| Brian Ford Sullivan | |
| Birth Place: | United States |
| Occupation: | Television writer |
| Other Names: | Brian Ford |
| Years Active: | 1994 - present |
Brian Ford Sullivan is an American television writer.
He is known for his work on The CW superhero series Arrow.
He grew up, for the most part, in Chicago, Illinois.[1]
Sullivan founded the U.S. TV listing website The Futon Critic in January 1997.[2] Sullivan's first foray into show business was with the original web series .comEDY, which he created for The Futon Critic.[3]
He participated in the 2014 Warner Bros. Writers Workshop.[1]
In summer 2014, Ford Sullivan was hired as a writer on The CW Green Arrow origin series Arrow. His first script contribution was co-writing, with co-producer Ben Sokolowski, the third-season episode "The Secret Origin of Felicity Smoak". It was the first episode to feature flashbacks of the titular techie.[4] He next co-penned the season's twelfth episode "Uprising", with executive story editor Beth Schwartz. It revealed the evil origins of The Dark Archer/Malcolm Merlyn. The two re-teamed for the 16th episode, "The Offer". Sullivan and Sokolowski co-wrote a teleplay, based on a story by co-executive producer Jake Coburn for the nineteenth installment, "Broken Arrow"; which saw the departure of series regular Colton Haynes (Roy Harper/Arsenal). He co-wrote the teleplay for "Al Sah-him" with Emilio Ortega Aldrich, that Schwartz wrote the story for; and lastly he co-wrote, with Sokolowski, the teleplay for the 22nd episode, "This Is Your Sword", with co-executive producer Erik Oleson providing the story.
During the 2015 Winter Television Critics Association tour, The CW announced a new 6-part animated series, Vixen, centered on the DC heroine, that premiered in August of the year. It shares the same universe as Arrow and sister-series The Flash. The series is written by Keto Shimizu, Sullivan, Arrow showrunner Wendy Mericle, and comic book writer Lauren Certo.[5]
At the start of season four of Arrow, Sullivan was named an executive story editor. He first co-penned, along with script coordinator Oscar Balderrama, the fifth episode, "Haunted". It featured an anticipated guest appearance by John Constantine (Matt Ryan), from the canceled NBC series.[6] Sullivan will next co-write the ninth episode, "Legends of Yesterday".[7]