---
name: "Ann Donahue"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ann-donahue"
fi1m_id: "ann-donahue"
imdb_id: "nm0231929"
tmdb_id: 1214544
wikidata_id: "Q457431"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T12:07:43.685014+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."
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# Ann Donahue

## Identity

Ann Donahue

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ann-donahue
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ann-donahue
- **IMDb ID:** nm0231929
- **TMDB ID:** 1214544
- **Wikidata ID:** Q457431
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Donahue, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q457431, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0231929/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1214544

Writer. Born 1 January 1955 in United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1955, United States
- **Also known as:** Ann M. Donahue , Mary Ann Donahue , Ан Донаху
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Donahue, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q457431, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0231929/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1214544

## Streaming the US now

- **Paramount+:** [*Beverly Hills, 90210*](https://film.one/tv/beverly-hills-90210.md) (74)

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

## Biography

Ann Donahue is an American television writer and producer. Born in 1955, she was raised in Ohio, graduating from Loveland High School before briefly attending Ohio State University. After moving to Los Angeles she worked as a legal assistant while writing; her 1985 play *Home Fires* received the Los Angeles County Cultural Award and led to television work.

Her writing credits include episodes of *21 Jump Street* (1987), *Beverly Hills, 90210* (1990) and *Picket Fences*, for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award. With Carol Mendelsohn and Anthony E. Zuiker she co-created the CSI franchise, serving as executive producer and writer on *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), *CSI: Miami* (2002) and *CSI: NY* (2004).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Beverly Hills, 90210* (1990), Fi1m 74, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/beverly-hills-90210.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

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

- *CSI: Vegas* (2021), series, Executive Producer, Creator
- *CSI: Cyber* (2015), series, Executive Producer, Creator
- *CSI: NY* (2004), series, Writer, Creator
- *CSI: Miami* (2002), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Teleplay, Story, Creator
- *M.Y.O.B.* (2000), series, Writer
- *To Have & to Hold* (1998), series, Writer
- *Murder One* (1995), series, Writer
- *Posing: Inspired by Three Real Stories* (1991), Story, Teleplay
- *Street Justice* (1991), series, Writer
- *Beverly Hills, 90210* (1990), series, Writer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/beverly-hills-90210.md)
- *China Beach* (1988), series, Writer
- *Sharing Richard* (1988), Writer
- *21 Jump Street* (1987), series, Writer
- *The Secret War of Jackie's Girls* (1980), Idea

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