Chuck

Josh Schwartz is best known as the creator and executive producer of The O.C., the one-hour television drama that premiered in 2003. At age 26, he became the youngest person in network history to create a network series and run its day-to-day production. Schwartz enjoyed four successful seasons of The O.C. and was nominated for a 2004 Writers Guild Award while the show was nominated for a People's Choice Award and named Guilty Pleasure of the Year by VH1.

Music, one of Schwartz' passions, played a vital role on The O.C., bringing such cutting-edge groups as Death Cab for Cutie, Bright Eyes and Spoon to the series. Schwartz executive-produced all six mixes for the show, which have sold 1 million copies worldwide.

In conjunction with Warner Bros. Television, Schwartz recently developed NBC's new drama Chuck and the new series Gossip Girl. Based on the popular book series, Gossip Girl, Josh Schwartz is best known as the creator and executive producer of The O.C., the one-hour television drama that premiered in 2003. At age 26, he became the youngest person in network history to create a network series and run its day-to-day production. Schwartz enjoyed four successful seasons of The O.C. and was nominated for a 2004 Writers Guild Award while the show was nominated for a People's Choice Award and named Guilty Pleasure of the Year by VH1.

Music, one of Schwartz' passions, played a vital role on The O.C., bringing such cutting-edge groups as Death Cab for Cutie, Bright Eyes and Spoon to the series. Schwartz executive-produced all six mixes for the show, which have sold 1 million copies worldwide.

In conjunction with Warner Bros. Television, Schwartz recently developed NBCs new drama Chuck and the new series Gossip Girl. Based on the popular book series, Gossip Girl, follows the lives and relationships of privileged Upper East Side teenagers.

Schwartz will make his feature-film directing debut for Paramount with Famous Last Words, a coming-of-age story he is presently adapting from John Green's 2003 novel "Looking for Alaska," with producer Ivan Reitman.

The son of toy inventors, Schwartz was raised in Providence, Rhode Island, with his younger brother and sister. He currently lives in Los Angeles and is an active member in both the Writers and Producers Guilds. the lives and relationships of privileged Upper East Side teenagers.

Schwartz will make his feature-film directing debut for Paramount with Famous Last Words, a coming-of-age story he is presently adapting from John Green's 2003 novel "Looking for Alaska," with producer Ivan Reitman.

The son of toy inventors, Schwartz was raised in Providence, Rhode Island, with his younger brother and sister. He currently lives in Los Angeles and is an active member in both the Writers and Producers Guilds.