---
name: "Paul Redford"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-redford"
fi1m_id: "paul-redford"
imdb_id: "nm0714864"
tmdb_id: 167594
wikidata_id: "Q7153138"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-24T12:26:06.994976+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."
---

# Paul Redford

## Identity

Paul Redford

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paul-redford
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** paul-redford
- **IMDb ID:** nm0714864
- **TMDB ID:** 167594
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7153138
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Redford, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7153138, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0714864/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/167594

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 1998–2014
- **Frequently works with:** [Aaron Sorkin](https://film.one/person/aaron-sorkin.md), [Adam Davidson](https://film.one/person/adam-davidson.md), [Alan Taylor](https://film.one/person/alan-taylor.md), [Alexa Junge](https://film.one/person/alexa-junge.md), [Alex Graves](https://film.one/person/alex-graves.md), [Bryan Gordon](https://film.one/person/bryan-gordon.md), [Christopher Misiano](https://film.one/person/christopher-misiano.md), [Dennie Gordon](https://film.one/person/dennie-gordon.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 84 (2), 2000s 79 (1)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Redford, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7153138, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0714864/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/167594

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The West Wing*](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md) (86), [*Big Love*](https://film.one/tv/big-love.md) (79)

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

## Biography

Paul Redford is an American television writer and producer. He began his prime-time writing career on the 1995 sitcom *Partners* and was later hired by Aaron Sorkin as a story editor on *Sports Night* (1998).

Redford joined the writing staff of *The West Wing* (1999) in its first season, contributing story and teleplay credits across multiple episodes and advancing to supervising producer. The production team won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series in 2003. His other writing credits include episodes of *Suits* (2011), *Madam Secretary* (2014), *Designated Survivor* (2016) and *When Calls the Heart* (2014). He has also served as a producer on *The Unit* (2006) and *Journeyman* (2007).

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Big Love* (2006), Fi1m 79, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/big-love.md)
- *The West Wing* (1999), Fi1m 86, Teleplay, Writer, Story — [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 (16)

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

- *Designated Survivor* (2016), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer
- *Madam Secretary* (2014), series, Writer, Consulting Producer
- *When Calls the Heart* (2014), series, Writer
- *Suits* (2011), series, Writer
- *Dirty Sexy Money* (2007), series, Writer
- *Journeyman* (2007), series, Writer
- *Vanished* (2006), series, Producer
- *Big Love* (2006), series, Writer — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/big-love.md)
- *The Unit* (2006), series, Producer, Writer
- *LAX* (2004), series, Writer, Producer
- *Secret Agent Man* (2000), series, Writer
- *The West Wing* (1999), series, Writer, Story, Teleplay, Co-Producer, Producer, Supervising 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)
- *Ebbie* (1995), Writer
- *Partners* (1995), series, Writer
- *Coach* (1989), series, Writer

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