Q&A: TV Showrunner Amy Berg Has a Lot of Fight Left in Her
The “WARRIOR NUN” and “JACK RYAN” writer talks craft, her favorite kind of porn, and why the WGA is going to win this strike
When I lived in Los Angeles, Amy Berg was a screenwriter I always had the sense had just left the production company offices or party I’d just arrived at or, vice versa, was imminently expected after my own departure. At one point, I got home from a friend’s house, hopped on Facebook, and saw her in a photo just taken at said house. Ships passing in the night, in other words. Disappointingly, I moved abroad before we finally met in real life, but we nevertheless struck up an online relationship during the WGA’s agency campaign — which is how she came to be invited to join me for one of my artist-on-artist conversations. Pretty much, I just wanted to get to know her better.
Amy is a writer, creator, and showrunner whose work I’ve long admired. She broke into Hollywood twenty-five years ago on “KENAN & KEL” and spent the next decade or so racking up TV credits until she landed her first producing title on “LEVERAGE”. “LEVERAGE” represented an exciting turning point in many ways, as it was followed by an outstanding run of series such as “PERSON OF INTEREST” and “EUREKA” — culminating in her elevation to showrunner of…
