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name: "Dean Batali"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dean-batali"
fi1m_id: "dean-batali"
tmdb_id: 1212428
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:42:22.013242+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."
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# Dean Batali

## Identity

Dean Batali

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dean-batali
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dean-batali
- **TMDB ID:** 1212428
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1212428

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Also known as:** Dean Batalli
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1212428

## 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

Dean Batali is a television writer and producer. His early credits include episodes of *Duckman* (1994) and *The Adventures of Pete & Pete* (1993). He wrote five episodes of *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997) with his writing partner Rob Des Hotel and served as story editor on the first season and executive story editor on the second.

Batali later wrote for and produced *That '70s Show* (1998). Other writing credits include *Fantasy Island* (1998), *The ½ Hour News Hour* (2007), *Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil* (2010), *Sabrina: Secrets of a Teenage Witch* (2013), *Good Witch* (2008) and *Signed, Sealed, Delivered* (2013). He co-authored the book *Watching TV Religiously*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Nazareth* (2017), Producer
- *Ties That Bind* (2015), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer
- *The 7D* (2014), series, Writer
- *Signed, Sealed, Delivered* (2014), series, Writer
- *Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil* (2010), series, Writer
- *Fantasy Island* (1998), series, Writer
- *That '70s Show* (1998), series, Writer
- *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), series, Writer, Story Editor, Executive Story Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md)
- *Hope and Gloria* (1995), series, Writer
- *Duckman* (1994), series, Writer
- *The Adventures of Pete & Pete* (1993), series, Writer

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