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Benjamin "Ben" Sokolowski is aCanadiantelevision writer.

He is well known for his work onThe CWsuperhero seriesArrow andThe Flash.

He began his career as a production staffer on theJ. J. Abrams producedABCdramedyWhat About Brian. He would later go on to work with Abrams a second time on the 2008science-fiction featureCloverfield, as a production assistant.

In 2011, he was hired as a story editor onCTV'sThe Listener. He went on to script one episode, "Lady in the Lake".

He has written for theNBChorror seriesFear Itself and theFrench Canadianaction/dramaTransporter: The Series.^[1]

In 2021, he wrote the episode "Quatervois" forThe Walking Dead: World Beyond.^[2] In 2022, he wrote the episode "Evie / Joe" forTales of the Walking Dead.^[3]

In summer 2012, Sokolowski joined the freshman season of theDC Comics producedCW seriesArrow, as a writer. He was then promoted to executive story editor, during the second season. With the commencement of season three, Sokolowski was promoted to co-producer; and at the start of production for the show's fourth season he was named producer, along withKeto Shimizu.^[1][4] Episodes he has contributed to include:

• "Damaged" (1.05)(co-written by co-producerWendy Mericle)
• "Burned" (1.10)(co-written by co-executive producerMoira Kirland)
• "Vertigo" (1.12)(co-written with Mericle)
• "Home Invasion" (1.21)(co-written withBeth Schwartz)
• "Identity" (2.02)(co-written by Schwartz)
• "Keep Your Enemies Closer" (2.06)(co-written with Schwartz)
• "Three Ghosts" (2.09)(Sokolowski and DC Comics CCOGeoff Johns wrote a teleplay, based on a story by executive producersAndrew Kreisberg andGreg Berlanti)
• "The Promise" (2.15)(co-written by supervising producer Jake Coburn)
• "Streets of Fire" (2.22)(co-written by Coburn)
• "The Secret Origin of Felicity Smoak" (3.05)(co-written withBrian Ford Sullivan)
• "Midnight City" (3.11)(co-written with co-executive producer Mericle)
• "Nanda Parbat" (3.15)(Sokolowski and co-executive producerErik Oleson co-wrote a teleplay, based on a story by Mericle and Sokolowski)
• "Broken Arrow" (3.19)(Sokolowski and Sullivan co-wrote a teleplay, based on a story by co-executive producer Coburn)
• "This Is Your Sword" (3.22)(Sullivan and Sokolowski co-wrote a teleplay, based on a story from Oleson)
• "Beyond Redemption" (4.04)(co-written by co-producer Schwartz)
• "Beacon of Hope" (4.17)(co-written withBrian Ford Sullivan)
• "A Matter of Trust" (5.03)(co-written with Emilio Ortega Aldrich)
• "Vigilante" (5.07)(co-written with Emilio Ortega Aldrich)
• "Who Are You?" (5.10)(co-written with Brian Ford Sullivan
• "Fighting Fire With Fire" (5.15)(co-written withSpeed Weed)
• "Deathstroke Returns" (6.05)(co-written with Spiro Skentzos)
• "Crisis on Earth-X Part 2 (6.08)Sokolowski and Mericle co-wrote a teleplay, based on a story by co-executive producersAndrew Kreisberg andMarc Guggenheim)

During the first season ofArrow's sister-seriesThe Flash, Sokolowski crossed over to co-pen two episodes. With the commencement of the sophomore year, he was promoted to consulting producer. Installments he has contributed to include:

• "Flash vs. Arrow" (1.08)(Brooke Eikmeier and Sokolowski co-wrote a teleplay, based on a story from executive producers Kreisberg and Berlanti)^[5]
• "Fallout" (1.14)(co-written with Shimizu)
• "The Darkness and the Light" (2.05)(co-penned by executive story editorGrainne Godfree)

It was announced in July 2014, that he, along withArrow andThe Flash co-creatorAndrew Kreisberg, would take over writing for theGreen ArrowNew 52 comic book series in October of that year. Their tenure commenced with issue #35.^[6]

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