--- name: "Glen Mazzara" canonical: "https://film.one/person/glen-mazzara" fi1m_id: "glen-mazzara" imdb_id: "nm1185659" tmdb_id: 1216734 wikidata_id: "Q1530813" roles: ["Writer"] born: "6 July 1967" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 76 average_as: "writer" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-24T00:06:00.249561+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." --- # Glen Mazzara ## Identity Glen Mazzara - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/glen-mazzara - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** glen-mazzara - **IMDb ID:** nm1185659 - **TMDB ID:** 1216734 - **Wikidata ID:** Q1530813 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Mazzara, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1530813, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1185659/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216734 Writer. Born 6 July 1967 in New York City. ## Details - **Work:** Writer - **Born:** 6 July 1967, New York City - **Active:** 2002–2018 - **Frequently works with:** [Adam Fierro](https://film.one/person/adam-fierro.md), [Billy Gierhart](https://film.one/person/billy-gierhart.md), [Charles H. Eglee](https://film.one/person/charles-h-eglee.md), [Clark Johnson](https://film.one/person/clark-johnson.md), [Frank Darabont](https://film.one/person/frank-darabont.md), [Guy Ferland](https://film.one/person/guy-ferland.md), [Gwyneth Horder-Payton](https://film.one/person/gwyneth-horder-payton.md), [Jennifer Lynch](https://film.one/person/jennifer-lynch.md) - **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as writer, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 84 (1), 2010s 68 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Mazzara, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1530813, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1185659/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216734 ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*The Shield*](https://film.one/tv/the-shield.md) (84) - **Netflix:** [*The Walking Dead*](https://film.one/tv/the-walking-dead.md) (68) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Glen Mazzara is an American television writer and producer. Born in New York City on 6 July 1967, he graduated from New York University with a master's degree in English. He previously worked as a hospital administrator before moving to Los Angeles in 1998 to pursue a writing career. He began writing for *Nash Bridges* (1998–2000) and joined *The Shield* (2002) as an executive story editor and writer. He rose through the ranks to executive producer on the series. Mazzara later served as showrunner on *The Walking Dead* (2010) and created *Damien* (2016). He has also written for *The Rookie* (2018) and received a Peabody Award for his work on *The Shield*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *The Walking Dead* (2010), Fi1m 68, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-walking-dead.md) - *The Shield* (2002), Fi1m 84, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-shield.md) ## Complete filmography (10) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Beacon 23* (2023), series, Executive Producer, Writer - *The Dark Tower* (2020), Writer - *The Rookie* (2018), series, Writer, Consulting Producer - *Damien* (2016), series, Creator - *The Walking Dead* (2010), series, Writer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-walking-dead.md) - *Hawthorne* (2009), series, Writer - *Life* (2007), series, Writer - *The Shield* (2002), series, Writer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-shield.md) - *Nash Bridges* (1996), series, Writer - *Mercenary: An Extraction Series*, series, Executive Producer, Screenplay, Creator ## Gallery - ![Comic-Con International. (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/100633/gallery-cb792126dee9.jpg) Comic-Con International. (2015) — Sue Lukenbaugh from Sacramento, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Comic-Con_International_%2819537715366%29.jpg/1280px-Comic-Con_International_%2819537715366%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Scott Wilson, Barbara Hershey, Bradley James and Glen Mazzara at 2015 Comic-Con International](https://film.one/media/person/100633/gallery-3508d1ec6542.jpg) Scott Wilson, Barbara Hershey, Bradley James and Glen Mazzara at 2015 Comic-Con International — Sue Lukenbaugh from Sacramento, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Damien_cast.jpg/1280px-Damien_cast.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Master class with Glen Mazzara (Showrunner & Writer of The Walking Dead) at Banff World Media Festival 2012](https://film.one/media/person/100633/gallery-a400a808561e.jpg) Master class with Glen Mazzara (Showrunner & Writer of The Walking Dead) at Banff World Media Festival 2012 — Kempton, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Glen_Mazzara%2C_Showrunner%2C_Writer_of_AMC_hit_series_The_Walking_Dead.jpg/1280px-Glen_Mazzara%2C_Showrunner%2C_Writer_of_AMC_hit_series_The_Walking_Dead.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Glen Mazzara](https://film.one/media/person/100633/gallery-9020d3bb5e58.jpg) Glen Mazzara — Glen_Mazzara,_Showrunner,_Writer_of_AMC_hit_series_The_Walking_Dead.jpg: Kempton derivative work: RanZag, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Glen_Mazzara_at_Banff_World_Media_Festival_2012.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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