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HOWARD GORDON
Showrunner/Executive Producer
Howard Gordon is a television writer, producer and author whose credits include some of TV’s most prolific series. Gordon co-created Homeland, one of the biggest hits in Showtime’s history. The series has broken ratings records and won multiple honors, including the Emmy Awards for Best Drama Series and Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series, two Golden Globe Awards for Best Drama Series, Program of the Year at the AFI Awards, Best New Series at the Writers Guild Awards, Outstanding New Program at the Television Critics Association Awards, Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television Drama at the Producers Guild Awards and received the prestigious Peabody Award for Outstanding Achievement in Electronic Media. Howard is currently the Showrunner and Executive Producer on Accused, which airs its second season on FOX in October 2024. He also handles the same duties for The Beast in Me, scheduled to air on Netflix in 2025.
He was also the Showrunner and Executive Producer of the long-running hit television series, 24, which received both the Golden Globe and the Emmy Award for Best Drama Series in 2006. A thirty-seven-year industry veteran, Gordon first gained national attention for his award-winning work on FOX’s groundbreaking series The X-Files, for which he won multiple Golden Globes. His other credits include Tyrant, Legends, Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Beauty and the Beast, Sisters, and Spenser: For Hire.
In 2011, Simon and Schuster released Gordon’s first novel, Gideon’s War, followed by a sequel, Hard Target, in 2012. Gordon graduated from Princeton University, and now lives in Los Angeles with his wife and youngest of their three children. He is the former president of the Stroke Association of Southern California and is currently on the advisory board of the RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy.
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Howard Gordon is a television writer, producer and author whose credits include some of TV’s most prolific series. Gordon co-created Homeland, one of the biggest hits in Showtime’s history. The series has broken ratings records and won multiple honors, including the Emmy Awards for Best Drama Series and Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series, two Golden Globe Awards for Best Drama Series, Program of the Year at the AFI Awards, Best New Series at the Writers Guild Awards, Outstanding New Program at the Television Critics Association Awards, Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television Drama at the Producers Guild Awards and received the prestigious Peabody Award for Outstanding Achievement in Electronic Media. Howard is currently the Showrunner and Executive Producer on Accused, which airs its second season on FOX in October 2024. He also handles the same duties for The Beast in Me, scheduled to air on Netflix in 2025.
He was also the Showrunner and Executive Producer of the long-running hit television series, 24, which received both the Golden Globe and the Emmy Award for Best Drama Series in 2006. A thirty-seven-year industry veteran, Gordon first gained national attention for his award-winning work on FOX’s groundbreaking series The X-Files, for which he won multiple Golden Globes. His other credits include Tyrant, Legends, Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Beauty and the Beast, Sisters, and Spenser: For Hire.
In 2011, Simon and Schuster released Gordon’s first novel, Gideon’s War, followed by a sequel, Hard Target, in 2012. Gordon graduated from Princeton University, and now lives in Los Angeles with his wife and youngest of their three children. He is the former president of the Stroke Association of Southern California and is currently on the advisory board of the RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy.