---
name: "Anne Cofell Saunders"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/anne-cofell-saunders"
fi1m_id: "anne-cofell-saunders"
imdb_id: "nm1093194"
tmdb_id: 1223889
wikidata_id: "Q4768233"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-09-24T10:59:04.776945+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."
---

# Anne Cofell Saunders

## Identity

Anne Cofell Saunders

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/anne-cofell-saunders
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** anne-cofell-saunders
- **IMDb ID:** nm1093194
- **TMDB ID:** 1223889
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4768233
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Cofell_Saunders, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4768233, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1093194/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1223889

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 2001–2019
- **Frequently works with:** [Brad Turner](https://film.one/person/brad-turner.md), [Adam Baldwin](https://film.one/person/adam-baldwin.md), [Allan Kroeker](https://film.one/person/allan-kroeker.md), [Anton Cropper](https://film.one/person/anton-cropper.md), [Fred Toye](https://film.one/person/frederick-e-o-toye.md), [Geoff Aull](https://film.one/person/geoff-aull.md), [Greg Beeman](https://film.one/person/greg-beeman.md), [Jeff Woolnough](https://film.one/person/jeff-woolnough.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as writer, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 75 (4), 2010s 70 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 79 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Action & Adventure 6, Drama 5, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 4, Comedy 1, Crime 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Cofell_Saunders, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4768233, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1093194/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1223889

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*24*](https://film.one/tv/24.md) (78), [*Smallville*](https://film.one/tv/smallville.md) (66)
- **Paramount+:** [*Battlestar Galactica*](https://film.one/tv/battlestar-galactica.md) (83)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Boys*](https://film.one/tv/the-boys.md) (72)
- **Netflix:** [*The Last Ship*](https://film.one/tv/the-last-ship.md) (67)

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

## Biography

Anne Cofell Saunders is an American television writer and producer. She graduated from Northwestern University and earned an MFA in playwriting from Ohio University. After teaching English in Japan and travelling, she began her television career as an assistant and head researcher on the Fox series *24*, where she received her first freelance writing credit.

She was subsequently hired as a staff writer on *Battlestar Galactica* (2004), contributing episodes including "Pegasus", for which she received a Hugo Award nomination and a shared Peabody Award. Saunders later worked as a writer and producer on *Chuck* and the final two seasons of *Smallville*. She served as co-executive producer on *Revolution*, winning a Saturn Award, and held similar roles on *Timeless*, *The Boys* and *Star Trek: Discovery*.

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

## On Fi1m (6)

- *The Boys* (2019), Fi1m 72, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-boys.md)
- *The Last Ship* (2014), Fi1m 67, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-ship.md)
- *Chuck* (2007), Fi1m 73, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/chuck.md)
- *Battlestar Galactica* (2004), Fi1m 83, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/battlestar-galactica.md)
- *24* (2001), Fi1m 78, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/24.md)
- *Smallville* (2001), Fi1m 66, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/smallville.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *The Boys* (2019), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-boys.md)
- *Star Trek: Discovery* (2017), series, Writer
- *Timeless* (2016), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer
- *The Last Ship* (2014), series, Writer — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-ship.md)
- *Revolution* (2012), series, Writer, Teleplay, Story, Co-Executive Producer
- *Chuck* (2007), series, Writer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/chuck.md)
- *Eureka* (2006), series, Writer
- *Battlestar Galactica* (2004), series, Writer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/battlestar-galactica.md)
- *24* (2001), series, Writer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/24.md)
- *Smallville* (2001), series, Writer, Producer, Supervising Producer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/smallville.md)

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