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My Take
If you've ever lost a weekend to 24 or Homeland, Howard Gordon is part of why, and I find that quietly impressive. He's the showrunner-screenwriter type whose name rarely trends but whose fingerprints are on some of the tensest television of the era, from co-developing Homeland with Alex Gansa and Gideon Raff to Tyrant and Accused. A Princeton graduate out of Queens with a Primetime Emmy for drama writing, he embodies the behind-the-camera architect I always want to credit more. The actors get the magazine covers, but it's people like Gordon who actually build the worlds we binge.
Overview
Howard Gordon (born March 31, 1961) is an American screenwriter and producer. He is well known for his work on the Fox action series 24 alongside the Showtime thriller Homeland, which he co-developed with Alex Gansa and Gideon Raff, the FX political drama Tyrant, which he co-developed with Craig Wright and for the Fox drama series Accused. He also produced the NBC science fiction thriller Awake.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Howard Gordon
- Name (Japanese)
- ハワード・ゴードン
- Reading
- はわーど・ごーどん
- Born
- March 31, 1961 (age 65)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Ox
- Origin
- Queens, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television director / screenwriter / film producer / television producer / showrunner
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Roslyn High School
- University
- Princeton University
Awards & achievements
- Primetime Emmy Award
- 2012 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.