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 American [Broadcasting Company|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 |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.