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Debora Cahn

American writer and producer

Field	Value
alma_mater	Barnard College
occupation	Television producer • writer • director
known_for	Homeland
The Diplomat
spouse	Michael Heller (m. 2006)

The Diplomat

Debora Cahn is an American writer and producer of television and film. She was a writer and executive producer on the Showtime series Homeland for its final two seasons (2018–2020), and creator, executive producer and showrunner on the Netflix political thriller series The Diplomat. Cahn has won two Writers Guild of America Awards and has received multiple nominations.

Early life and education

Cahn graduated from Barnard College of Columbia University, and received a master's degree in acting from the Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University. Her father was a nuclear physicist, and her mother was a clinical psychologist.

Career

Cahn began her career as a writer and producer on The West Wing from its fourth to seventh and final season (2002–2006). From 2006 to 2013, she was a writer and producer of Grey’s Anatomy.

She was a writer and co-executive producer for Martin Scorsese's HBO series Vinyl (2016).

In 2018, she wrote the HBO film Paterno, starring Al Pacino and directed by Barry Levinson. She was a writer and executive producer on the Showtime series Homeland for its final two seasons (2018–2020).

She was also a writer and consulting producer on FX's Fosse/Verdon (2019), for which she won a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Long Form Television.

In 2022, Cahn signed a multi-year overall deal with Netflix. Under the deal, she is serving as executive producer and showrunner on the political thriller drama series The Diplomat.

Cahn's production company is Let's Not Turn This Into a Whole Big Production.

Awards and nominations

In 2005, Cahn won the Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Drama for the West Wings fifth-season episode "The Supremes".

In 2006 and 2007, Cahn was part of the writing staff for two television series nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series and the Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Dramatic Series; The West Wing in 2006 and Grey's Anatomy in 2007.

In 2020, Cahn won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Long Form Television for Fosse/Verdon.

Personal life

In 2006, Cahn married Michael Heller.

Filmography

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes	The West Wing	Grey's Anatomy	Private Practice	Vinyl	Homeland	Fosse/Verdon	The Diplomat
2002–2006				15 episodes in seasons 4-7
2006–2013				wrote 17 episodes in seasons 3-10
2008–2009				wrote 2 episodes in seasons 3 and 4
2016				3 episodes
2018–2020				wrote 5 episodes in seasons 7 and 8
2019				1 episode
2023–present				Creator

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes
2018	Paterno

References

(July 2, 2006). "Deborah Cahn, Michael Heller". [[The New York Times]].
Andreeva, Nellie. (January 26, 2022). "Netflix Greenlights Drama Series ''The Diplomat'', Inks Overall Deal With Creator Debora Cahn".
"Previous Nominees & Winners". Writers Guild of America.
"The West Wing". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
"Grey's Anatomy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
(December 13, 2006). "2007 Writers Guild Awards Television & Radio Nominees Announced". Writers Guild of America.
(December 14, 2005). "2006 Writers Guild Awards Television and Radio Nominees Announced". Writers Guild of America.
(2006-07-02). "Debora Cahn, Michael Heller (Published 2006)".

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