---
name: "Wendy Riss Gatsiounis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/wendy-riss"
fi1m_id: "wendy-riss"
imdb_id: "nm0728353"
tmdb_id: 447054
wikidata_id: "Q48699737"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T15:28:23.488399+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."
---

# Wendy Riss Gatsiounis

## Identity

Wendy Riss Gatsiounis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/wendy-riss
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** wendy-riss
- **IMDb ID:** nm0728353
- **TMDB ID:** 447054
- **Wikidata ID:** Q48699737
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Riss_Gatsiounis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48699737, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0728353/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/447054

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Also known as:** Wendy Riss
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Riss_Gatsiounis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48699737, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0728353/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/447054

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*The Killing*](https://film.one/tv/the-killing-2011.md) (62)

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

## Biography

Wendy Riss Gatsiounis is an American screenwriter, television writer and producer, and playwright. Her play *A Darker Purpose* was produced in New York by Naked Angels, starring Fisher Stevens. She adapted the play for the cinema as *The Winner* (1996), directed by Alex Cox and starring Vincent D'Onofrio and Billy Bob Thornton.

She has written episodes of *The Killing* (2011–2012) and *Reign* (2013–2017). Her producing credits include co-executive producer on *Yellowstone* (2018–2020) and *Genius* (2017–2018), for which she received a Primetime Emmy nomination. She has served as writer and executive producer on *Mayor of Kingstown* (2021–) and *Women in Blue* (2024), and as co-executive producer on *Rabbit Hole* (2023).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Killing* (2011), Fi1m 62, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-killing-2011.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Women in Blue* (2024), series, Executive Producer
- *Secret Invasion* (2023), series, Consulting Producer
- *Rabbit Hole* (2023), series, Co-Executive Producer, Writer
- *Mayor of Kingstown* (2021), series, Co-Executive Producer, Writer, Executive Producer
- *Yellowstone* (2018), series, Co-Executive Producer
- *Genius* (2017), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer
- *Jane the Virgin* (2014), series, Co-Executive Producer
- *Reign* (2013), series, Co-Executive Producer, Supervising Producer, Co-Producer, Writer, Executive Story Editor
- *The Killing* (2011), series, Writer — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-killing-2011.md)
- *The Riches* (2007), series, Writer
- *The Winner* (1996), Writer, Co-Producer

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