---
name: "Wendy West"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/wendy-west"
fi1m_id: "wendy-west"
imdb_id: "nm0922388"
tmdb_id: 1218786
wikidata_id: "Q7982816"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T13:53:39.612140+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 West

## Identity

Wendy West

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/wendy-west
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** wendy-west
- **IMDb ID:** nm0922388
- **TMDB ID:** 1218786
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7982816
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_West, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7982816, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0922388/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1218786

Writer. Born in United States of America.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 1999–2013
- **Frequently works with:** [Nick Gomez](https://film.one/person/nick-gomez.md), [Alex Zakrzewski](https://film.one/person/alex-zakrzewski.md), [Alik Sakharov](https://film.one/person/alik-sakharov.md), [Bethany Rooney](https://film.one/person/bethany-rooney.md), [Daniel Cerone](https://film.one/person/daniel-cerone.md), [David Platt](https://film.one/person/david-platt.md), [Dawn DeNoon](https://film.one/person/dawn-denoon.md), [Holly Dale](https://film.one/person/holly-dale.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 74 (1), 2010s 63 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_West, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7982816, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0922388/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1218786

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Dexter*](https://film.one/tv/dexter.md) (74)
- **Netflix:** [*The Blacklist*](https://film.one/tv/the-blacklist.md) (63)

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

## Biography

Wendy West is an American television writer and producer. She graduated from Carleton College, where she was active in theatre, and began her television career as a writer and co-producer on the first season of *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999). She later worked on series including *Gideon's Crossing*, *The Practice* and *The Closer*.

West joined the Showtime series *Dexter* (2006) in 2009 as a supervising producer and writer for its fourth season. She was promoted to co-executive producer and then executive producer, writing multiple episodes through 2013. Her work on the series earned Primetime Emmy Award and Writers Guild of America Award nominations. She has also written episodes of *The Blacklist* (2013), *Marvel's Inhumans* (2017), *FBI: Most Wanted* (2020) and other series, and created the Polish series *Ultraviolet* (2017).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Blacklist* (2013), Fi1m 63, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-blacklist.md)
- *Dexter* (2006), Fi1m 74, Teleplay, Executive Producer, Supervising Producer, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/dexter.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *FBI: Most Wanted* (2020), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer, Story
- *Proven Innocent* (2019), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer
- *Ultraviolet* (2017), series, Writer
- *Marvel's Inhumans* (2017), series, Writer
- *Inhumans: The First Chapter* (2017), Co-Executive Producer
- *Game of Silence* (2016), series, Writer
- *Out of the Blue* (2013), Writer
- *The Blacklist* (2013), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-blacklist.md)
- *Five* (2011), Writer
- *K-Ville* (2007), series, Writer
- *Dexter* (2006), series, Writer, Supervising Producer, Co-Executive Producer, Executive Producer, Teleplay — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/dexter.md)
- *The Closer* (2005), series, Writer, Supervising Producer, Co-Executive Producer
- *Numb3rs* (2005), series, Writer
- *Line of Fire* (2003), series, Writer
- *For the People* (2002), series, Writer
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, Writer, Teleplay, Story, Story Editor
- *The Practice* (1997), series, Story

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