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name: "John Dove"
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fi1m_id: "john-dove"
tmdb_id: 1298518
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T14:06:09.417200+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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# John Dove

## Identity

John Dove

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-dove
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-dove
- **TMDB ID:** 1298518
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1298518

Writer. Born in Smithtown, Long Island.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 2010–2014
- **Frequently works with:** [Eric Laneuville](https://film.one/person/eric-laneuville.md), [Karen Gaviola](https://film.one/person/karen-gaviola.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1298518

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Hawaii Five-0*](https://film.one/tv/hawaii-five-0.md) (65)

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

## Biography

John Dove is an American television writer and producer. A former New York City Police Department detective lieutenant who served for 21 years after joining in 1982, he later transitioned to screenwriting.

He began in television as a consultant in the writers' room on *CSI: NY* in 2005, becoming a staff writer and rising to co-executive producer by the series' end in 2013. He subsequently wrote and produced episodes of *Hawaii Five-0* (2013–2016), *Chicago P.D.* (2017–2018), *Frequency* (2016–2017), *L.A.'s Finest* (2019–2020) and *Boston Blue* (2025–2026).

Dove holds a bachelor's degree in English from Empire State College and has contributed opinion pieces to the New York Daily News and Daily Wire.

*Sources: imdb.com, youtube.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Hawaii Five-0* (2010), Fi1m 65, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/hawaii-five-0.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Boston Blue* (2025), series, Writer
- *L.A.'s Finest* (2019), series, Writer
- *Frequency* (2016), series, Consulting Producer, Writer
- *Chicago P.D.* (2014), series, Writer
- *Hawaii Five-0* (2010), series, Writer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/hawaii-five-0.md)
- *CSI: NY* (2004), series, Writer

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