---
name: "Donald Todd"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/donald-todd"
fi1m_id: "donald-todd"
imdb_id: "nm0865157"
tmdb_id: 1227485
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T12:07:49.889860+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."
---

# Donald Todd

## Identity

Donald Todd

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/donald-todd
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** donald-todd
- **IMDb ID:** nm0865157
- **TMDB ID:** 1227485
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0865157/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1227485

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Also known as:** Don Todd
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0865157/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1227485

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*This Is Us*](https://film.one/tv/this-is-us.md) (76)

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

## Biography

Donald Todd is a television writer and producer, also credited as Don Todd. He began his career writing for series including *The Twilight Zone* (1985) and *ALF* (1986), later contributing episodes to shows such as *Ugly Betty* (2006), *Hart of Dixie* (2011), *Sleepy Hollow* (2013) and *Second Chance* (2016).

Todd served as co-showrunner and executive producer on the first season of *This Is Us* (2016), for which the series received a Primetime Emmy nomination for outstanding drama series. He has created or co-created series including *Samantha Who?* (2007) and *Florida Man* (2023), and worked as a consulting or executive producer on *For the People* (2018), *Selena: The Series* (2020) and *Resident Alien* (2021). In 2014 he signed an overall deal with 20th Century Fox Television.

*Sources: imdb.com, hollywoodreporter.com, tviv.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *This Is Us* (2016), Fi1m 76, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-us.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *Florida Man* (2023), series, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Resident Alien* (2021), series, Writer
- *Selena: The Series* (2020), series, Consulting Producer
- *For the People* (2018), series, Writer
- *Salvage* (2018), Writer
- *This Is Us* (2016), series, Writer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-us.md)
- *Second Chance* (2016), series, Writer
- *Sleepy Hollow* (2013), series, Writer, Consulting Producer
- *Hart of Dixie* (2011), series, Writer
- *Samantha Who?* (2007), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Ugly Betty* (2006), series, Writer
- *Life As We Know It* (2004), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer
- *I'm with Her* (2003), series, Writer
- *The Sports Pages* (2001), Writer
- *Brother's Keeper* (1998), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *The Hughleys* (1998), series, Writer
- *Union Square* (1997), series, Writer
- *Caroline in the City* (1995), series, Writer
- *Dave's World* (1993), series, Writer
- *Camp Wilder* (1992), series, Writer
- *Good Grief* (1990), series, Writer
- *The Van Dyke Show* (1988), series, Creator
- *ALF* (1986), series, Writer
- *Misfits of Science* (1985), series, Writer, Teleplay
- *The Twilight Zone* (1985), series, Writer

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