---
name: "David Weddle"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-weddle"
fi1m_id: "david-weddle"
imdb_id: "nm0917131"
tmdb_id: 1224367
wikidata_id: "Q3018973"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T11:46:40.829481+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 Weddle

## Identity

David Weddle

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-weddle
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-weddle
- **IMDb ID:** nm0917131
- **TMDB ID:** 1224367
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3018973
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Weddle, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3018973, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0917131/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1224367

Writer. Born 1 January 1953.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1953
- **Active:** 1993–2019
- **Also known as:** David O. Weddle
- **Frequently works with:** [Bradley Thompson](https://film.one/person/bradley-thompson.md), [Ronald D. Moore](https://film.one/person/ronald-d-moore.md), [Allan Kroeker](https://film.one/person/allan-kroeker.md), [Jane Espenson](https://film.one/person/jane-espenson.md), [Joe Menosky](https://film.one/person/joe-menosky.md), [John Dahl](https://film.one/person/john-dahl.md), [Michael Taylor](https://film.one/person/michael-taylor.md), [Naren Shankar](https://film.one/person/naren-shankar.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 85 (1), 2000s 83 (1), 2010s 66 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 75 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 3, Action & Adventure 2, War & Politics 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Weddle, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3018973, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0917131/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1224367

## Streaming the US now

- **Paramount+:** [*Star Trek: Deep Space Nine*](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-deep-space-nine.md) (85), [*Battlestar Galactica*](https://film.one/tv/battlestar-galactica.md) (83)
- **Apple TV:** [*For All Mankind*](https://film.one/tv/for-all-mankind-2019.md) (66)

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

## Biography

David Weddle is an American television writer and producer. He has written and produced episodes of *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (1996–1999), *The Twilight Zone* (2002–2003), *Battlestar Galactica* (2004–2009), *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2009–2011), *Falling Skies* (2011–2013), *The Strain* (2014–2017) and *For All Mankind* (2019–), usually in collaboration with writing partner Bradley Thompson.

Weddle graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts, where he met Thompson. His 1994 biography *If They Move... Kill 'Em!: The Life and Times of Sam Peckinpah* led to work on *Deep Space Nine*. On the reimagined *Battlestar Galactica*, the pair served as story editors in the first season, rising to supervising producers by the fourth season.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, memory-alpha.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *For All Mankind* (2019), Fi1m 66, Executive Producer, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/for-all-mankind-2019.md)
- *Battlestar Galactica* (2004), Fi1m 83, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/battlestar-galactica.md)
- *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (1993), Fi1m 85, Story, Teleplay, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-deep-space-nine.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

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

- *For All Mankind* (2019), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/for-all-mankind-2019.md)
- *Falling Water* (2016), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer
- *The Strain* (2014), series, Teleplay, Writer
- *Defiance* (2013), series, Consulting Producer, Writer
- *Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome* (2012), Story
- *Falling Skies* (2011), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer
- *Battlestar Galactica: Razor* (2007), Producer
- *A Justified Life: Sam Peckinpah and the High Country* (2006), Production Consultant
- *Battlestar Galactica* (2004), series, Writer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/battlestar-galactica.md)
- *The Twilight Zone* (2002), series, Writer
- *The Fearing Mind* (2000), series, Writer
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, Writer, Teleplay, Story, Supervising Producer, Co-Executive Producer
- *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (1993), series, Teleplay, Writer, Story — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-deep-space-nine.md)

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