Ben Sokolowski


Benjamin "Ben" Sokolowski is a Canadian television writer.
He is well known for his work on The CW superhero series Arrow and The Flash.

Career

Television and film

He began his career as a production staffer on the J. J. Abrams produced ABC dramedy What About Brian. He would later go on to work with Abrams a second time on the 2008 science-fiction feature Cloverfield, as a production assistant.
In 2011, he was hired as a story editor on CTV's The Listener. He went on to script one episode, "Lady in the Lake".
He has written for the NBC horror series Fear Itself and the French Canadian action/drama Transporter: The Series.
In 2021, he wrote the episode "Quatervois" for The Walking Dead: World Beyond. In 2022, he wrote the episode "Evie / Joe" for Tales of the Walking Dead.

''Arrow'' and ''The Flash''

In summer 2012, Sokolowski joined the freshman season of the DC Comics produced CW series Arrow, 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 with Keto Shimizu. Episodes he has contributed to include:
  • "Damaged"
  • "Burned"
  • "Vertigo"
  • "Home Invasion"
  • "Identity"
  • "Keep Your Enemies Closer"
  • "Three Ghosts"
  • "The Promise"
  • "Streets of Fire"
  • "The Secret Origin of Felicity Smoak"
  • "Midnight City"
  • "Nanda Parbat"
  • "Broken Arrow"
  • "This Is Your Sword"
  • "Beyond Redemption"
  • "Beacon of Hope"
  • "A Matter of Trust"
  • "Vigilante"
  • "Who Are You?"
  • "Deathstroke Returns"
  • "Crisis on Earth-X Part 2
During the first season of Arrows sister-series The 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"
  • "Fallout"
  • "The Darkness and the Light"

Comics

It was announced in July 2014, that he, along with Arrow and The Flash co-creator Andrew Kreisberg, would take over writing for the Green Arrow New 52 comic book series in October of that year. Their tenure commenced with issue #35.