---
name: "Davey Holmes"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/davey-holmes"
fi1m_id: "davey-holmes"
imdb_id: "nm1740776"
tmdb_id: 1721898
wikidata_id: "Q5230330"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "4 October 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-17T16:02:20.401376+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."
---

# Davey Holmes

## Identity

Davey Holmes

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/davey-holmes
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** davey-holmes
- **IMDb ID:** nm1740776
- **TMDB ID:** 1721898
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5230330
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davey_Holmes, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5230330, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1740776/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1721898

Writer. Born 4 October 1969 in Massachusetts.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 4 October 1969, Massachusetts
- **Active:** 1990–2011
- **Frequently works with:** [Steve Shill](https://film.one/person/steve-shill.md), [Aaron Zelman](https://film.one/person/aaron-zelman.md), [Adam Bernstein](https://film.one/person/adam-bernstein.md), [Allen Coulter](https://film.one/person/allen-coulter.md), [Constantine Makris](https://film.one/person/constantine-makris.md), [Dean White](https://film.one/person/dean-white.md), [Jean de Segonzac](https://film.one/person/jean-de-segonzac.md), [John David Coles](https://film.one/person/john-david-coles.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 72 (1), 2000s 80 (2), 2010s 70 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 67 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Crime 3, Comedy 1, Mystery 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davey_Holmes, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5230330, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1740776/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1721898

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Damages*](https://film.one/tv/damages.md) (78)
- **Hulu:** [*Law & Order*](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md) (72)
- **Netflix:** [*Shameless*](https://film.one/tv/shameless-2011.md) (70)

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

## Biography

Davey Holmes is an American screenwriter, producer and director. He began his writing career in New York with the play *More Lies About Jerzy* (2001) at the Vineyard Theatre.

Holmes has written for series including *Law & Order*, *Damages* (2007), *Pushing Daisies* (2007–2009, also as producer), *In Treatment* (2008), *Shameless* (2011–2016) and *Get Shorty* (2017–2019), which he created. He received a Writers Guild of America Award for *In Treatment* and a nomination for *Damages*.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Shameless* (2011), Fi1m 70, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless-2011.md)
- *Damages* (2007), Fi1m 78, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/damages.md)
- *Pushing Daisies* (2007), Fi1m 82, Writer, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/pushing-daisies.md)
- *Law & Order* (1990), Fi1m 72, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *Get Shorty* (2017), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Shameless* (2011), series, Writer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless-2011.md)
- *In Treatment* (2008), series, Teleplay
- *Pushing Daisies* (2007), series, Writer, Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/pushing-daisies.md)
- *Damages* (2007), series, Writer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/damages.md)
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, Story Editor, Writer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Halcyon*, series, Executive Producer

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