Wendy West

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Wendy West
Occupation Television Writer
Nationality American
Notable works Dexter

Wendy West is an American television producer and writer. She worked on the Showtime drama Dexter as a writer and producer, and been nominated multiple times for Primetime Emmy Awards and two Writers Guild of America (WGA) Awards for her work.

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Biography

West graduated from Carleton College. While there, she was active in theater and directed John Guare's "Six Degrees of Separation."

West began working in television for the first season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit . She also worked as a co-producer and writer for Gideon's Crossing and The Practice .

She gained a further production role as a supervising producer and writer for The Closer .

She became a supervising producer and writer for the fourth season of the Showtime drama Dexter in autumn 2009 and was nominated for the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for Best Drama Series at the February 2010 ceremony for that work. [1] She was promoted to co-executive producer for the fifth season in 2010 and continued to write episodes.

Filmography

YearTitleCreditRoleNotes
2019‘’Proven Innocent’’Writer1 episode
2017Ultraviolet (2017)Writer, executive producer, Created1 Episode
2013- The Blacklist Writer and Co-Executive Producer (2014) [2]
2013 The Writers' Room HerselfDexter (#1.3)
2011FiveWriterTV movie; Segment: "Mia"
2009-2013 Dexter Executive producer (2012-2013)
Co-Executive Producer (2010-2011)
Writer (2009–2013)
Supervising Producer (2009)
57 episodes
Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series (2010-2011)
Nominated - Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Dramatic Series (2010-2012)
2009 The Beast Writer & Supervising Producer12 episodes
2008R.P.M.WriterVarious episodes
2007-2008 K-Ville Supervising Producer (2007-2008)
Writer (2007)
10 episodes
2005-2006 The Closer Co-Executive Producer (2006)
Supervising Producer (2005)
Writer (2005-2006)
27 episodes
2005 Numb3rs WriterIdentity Crisis (#1.8)
2004 Hawaii ProducerVarious episodes
2003-2004 Line of Fire Writer (2004)
Producer
2002 For the People Writer
2001 The Practice Story byGideon's Crossover (#5.16)
2000 Gideon's Crossing Writer & Co-producerVarious episodes
1999-2001 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Co-producer (2000-2001)
Writer (1999-2001)
Story editor (1999-2000)
25 episodes

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References

  1. Gregg Mitchell & Sherry Goldman (2009). "2010 Writers Guild Awards Television, Radio, News, Promotional Writing, and Graphic Animation Nominees Announced". Writers Guild of America. Archived from the original on 2012-05-25. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
  2. "Wendy West". Variety.com. 16 December 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2018.