television series. He finished the script in 2005, but did not interest any producer of the time. One of his friends, television producer Mike Novick, was a member of the same gymnasium as the screenwriter and producer Ryan Murphy, who was part of a choir in his childhood and gave him a copy of the script of Brennan. The latter felt concerned by the project and decided with Brad Falchuk to produce it as a TV series. The three (Murphy, Brennan and Falchuk) met to rewrite the scenario, which was sent to the American channel CFOX which immediately accepted it 3 p.m. after receiving it. Murphy, Ryan and Falchuk decided to write all the episodes themselves. Murphy and Falchuk are the executive directors and producers of the series, while Brennan is executive co -producer.