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name: "Dana Reston"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dana-reston"
fi1m_id: "dana-reston"
tmdb_id: 1231028
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:42:28.512863+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."
---

# Dana Reston

## Identity

Dana Reston

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dana-reston
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dana-reston
- **TMDB ID:** 1231028
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1231028

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1231028

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Buffy the Vampire Slayer*](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md) (80)

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

## Biography

Dana Reston is a television writer and producer. She wrote the *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* season 1 episode 'Witch', which aired in 1997.

Reston worked extensively on *The Nanny* (1993), contributing as a writer, story editor and co-producer across multiple seasons. Her other writing credits include episodes of *Big Wolf on Campus* (1999), *Hope Island* (1999), *Pauly* (1997), *Mad About You* (1994) and *The Good Life* (1994).

*Sources: imdb.com, buffy.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), Fi1m 80, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *Hope Island* (1999), series, Writer
- *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), series, Writer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md)
- *The Good Life* (1994), series, Writer
- *Monty* (1994), series, Writer
- *The Nanny* (1993), series, Writer

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