---
name: "Allison Abner"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/allison-abner"
fi1m_id: "allison-abner"
imdb_id: "nm0008823"
tmdb_id: 1219499
wikidata_id: "Q21694276"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-23T13:28:06.606886+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."
---

# Allison Abner

## Identity

Allison Abner

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/allison-abner
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** allison-abner
- **IMDb ID:** nm0008823
- **TMDB ID:** 1219499
- **Wikidata ID:** Q21694276
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21694276, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0008823/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1219499

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 1999–2015
- **Frequently works with:** [Kevin Rodney Sullivan](https://film.one/person/kevin-rodney-sullivan.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 86 (1), 2000s 66 (1), 2010s 76 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 2, Action & Adventure 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21694276, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0008823/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1219499

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The West Wing*](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md) (86)
- **Netflix:** [*Narcos*](https://film.one/tv/narcos.md) (76)
- **Apple TV:** [*NCIS*](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md) (66)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Allison Abner is a television writer and producer. Her credits include story and teleplay contributions to *The West Wing* (1999), where she also served as story editor, as well as writing episodes of *Without a Trace* (2002), *NCIS* (2003), *Rake* (2014), *Narcos* (2015) and *When We Rise* (2017). She has worked as a producer on several of these series, including supervising producer on *Narcos*.

Abner is the daughter of the late Ewart Abner Jr., former president of Motown Records. She is married to Gene Sperling, with whom she has two children. She has written books including one on self-esteem for teenage girls and *The Black Parenting Guide*.

*Sources: imdb.com, westwing.fandom.com, politico.com, washingtonian.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Narcos* (2015), Fi1m 76, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/narcos.md)
- *NCIS* (2003), Fi1m 66, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md)
- *The West Wing* (1999), Fi1m 86, Teleplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *Mighty Mary* (2026), Writer, Producer
- *Imperfect Women* (2026), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer
- *Bad River* (2024), Producer
- *Narcos* (2015), series, Writer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/narcos.md)
- *NCIS* (2003), series, Writer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md)
- *Without a Trace* (2002), series, Writer
- *The West Wing* (1999), series, Story, Teleplay — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)

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