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Jonathan Tropper, born on the 19th of February 1970, is an American novelist, screenwriter, and television producer. He is best known as the co-creator of the Cinemax drama Banshee, which aired from 2013 to 2016, and as the creator of the martial-arts series Warrior, which ran on Cinemax from 2019 to 2023.
Tropper co-created Banshee with David Schickler for Cinemax, then created Warrior, based on Bruce Lee's original idea and set against the Tong Wars of nineteenth-century San Francisco. He also created Your Friends and Neighbors for Apple TV+, which began in 2025, and Lucky, which is listed as an upcoming series.
Tropper published six novels, five of which were optioned at auction within a week of publication: The Book of Joe, How to Talk to a Widower, Everything Changes, One Last Thing Before I Go, and This Is Where I Leave You. This Is Where I Leave You was made into a 2014 film directed by Shawn Levy, starring Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Adam Driver, and Jane Fonda.
Tropper created the Cinemax series Warrior, which was based on an original idea by Bruce Lee and set during the Tong Wars of nineteenth-century San Francisco. Shannon Lee, Bruce Lee's daughter, served as an executive producer on the series alongside Tropper.
Tropper grew up in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, New York City. He studied English as an undergraduate at Yeshiva University and earned a master's degree in creative writing at New York University. At age 18, he briefly studied in Israel.
Tropper wrote the screenplay for the 2014 film adaptation of his novel This Is Where I Leave You, directed by Shawn Levy. He also wrote and produced Kodachrome, a 2017 film starring Jason Sudeikis, Ed Harris, and Elizabeth Olsen, which debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival and was acquired by Netflix. He additionally wrote the screenplay for The Adam Project, starring Ryan Reynolds and directed by Shawn Levy.