“ | [on sexual assault and male sexual assualt] It's important to remind ourselves that most crimes of sexual assault are not sex crimes, they're crimes of violence. We've found that this kind of thing happens in high schools across America, particularly with athletes, violating other students (which a lot of people don't know) with mop handles and pool cues. Almost at epidemic levels. It's not something that's reported often. Male-on-male sexual assault is, ridiculously under-reported. |
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Brian Yorkey is an American Writer, Producer and Creator for 13 Reasons Why, the Netflix adaption of Jay Asher's novel, Thirteen Reasons Why.
Biography
Yorkey was born in Omaha, Nebraska, where he was raised, before his family moved to Issaquah, Washington. He graduated from Columbia University where he served as the Artistic Director of the Varsity Show. He is an alumnus of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop.
Prior to bringing Next to Normal to Broadway, Yorkey was affiliated with Village Theatre in Issaquah, where he began as a KidStage student and eventually progressed to a seven-year tenure as Associate Artistic Director.[3] Four musicals written by Yorkey—Funny Pages (1993), Making Tracks (2002), The Wedding Banquet (2003), and Play it by Heart (2005) — were staged there.
During Yorkey's tenure as Village Theatre's Associate Artistic Director, he developed a comprehensive new works program, Village Originals. The Village Originals program develops approximately ten new musicals each season, in various stages from reading to full production. Yorkey is credited with the development of over 50 new musicals, including the 2010 Broadway musical, Million Dollar Quartet, which was nominated for Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, and won Best Performance by a Featured Actor (Levi Kreis) in a Musical at the 64th Tony Awards.
Credits
Season 1
(Writer and Executive Producer on all episodes)
Season 2
(Writer on all episodes)
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Awards and Nominations
Awards
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Nominations
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Quotes
“ | At the point that Tyler's Mom comes in and asks him how his day was, he doesn't have the slightest ability to begin to tell her what's really wrong, that doesn't even seem like an option for him. | ” |
— Brian on Tyler not being able to communicate |
“ | Tyler's a victim of sexual assault, and I think that in many ways, it's even harder for a young man who's been violated in that way, to admit it. | ” |
— Brian on Tyler being a victim of sexual assault |
“ | In high school your reputation is everything. And she (Hannah) stopped being a human being to all those guys and became a "thing". | ” |
— on Hannah being slut shamed |
“ | The adults tend to trivialize what for teenagers and young adults is not trivial. Teenage brains don't work the way adult brains work. You know? Trauma and pain? Feel like they're going to last forever. And I think that we forget that sometimes. | ” |
— Brian on the downplay of cyber bullying from adults |
“ | It's important to remind ourselves that most crimes of sexual assault are not sex crimes, they're crimes of violence. We've found that this kind of thing happens in high schools across America, particularly with athletes, violating other students (which a lot of people don't know) with mop handles and pool cues. Almost at epidemic levels. It's not something that's reported often. Male-on-male sexual assault is, ridiculously under-reported | ” |
— Brian on Tylers' rape scene |
External Links
- Brian Yorkey at the Internet Movie Database
- Follow Brian Yorkey (@brianyorkey) on Twitter
References
13 Reasons Why Crew | |||
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Season 1 | |||
DIRECTORS
Carl Franklin • Gregg Araki • Helen Shaver • Jessica Yu • Kyle Patrick Alvarez | |||
Season 2 | |||
DIRECTORS
Eliza Hittman • Gregg Araki • Helen Shaver • Jessica Yu • Karen Moncrieff • Kat Candler • Kyle Patrick Alvarez • Michael Morris | |||
Season 3 | |||
DIRECTORS
Bronwen Hughes • Eliza Hittman • Helen Shaver • Jessica Yu • John T. Kretchmer • Karen Moncrieff • Kat Candler • Kevin Dowling • Michael Morris | |||
Season 4 | |||
DIRECTORS
Brenda Strong • Michael Sucsy • Russell Mulcahy • Sunu Gonera • Tommy Lohmann |