Beth Schwartz

Beth Schwartz is an American television writer.

She is well known for her work on The CW superhero series Arrow.

Career

She began her career as a production staffer on the JJ Abrams produced ABC dramedy What About Brian. She later would go on to write an episode ("What About Secret Lovers").

She wrote two episodes of the ABC family drama Brothers & Sisters ("Going Once... Going Twice", "Taking Sides") and one episode of The CW's dramedy/romance Hart of Dixie ("Mistress & Misunderstandings").^[1]

Arrow

In summer 2012, Schwartz joined the freshman season of the DC Comics produced CW series Arrow, as a writer.^[1] Schwartz was named executive story editor with the commencement of the series' third season. At the star of the fourth season shw was promoted to co-producer. Episodes she has contributed to include:

• "Vendetta" (1.08) (co-written by co-creator Andrew Kreisberg)
• "Betrayal" (1.13) (co-written with Lana Cho)
• "Dodger" (1.15)
• "Home Invasion" (1.21) (co-written by Sokolowski)
• "Identity" (2.02) (co-written with Sokolowski)
• "Keep Your Enemies Closer" (2.06) (co-written by Sokolowski)
• "Blind Spot" (2.11) (co-written by co-producer Wendy Mericle)
• "Time of Death" (2.14) (co-written by Mericle)
• "Seeing Red" (2.20) (co-written by Mericle)
• "Corto Maltese" (3.03) (co-written with co-executive producer Erik Oleson)
• "Draw Back Your Bow" (3.07) (co-written with co-executive producer Mericle)
• "Uprising" (3.12) (co-written with Brian Ford Sullivan)
• "The Offer" (3.16) (co-written with Sullivan)
• "Al Sah-him" (3.21) (Emilio Ortega Aldrich and Sullivan wrote a teleplay, based on a story by Schwartz)
• "Green Arrow" (4.01) (showrunners Mericle and Marc Guggenheim co-wrote a teleplay, based on a story from Schwartz and co-developer Greg Berlanti)
• "Beyond Redemption" (4.04) (co-penned with Sokolowski)
• "Lost Souls" (4.06) (co-written by Aldrich)
• "Unchained" (4.12) (co-written by Speed Weed)
• "Canary Cry" (4.19) (co-written by Mericle)
• "The Recruits" (5.02) (co-written by Weed)
• "What We Leave Behind" (5.09) (co-written by Mericle)

Legends of Tomorrow

Schwartz has also written episodes for Arrow spin-off Legends of Tomorrow. These episodes include:

• "Fail-Safe" (1.05) (co-written by Grainne Godfree)
• "Left Behind" (1.09) (co-written by Godfree)

References

External links

Beth Schwartz at the Internet Movie Database