The Business: Q&A with THIS IS US
Q&A with showrunners Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger. Moderated by Jim Halterman, TV Guide Magazine
Moderated by Jim Halterman, TV Guide Magazine
PANELIST BIOS
Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger are a writing team who work in features and television. The two are currently under an overall deal with 20th Century Fox Television where they co-showrun the hit NBC drama This Is Us with Dan Fogelman and develop projects for the studio. Prior to This Is Us, Isaac and Elizabeth wrote for half-hour series such as Fox’s Grandfathered, NBC’s About a Boy, and ABC’s The Neighbors.
On the feature side, Isaac and Elizabeth adapted the screenplay for Love, Simon directed by Greg Berlanti which was recently released by Fox 2000.
Elizabeth hails from Queens, NY. She currently lives with her husband Jeremy and their trio of animals. Isaac is from Cambridge, MA. Isaac and Elizabeth met at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts where they became friends and then collaborators before moving to Los Angeles where they both currently reside.
