---
name: "Alan Cross"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alan-cross"
fi1m_id: "alan-cross"
imdb_id: "nm0189101"
tmdb_id: 1215382
wikidata_id: "Q4706448"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T11:16:28.944968+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Alan Cross

## Identity

Alan Cross

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alan-cross
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alan-cross
- **IMDb ID:** nm0189101
- **TMDB ID:** 1215382
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4706448
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4706448, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0189101/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1215382

Writer. Born 1 January 1901 in Alaska.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1901, Alaska
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4706448, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0189101/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1215382

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Desperate Housewives*](https://film.one/tv/desperate-housewives.md) (78)

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## Biography

Alan Cross is an American television writer and producer. Born and raised in Alaska, he moved to California to study at USC, where he attended Robert McKee’s Screenwriting 101 class.

He began his career writing for *Parker Lewis Can't Lose* (1990) and co-developed the television adaptation of *Weird Science* (1994), serving as co-executive producer. Subsequent credits include writing and producing on *Veronica's Closet*, *Get Real*, *Dawson's Creek* (consulting producer), *Star Trek: Enterprise* (teleplay), *Desperate Housewives* (one episode, 2005) and *Reaper*.

*Sources: imdb.com, scriptmag.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Desperate Housewives* (2004), Fi1m 78, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/desperate-housewives.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Reaper* (2007), series, Writer
- *Desperate Housewives* (2004), series, Writer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/desperate-housewives.md)
- *3-South* (2002), series, Writer
- *She Spies* (2002), series, Writer
- *Star Trek: Enterprise* (2001), series, Teleplay
- *Get Real* (1999), series, Writer
- *Dawson's Creek* (1998), series, Writer
- *Weird Science* (1994), series, Writer, Director
- *Parker Lewis Can't Lose* (1990), series, Writer, Producer, Story Editor

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