Grainne Godfree | |
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Born | Los Angeles, California |
Occupation | Television writer |
Years active | 2007 - present |
Grainne Godfree is an American television writer.
She is well known for her significant work on The CW and Greg Berlanti's Arrowverse.
She attended Harvard University, graduating with a degree in History. She later entered the Columbia University film program, and spent three years as the assistant director of the schools film festival.
Her first foray into show business was with the 2008 short film Anjali. Which she wrote for director Maya Anand. It follows a rebellious Indian-American who is faced with the betrayal of her father.
In 2013, she joined the American remake of the science-fiction series The Tomorrow People, as a writer. She contributed to four episodes of the series ("All Tomorrow's Parties", "The Citedel", "Brother's Keeper", "Modus Vivendi").
In summer 2014, Godfree was hired as a writer and story editor on The CW superhero series The Flash. She first co-wrote, with Alison Schapker, the series' third episode, "Things You Can't Outrun"; which introduced Ronnie Raymond. She co-wrote, again with Schapker, the seventh episode, "Power Outage".
She and executive producer Marc Guggenheim co-wrote a teleplay, based on a story by co-creators Andrew Kreisberg and Greg Berlanti, for Arrow's 8th episode, of its third season, "The Brave and the Bold". It featured a crossover with sister-series The Flash; and served as an introduction tale for DC Comics supervillain Captain Boomerang.