SYNOPSES

201 – “Yo Soy Capitán” 

Written by Ann Biderman

Directed by Tucker Gates

When the head of the Los Angeles FBI (Hank Azaria) learns that Ray and Mickey were part of the killing of Sully Sullivan he demands that Ray bring his father in. Mickey, however, is in Mexico, where he is setting up a fight for Ray’s half-brother, Daryll. Abby, concerned that Ray won’t face his abuse, has forced him to go to therapy with her. On the same day, Ray has to rescue his client Deonte (Moe McRae), a pro baller, from a violent confrontation between Deonte’s wife and an American Idol finalist. Bunchy has a job interview at a bicycle shop while Terry obsesses over his ex-girlfriend. Conor lands in hot water after assaulting a classmate. In the end, Ray heads to Mexico to bring Mickey back to Los Angeles, but finds Mickey isn’t eager to leave.

 

202 – “Uber Ray” 

Written by Ann Biderman & David Hollander

Directed by Michael Uppendahl

Ray forces Mickey to return to LA and brings him to Ed Cochran (Hank Azaria), who puts Mickey on parole and then holds a press conference taking full credit for finding and shooting Sully Sullivan. Kate McPherson (Vinessa Shaw), a Boston reporter, doesn’t believe the FBI’s story. Desperate to control Mickey, Ray corrupts a parole officer (Wendell Pierce) and has him take over Mickey’s case. Kate begins to investigate Sully’s death and decides to come to Los Angeles.

 

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PRODUCTION BIOS

 

ANN BIDERMAN

Creator, Executive Producer

 

Prior to RAY DONOVAN, Ann Biderman created and executive produced the critically-acclaimed television drama series Southland, which premiered in 2009. During its five-season run, the series cultivated a devoted following as it explored the raw lives of the officers of the Los Angeles Police Department.

Biderman began her career in television on NYPD Blue, where she won the Emmy® Award for ‘Outstanding Individual Achievement In Writing In A Drama Series’ for her episode “Steroid Roy.”  Since then, she’s written several films including Primal Fear, starring Richard Gere and Edward Norton; Copycat with Sigourney Weaver and Public Enemies starring Johnny Depp, which she co-wrote with Michael Mann.

 

MARK GORDON

Executive Producer

 

Mark Gordon is an award-winning producer with more than 75 motion picture and television projects to his credit.

In television, Gordon currently serves as an executive producer on ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy and CBS’ Criminal Minds. He is a five-time Emmy® nominee and two-time winner. He also won a Golden Globe® for his work on Grey’s Anatomy. His other television credits include Private Practice, Army Wives and Reaper. He is one of television’s most prolific producers.

Gordon’s motion picture credits include Saving Private Ryan (earning him Academy Award® and BAFTA nominations and a Golden Globe win for ‘Best Picture’), 2012, The Day After Tomorrow, Speed, Source Code, The Messenger and The Patriot. As executive producer and financier, Gordon’s credits include Tomb Raider, Wonder Boys, The Painted Veil, A Simple Plan and Primary Colors to name a few.

As the President of the Producers Guild of America, Gordon spearheaded the establishment of The Producer’s Mark. He serves on the boards of The Archer School for Girls, Virginia Film Festival, Chrysalis and The Motion Picture and Television Fund.  He is the former chairman of Teach for America Los Angeles, a former board member of The UCLA Lab School and the founder of Citizens of the World Charter Schools.  Gordon is a graduate of NYU Film School. 

 

BRYAN ZURIFF

Executive Producer

 

As an independent producer, Bryan Zuriff is currently executive producing the pilot Hysteria, starring Mena Suvari. He is also executive producing Arms And The Dudes, based on Guy Lawson’s Rolling Stone article of the same name and which Todd Phillips is directing; Jobs, based on Walter Issacson’s best-selling biography of Steve Jobs, written by Aaron Sorkin; and Cowboy Ninja Viking written by Craig Mazin with Marc Forster attached to direct.

 

As a former talent manager and Executive VP of Marketing at Content Partners, Zuriff has diverse industry knowledge and experience. He notably executive produced Oren Moverman’s The Messenger, which starred Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster. The film garnered Academy Award nominations for ‘Best Original Screenplay’ (Oren Moverman and Alessandro Camon) and ‘Best Actor in Supporting Role’ (Woody Harrelson) in 2010, and was honored with numerous other film industry accolades.

 

Zuriff also produced Jacob Estes’ dark comedy, The Details, which starred Tobey Maguire, Elizabeth Banks, Laura Linney and Ray Liotta. The Weinstein Company purchased the film’s distribution rights at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival for $9.2 million, making it the most successful sale at the festival.

 

 

DAVID HOLLANDER

Executive Producer

 

TELEVISION:

David Hollander’s television writing credits include creating and executive producing The Guardian (starring Simon Baker and Dabney Coleman) for Sony Television and CBS, Heartland (starring Treat Williams) for Warner Brothers and TNT, serving as the executive producer and writing show runner of The Cleaner (starring Benjamin Bratt) for Paramount/CBS Television and A&E Networks and now serves as an Executive Producer and writer on the SHOWTIME® drama RAY DONOVAN.

Hollander has written over seventy-five hours of episodic television, directed the pilot and series finale of Heartland and directed all of the season finales of The Guardian.  Other television credits include the screenplay for Rated X (starring Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez).

Hollander has held overall deals with CBS Productions and Sony Pictures Television and has developed for all of the broadcast networks as well as for HBO and SHOWTIME.

 

FILM:

Hollander has performed numerous production rewrites, working with filmmakers such as Jim Sheridan, Robert Zemeckis, Dustin Hoffman, Scott Rudin and Mark Johnson. He has also sold screenplays to nearly every major film studio including Paramount, Dreamworks, Sony, Fox, Miramax, MGM and Universal Pictures.

Personal Effects (2009), starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Ashton Kutcher and Kathy Bates, was Hollander’s film directorial debut.

Hollander wrote the script Namath for actor Jake Gyllenhaal and performed the production rewrite for Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark for producers Guillermo Del Toro and Mark Johnson. His recent screenplay work includes writing Heroes For My Son for actor Adam Sandler and Happy Madison/Sony Pictures and rewriting the war dog drama Max for MGM and producer Karen Rosenfelt.

 

THEATER:

Hollander’s plays have been performed in theaters throughout the country and he has received new play commissions from South Coast Repertory, The Lila Wallace/Reader’s Digest Fund and The Second Stage Theatre in New York City and had his work developed at places like the Ojai Theatre Festival, South Coast Repertory’s NewSCRipts Pacific Playwrights Festival and City Theatre of Pittsburgh’s new plays series.

 

ACADEMIC:

Hollander served on the faculty at the University of Southern California’s Graduate Screenwriting Program from 1995 to 2000 and works closely with Northwestern University’s School of Communication where he currently is on their advisory board and chairs their student film festival. He is a 1990 graduate of Northwestern University.