Tanner Bean - along with his partner Katrina Mathewson - is an Emmy-nominated screenwriter/producer... as well as a failed rock musician. Tanner grew up in Midwest City, Oklahoma and graduated from the University of Oklahoma.
Tanner spent his 20s playing guitar in rock bands, most notably Prohibition Rose, who were managed and produced by Matt Sorum from Gun N' Roses and Velvet Revolver.