---
name: "Dawn Prestwich"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dawn-prestwich"
fi1m_id: "dawn-prestwich"
imdb_id: "nm0696518"
tmdb_id: 1214390
wikidata_id: "Q5242493"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T15:22:45.928276+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."
---

# Dawn Prestwich

## Identity

Dawn Prestwich

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dawn-prestwich
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dawn-prestwich
- **IMDb ID:** nm0696518
- **TMDB ID:** 1214390
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5242493
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_Prestwich, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5242493, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0696518/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1214390

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 1997–2011
- **Frequently works with:** [Nicole Yorkin](https://film.one/person/nicole-yorkin.md), [Dan Attias](https://film.one/person/dan-attias.md), [Gwyneth Horder-Payton](https://film.one/person/gwyneth-horder-payton.md), [Jack Bender](https://film.one/person/jack-bender.md), [Michael Rymer](https://film.one/person/michael-rymer.md), [Ronald D. Moore](https://film.one/person/ronald-d-moore.md), [Toni Graphia](https://film.one/person/toni-graphia.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 63 (1), 2000s 80 (2), 2010s 62 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 71 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Mystery 2, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2, Action & Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_Prestwich, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5242493, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0696518/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1214390

## Streaming the US now

- **Paramount+:** [*Battlestar Galactica*](https://film.one/tv/battlestar-galactica.md) (83)
- **HBO Max:** [*Carnivàle*](https://film.one/tv/carnivale.md) (76)
- **Disney+:** [*Ally McBeal*](https://film.one/tv/ally-mcbeal.md) (63)
- **AMC+:** [*The Killing*](https://film.one/tv/the-killing-2011.md) (62)

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

## Biography

Dawn Prestwich is an American television writer and producer. She attended the Hockaday School in Dallas, Texas, and Stanford University. She has frequently collaborated with writing partner Nicole Yorkin since the early 1990s.

Prestwich wrote for series including *Chicago Hope* (1994), *Ally McBeal* (1997), *Carnivàle* (2003), *Battlestar Galactica* (2005), *The Riches* (2007–2008), *FlashForward* (2009–2010) and *The Killing* (2011–2014). With Yorkin, she co-created *The Education of Max Bickford* (2001), for whose pilot they won a Writers Guild of America award in 2003, *Z: The Beginning of Everything* (2015) and *Hit & Run* (2021). She shared an Emmy nomination for outstanding drama series on *Chicago Hope* in 1997.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *The Killing* (2011), Fi1m 62, Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-killing-2011.md)
- *Battlestar Galactica* (2004), Fi1m 83, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/battlestar-galactica.md)
- *Carnivàle* (2003), Fi1m 76, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/carnivale.md)
- *Ally McBeal* (1997), Fi1m 63, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/ally-mcbeal.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *Hit & Run* (2021), series, Writer, Creator
- *Z: The Beginning of Everything* (2015), series, Creator
- *Z: The Beginning of Everything* (2015), Writer, Executive Producer
- *The Killing* (2011), series, Writer, Producer — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-killing-2011.md)
- *FlashForward* (2009), series, Writer
- *The Riches* (2007), series, Writer
- *Battlestar Galactica* (2004), series, Writer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/battlestar-galactica.md)
- *Carnivàle* (2003), series, Writer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/carnivale.md)
- *The Education of Max Bickford* (2001), series, Writer, Creator
- *Judging Amy* (1999), series, Writer
- *Ally McBeal* (1997), series, Writer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/ally-mcbeal.md)
- *Touched by an Angel* (1994), series, Writer
- *Chicago Hope* (1994), series, Writer, Producer
- *Christy* (1994), series, Writer
- *Angel Street* (1992), series, Writer
- *Melrose Place* (1992), series, Writer
- *The Trials of Rosie O'Neill* (1990), series, Writer

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