Debora Cahn | |
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| Alma mater | Barnard College |
| Occupation | Television producer • writer • director |
| Known for | Homeland The Diplomat |
| Spouse | Michael Heller (m. 2006) |
Debora Cahn is an American writer and producer of television and film. She was a writer andexecutive producer on theShowtime seriesHomeland for its final two seasons (2018–2020), and creator, executive producer andshowrunner on the Netflix political thriller seriesThe Diplomat. Cahn has won twoWriters Guild of America Awards and has received multiple nominations.
Cahn graduated fromBarnard College ofColumbia University, and received a master's degree in acting from theInstitute for Advanced Theater Training atHarvard University. Her father was a nuclear physicist, and her mother was a clinical psychologist.[1]
Cahn began her career as a writer and producer onThe West Wing from its fourth to seventh and final season (2002–2006).[citation needed] From 2006 to 2013, she was a writer and producer ofGrey’s Anatomy.[citation needed]
She was a writer and co-executive producer forMartin Scorsese's HBO seriesVinyl (2016).[citation needed]
In 2018, she wrote theHBO filmPaterno, starringAl Pacino and directed byBarry Levinson. She was a writer andexecutive producer on theShowtime seriesHomeland for its final two seasons (2018–2020).[citation needed]
She was also a writer and consulting producer onFX'sFosse/Verdon (2019), for which she won aWriters Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Long Form Television.[citation needed]
In 2022, Cahn signed a multi-year overall deal withNetflix. Under the deal, she is serving as executive producer andshowrunner on the political thriller drama seriesThe Diplomat.[2]
Cahn's production company is Let's Not Turn This Into a Whole Big Production.[citation needed]
In 2005, Cahn won theWriters Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Drama for the West Wings fifth-season episode "The Supremes".[3]
In 2006 and 2007, Cahn was part of the writing staff for two television series nominated for thePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Seriesand theWriters Guild of America Award for Television: Dramatic Series;The West Wing in 2006 andGrey's Anatomy in 2007.[4][5][6][7]
In 2020, Cahn won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Long Form Television forFosse/Verdon.[citation needed]
In 2006, Cahn marriedMichael Heller.[1] She is Jewish.[8]
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
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| 2002–2006 | The West Wing | No | Yes | No | 15 episodes in seasons 4-7 |
| 2006–2013 | Grey's Anatomy | No | Yes | No | wrote 17 episodes in seasons 3-10 |
| 2008–2009 | Private Practice | No | Yes | No | wrote 2 episodes in seasons 3 and 4 |
| 2016 | Vinyl | No | Yes | No | 3 episodes |
| 2018–2020 | Homeland | No | Yes | Executive | wrote 5 episodes in seasons 7 and 8 |
| 2019 | Fosse/Verdon | No | Yes | No | 1 episode |
| 2023–present | The Diplomat | No | Yes | Executive | Creator |
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
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| 2018 | Paterno | No | Yes | No |
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