---
name: "Kevin Falls"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kevin-falls"
fi1m_id: "kevin-falls"
imdb_id: "nm0266468"
tmdb_id: 81374
wikidata_id: "Q6396258"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-23T11:59:57.719517+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."
---

# Kevin Falls

## Identity

Kevin Falls

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kevin-falls
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kevin-falls
- **IMDb ID:** nm0266468
- **TMDB ID:** 81374
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6396258
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Falls, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6396258, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0266468/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/81374

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 1998–2016
- **Frequently works with:** [Aaron Sorkin](https://film.one/person/aaron-sorkin.md), [Alex Graves](https://film.one/person/alex-graves.md), [Brian Grazer](https://film.one/person/brian-grazer.md), [Bryan Gordon](https://film.one/person/bryan-gordon.md), [Christopher Misiano](https://film.one/person/christopher-misiano.md), [Don Scardino](https://film.one/person/don-scardino.md), [Jessica Yu](https://film.one/person/jessica-yu.md), [Ken Olin](https://film.one/person/ken-olin.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 84 (2), 2000s 55 (1), 2010s 76 (1)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Mystery 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Falls, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6396258, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0266468/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/81374

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The West Wing*](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md) (86)
- **Disney+:** [*This Is Us*](https://film.one/tv/this-is-us.md) (76)

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

## Biography

Kevin Falls is an American television writer and producer. He graduated with a journalism degree from California Polytechnic State University in 1978 and began his career writing feature films including *The Temp* (1993) and *Summer Catch* (2001).

He worked as a writer and co-executive producer on Aaron Sorkin’s *Sports Night* before joining *The West Wing* in the same roles for seasons two to four. Falls won four Primetime Emmy Awards, including three for Outstanding Drama Series for his work on *The West Wing*. He created and served as showrunner on the series *Journeyman* (2007) and co-created *Franklin & Bash* (2011).

Falls has also written and produced episodes of *This Is Us*, *The Resident*, *Pitch* and *Shark*, among other series.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, alumni.calpoly.edu.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *This Is Us* (2016), Fi1m 76, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-us.md)
- *Shark* (2006), Fi1m 55, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/shark.md)
- *The West Wing* (1999), Fi1m 86, Story, Teleplay, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)
- *Sports Night* (1998), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/sports-night.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *The Resident* (2018), series, Writer, Story
- *Pitch* (2016), series, Writer
- *This Is Us* (2016), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-us.md)
- *Minority Report* (2015), series, Executive Producer, Writer
- *Made in Jersey* (2012), series, Executive Producer
- *Franklin & Bash* (2011), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Journeyman* (2007), series, Writer, Creator
- *Shark* (2006), series, Writer — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/tv/shark.md)
- *The Lyon's Den* (2003), series, Executive Producer
- *Summer Catch* (2001), Writer
- *The West Wing* (1999), series, Writer, Story, Teleplay, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)
- *Sports Night* (1998), series, Writer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/sports-night.md)
- *Arli$$* (1996), series, Writer
- *The Temp* (1993), Story, Screenplay

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