---
name: "Dan Dworkin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dan-dworkin"
fi1m_id: "dan-dworkin"
imdb_id: "nm1322707"
tmdb_id: 1254641
wikidata_id: "Q20707506"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "23 May 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T13:15:06.391553+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."
---

# Dan Dworkin

## Identity

Dan Dworkin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dan-dworkin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dan-dworkin
- **IMDb ID:** nm1322707
- **TMDB ID:** 1254641
- **Wikidata ID:** Q20707506
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Dworkin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20707506, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1322707/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1254641

Writer. Born 23 May 1972 in San Diego, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 23 May 1972, San Diego, California, USA
- **Active:** 2005–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Jay Beattie](https://film.one/person/jay-beattie.md), [Anthony Hemingway](https://film.one/person/anthony-hemingway.md), [Elodie Keene](https://film.one/person/elodie-keene.md), [Gwyneth Horder-Payton](https://film.one/person/gwyneth-horder-payton.md), [Laura Belsey](https://film.one/person/laura-belsey.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 66, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 60 (1), 2020s 72 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Dworkin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20707506, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1322707/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1254641

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Outer Banks*](https://film.one/tv/outer-banks.md) (72)
- **Apple TV:** [*Criminal Minds*](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md) (60)

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

## Biography

Dan Dworkin is an American screenwriter and television producer. Born on 23 May 1972 in San Diego, California, he frequently collaborates with writing partner Jay Beattie.

He has written episodes of *Outer Banks* (2020), *American Horror Story* (2011) and *Criminal Minds* (2005). With Beattie he co-created the series *Matador* (2014) and developed *Scream: The TV Series* (2015), on which he also served as a writer and producer. Other credits include *Revenge*, *The Event* (2010), *Star Trek: Discovery* (2017) and *Monarch: Legacy of Monsters* (2023).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Outer Banks* (2020), Fi1m 72, Consulting Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/outer-banks.md)
- *Criminal Minds* (2005), Fi1m 60, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *Monarch: Legacy of Monsters* (2023), series, Writer, Consulting Producer
- *American Gigolo* (2022), series, Writer, Consulting Producer
- *Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol* (2021), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Outer Banks* (2020), series, Consulting Producer, Writer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/outer-banks.md)
- *The Crossing* (2018), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Star Trek: Discovery* (2017), series, Writer
- *Scream: The TV Series* (2015), series, Teleplay, Creator
- *Scorpion* (2014), series, Writer
- *Matador* (2014), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *American Horror Story* (2011), series, Writer
- *Revenge* (2011), series, Writer
- *The Event* (2010), series, Writer, Teleplay
- *Mercy* (2009), series, Writer
- *The Lost* (2009), Writer
- *Criminal Minds* (2005), series, Writer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md)
- *Surface* (2005), series, Writer
- *Cold Case* (2003), series, Writer
- *L.A. Dragnet* (2003), series, Teleplay, Story
- *Inground*, Writer

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