Joe Weisberg


Joseph Weisberg is an American television writer-producer, novelist, former CIA officer and school teacher. Weisberg is best known as the creator and executive producer of the FX TV series The Americans.

Career

A 1987 graduate of Yale University, Weisberg became a CIA officer three years after graduation, and after a short career with the Agency, Weisberg taught at The Summit School, a private special education high school in Queens, New York until 2010 when he went on to pursue a career in television. One of his final projects at Summit School was helping students found the school newspaper, The Summit Sun.
Weisberg wrote episodes for TNT's alien invasion series Falling Skies and the DirecTV legal drama Damages. He then created The Americans, an FX series centering on two KGB agents who pose as American citizens in Washington, D.C. during the 1980s. The Americans was executive-produced by Weisberg and Justified creator Graham Yost.
Weisberg authored two novels: 10th Grade and An Ordinary Spy. An Ordinary Spy was nominated for the Believer Book Award.

Personal life

Weisberg grew up in a Jewish family in Chicago, the son of civil rights attorney Bernard Weisberg and former Commissioner of Cultural Affairs Lois Weisberg. He is the younger brother of Slate Group editor-in-chief Jacob Weisberg. Weisberg married Julia Rothwax, former press secretary to presidential candidates Bill Clinton and Bill Bradley, in 2005. The couple have a daughter.

Filmography

''Falling Skies''