---
name: "David Hudgins"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-hudgins"
fi1m_id: "david-hudgins"
imdb_id: "nm1602476"
tmdb_id: 1228311
wikidata_id: "Q5235204"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-17T23:07:46.420399+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."
---

# David Hudgins

## Identity

David Hudgins

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-hudgins
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-hudgins
- **IMDb ID:** nm1602476
- **TMDB ID:** 1228311
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5235204
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hudgins, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5235204, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1602476/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1228311

Producer. Born 1 January 1965 in Durham.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1965, Durham
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hudgins, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5235204, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1602476/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1228311

## Streaming the US now

- **Paramount+:** [*Friday Night Lights*](https://film.one/tv/friday-night-lights.md) (86)

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

## Biography

David Hudgins is an American television writer, producer and showrunner. Born in 1965 in Durham, North Carolina, he graduated from Duke University and the Dedman School of Law at Southern Methodist University. He practised law in Dallas before leaving the profession to pursue screenwriting.

Hudgins began his television career as a staff writer on *Everwood* (2002). He joined the writing staff of *Friday Night Lights* (2006) in 2006, serving as writer and supervising producer, later returning as co-showrunner and executive producer for the fifth season. He created the series *Past Life* (2010) and *Game of Silence* (2016), and worked as writer and executive producer on *Parenthood* (2010). He has also written for *FBI: Most Wanted* (2020) and the film *Gigi & Nate* (2022). His work on *Friday Night Lights* earned Writers Guild of America nominations and a Peabody Award.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, tvinsider.com, paramountpressexpress.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Friday Night Lights* (2006), Fi1m 86, Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer, Producer, Writer, Supervising Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/friday-night-lights.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *CIA* (2026), series, Creator
- *Gigi & Nate* (2022), Writer
- *FBI: Most Wanted* (2020), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Teleplay, Story
- *Chiefs* (2018), Writer, Executive Producer
- *Game of Silence* (2016), series, Executive Producer, Teleplay, Creator
- *Parenthood* (2010), series, Writer
- *Past Life* (2010), series, Producer, Creator
- *Friday Night Lights* (2006), series, Writer, Producer, Supervising Producer, Co-Executive Producer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/friday-night-lights.md)
- *Friday Night Lights* (2004), Co-Executive Producer
- *Everwood* (2002), series, Writer

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