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Fred Golan
Fred Golan
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Fred Golan
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Motion picture writer and producer
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Fred Golan is an American motion picture writer and producer. He was a writer for first season of Falling Skies, scripting "Prisoner of War". Golan had previously worked with Falling Skies Executive Producer Graham Yost on the series Raines, Boomtown, and Justified.

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Earlier career[]

Golan began his career as a writer for Swamp Thing in 1992, scripting two episodes for the series. He next worked as a writer for The Big Easy in 1996, writing five episodes for the show. In 1998 he wrote an episode of Ghost Stories entitled "Parting Shot". Also in 1998 he wrote the film October 22.

In fall 1998 he was hired as a story editor for Brimstone and wrote an episode of the show. In 2000 he wrote an episode of The Others. In fall 2000 he was hired as a co-producer and writer for Roswell High.

In 2002 he joined the crew of Boomtown as a producer and writer for the first season. He returned for the second season in 2003 and was promoted to supervising producer. The show was created by future Falling Skies Executive Producer Graham Yost.

In 2005 he worked as a consulting producer on short lived Law and Order spin-off Trial by Jury. In 2007 he re-teamed with Yost as a co-executive producer for Raines. The show was cancelled before completing its first season. In 2008 he wrote an episode for the US remake of Eleventh Hour.

During Falling Skies[]

Golan joined the crew of Justified as a co-executive producer and writer for the first season. He co-wrote the episode "The Hammer" with Chris Provenzano and wrote the season finale "Bulletville". He was promoted to executive producer for the second season in 2011. He again wrote the season finale "Bloody Harlan". Also in 2011 he wrote "Prisoner of War" for the first season of Falling Skies. Both Yost and Golan left the crew of Falling Skies after the first season.

Later career[]

He returned as an executive producer for the third season of Justified in 2012 and co-wrote the season premiere "The Gunfighter" with Yost. He wrote the teleplay for the season finale "Slaughterhouse" from a story by Yost.

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