---
name: "Gary Lennon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gary-lennon"
fi1m_id: "gary-lennon"
imdb_id: "nm0502039"
tmdb_id: 83021
wikidata_id: "Q23901313"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T18:36:34.516376+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."
---

# Gary Lennon

## Identity

Gary Lennon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gary-lennon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gary-lennon
- **IMDb ID:** nm0502039
- **TMDB ID:** 83021
- **Wikidata ID:** Q23901313
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Lennon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23901313, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0502039/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/83021

Writer and producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Active:** 2002–2019
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 2 writing, 2 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Billy Gierhart](https://film.one/person/billy-gierhart.md), [Gwyneth Horder-Payton](https://film.one/person/gwyneth-horder-payton.md), [Walton Goggins](https://film.one/person/walton-goggins.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 86, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 84 (1), 2010s 77 (3)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Lennon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23901313, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0502039/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/83021

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Justified*](https://film.one/tv/justified.md) (87), [*The Shield*](https://film.one/tv/the-shield.md) (84)

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

## Biography

Gary Lennon is an American playwright, television writer, producer and showrunner. He wrote episodes of the FX series *The Shield* (2008) and has contributed to *Justified* (2010), *Orange Is the New Black* (2013), *Power* (2014) and *Hightown* (2020).

Lennon has served as co-showrunner on *Power* and *Hightown* for Starz, and as showrunner on *Power Book IV: Force*. He is an executive producer on HBO's *Euphoria*. His stage work includes the play *Blackout*, and he wrote and directed the 2006 feature *.45*.

He has received Peabody Awards for *Justified* and *Orange Is the New Black*, NAACP Image Awards for *Power*, and other honours including WGA and PGA awards.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

### Wrote (2) — the average rests on these

- *Justified* (2010), Fi1m 87, Writer, Consulting Producer, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/justified.md)
- *The Shield* (2002), Fi1m 84, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-shield.md)

### Produced (2)

- *Euphoria* (2019), Fi1m 65, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/euphoria.md)
- *Orange Is the New Black* (2013), Fi1m 79, Supervising Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/orange-is-the-new-black.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

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

- *Piano Dreams* (2024), Writer, Director
- *The 12th Victim* (2023), series, Executive Producer
- *Power Book IV: Force* (2022), series, Director
- *Hightown* (2020), series, Executive Producer, Story, Writer
- *Euphoria* (2019), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/euphoria.md)
- *Power* (2014), series, Writer, Director
- *Orange Is the New Black* (2013), series, Supervising Producer — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/orange-is-the-new-black.md)
- *Justified* (2010), series, Consulting Producer, Writer, Producer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/justified.md)
- *.45* (2006), Director, Writer
- *The Shield* (2002), series, Writer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-shield.md)
- *Drunks* (1997), Screenplay, Theatre Play, Co-Producer
- *Power: Legacy*, series, Executive Producer, Writer
- *Shoal*, as Director

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