Philip Levens is an American screenwriter and television producer known for creating the science-fiction TV mini-series Ascension.
Levens grew up in Lubbock, Texas and attended The University of Texas at Austin.[1] He initially wrote and produced on UPN's All Souls, The CW's Smallville, CBS's Wolf Lake, and Fox's Night Visions.[2]
In 2000, Levens sold his one-hour dramedy "Red Shift" to UPN and rewrote "Old City" for Jan de Bont.[3] Philip also sold "Red Queen" for ABC, "Finders/Keepers" for USA, "Nightwatch" for Fox, and adapted the graphic novel Rest for NBC.[1]
Levens was writing a screenplay draft for the "WonderWoman" feature film until he was replaced by Laeta Kalogridis in 2003.[4]
In 2006, he wrote and executive produced the series South Beach for UPN, along with Jennifer Lopez.[5] He subsequently wrote for NBC's Knight Rider, R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series.[6]
In 2014, Levens created and was the showrunner of the limited series Ascension for SyFy, inspired by the real-life Project Orion (nuclear propulsion).[7]
Levens also wrote "The Accused" for A&E (TV channel), and two projects for CBS, "Interest of Justice" and "The Case Runner".
He and his wife, Carolyn Stotesbery-Levens wrote "Menace of Venice" for Todd Garner's Broken Road Productions.[8] [9]
Philips is married to Carolyn Stotesbery and lives in Los Angeles. The wedding ceremony was held at Saint Helena Catholic Church.[10]
| 2002 | Smallville | Producer/writer | |
| 2006 | South Beach | ||
| 2007 | Hush Little Baby | ||
| 2008 | Knight Rider | ||
| 2014 | Ascension | ||
| 1999 | The Puzzle | Writer | |
| 2001 | All Souls | ||
| 2002 | Shadow Realm | ||
| 2002 | Night Visions | ||
| 2006 | South Beach | ||
| 2007 | Hush Little Baby | ||
| 2011 | R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour | ||
| 2001-02 | Wolf Lake | executive story editor |