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name: "Juan Carlos Coto"
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roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T22:48:44.592959+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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# Juan Carlos Coto

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 2001–2006
- **Also known as:** Carlos Coto
- **Works often with:** Adam Kane, Bryan Spicer, Paul Shapiro

## Biography

Juan Carlos Coto is a television writer, producer and director, also credited as Carlos Coto. He has written episodes of *24* (2001) and *Heroes* (2006), and has contributed to series including *Invasion* (2005), *Standoff* (2006), *Nikita* (2010) and *From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series* (2014). He has served as executive producer on *9-1-1* (2018) and as showrunner on *From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series*.

Coto is a Cuban American who began his career at *The Miami Herald*. He previously worked as a computer game designer on *Spycraft: The Great Game* (1995) and acted as consultant on the HBO film *For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story* (2000). He is the younger brother of writer-producer Manny Coto.

*Sources: imdb.com, detpress.com, hollywoodreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Heroes* (2006), Fi1m 68, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/heroes.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *24* (2001), Story, Writer

## Also known for

- *9-1-1* (2018), Writer, Director
- *NCIS* (2003), Writer
- *Nikita* (2010), Writer
- *From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series* (2014), Writer, Director
- *Mortal Kombat: Conquest* (1998), Writer
- *The Pretender* (1996), Writer
- *The Dead Zone* (2002), Writer
- *Invasion* (2005), Writer

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