Paul Wernick is a Canadian television and movie screenwriter and producer. He is best known for writing screenplays for the 2016 superhero film Deadpool and its 2018 sequel with his creative partner Rhett Reese.
Wernick has produced several network reality shows, including CBS’s Big Brother 2 and ABC’s I’m a Celebrity… Get Me out of Here! Wernick has won three Emmy Awards for his work in news, which included producing stints at KVOA, KOLD, KTVK, KSL, and KCAL.
Big Brother 2 inspired Wernick and Rhett Reese, a screenwriter friend of his brother back from Phoenix, Arizona, where both attended high school – Reese was a senior on Wernick’s freshman year – to create their own take on reality television, The Joe Schmo Show.
Paul Wernick house: Where does Paul Wernick live?
Wernick lives in Canada, however, he travels to other countries, going about his career and other businesses.
Wernick and Reese first collaborated in 2001, creating, writing, and executive-producing The Joe Schmo Show for Spike TV. The series drew Spike’s highest-ever ratings. Joe Schmo was named to numerous Best Of lists, including Time’s “Top 10 TV Shows of 2003” and Entertainment Weekly’s “50 Best TV Shows Ever on DVD.”
Reese and Wernick created and executive-produced Stuck on ODB, a comedy reality show starring Ol’ Dirty Bastard (ODB) of the Wu-Tang Clan for Spike TV. ODB died before the show ever aired.
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