12 Facts About Doug Ellin

Doug Ellin has written screenplays for two films, Kissing a Fool and Phat Beach.

Doug Ellin moved to Los Angeles in the early 1990s to be a stand-up comedian and soon got a job in the mail room at New Line Cinema.

The film was made on a very low budget, and Doug Ellin has called it "Probably the worst movie ever made".

Two years later, Doug Ellin made another independent comedy film Kissing a Fool, starring David Schwimmer, who was now known due to his role on Friends which was in its fourth season.

One, The Pledge was never produced although Doug Ellin was paid seven figures for the script and was set to direct.

The HBO show ran for eight seasons and Doug Ellin made an eight-figure pact with HBO to continue producing television.

Additionally, Doug Ellin serves on the board of the Greenwich International Film Festival.

Doug Ellin wrote and directed the 2015 film adaptation of Entourage.

Doug Ellin married Melissa Dana Hecht in 1996 and together have two children.

Doug Ellin has said the character of Ari Gold's wife in Entourage was based on Hecht.

Doug Ellin dated Maddie Diehl and proposed to her in 2014, but the couple broke up in March 2016.

Doug Ellin married Andrea Adler in September 2017 and filed for divorce in April 2018.