Wendy West

Wendy West is an American television producer and writer.

In 2009, she became a supervising producer and writer for the fourth season of the Showtime drama DEXTER and was nominated for the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for Best Drama Series at the February 2010 ceremony for that work.

Producer
She was promoted from supervising producer to co-executive producer for the fifth season in 2010 and continued to write episodes..

Writer
Season Four:
 * "Dex Takes a Holiday" (co-written with Melissa Rosenberg)


 * "Hungry Man"

Season Five:
 * "The Getaway" (story by Scott Reynolds & Melissa Rosenberg; teleplay by Wendy West & Melissa Rosenberg)
 * "Everything Is Illumenated"


 * "Take It!" (co-written with Manny Coto)

Season Six:
 * "Nebraska"
 * "This is the Way the World Ends" (co-written with Scott Buck)

Season Seven:
 * "Run"
 * "Do You See What I See?"

Season Eight:
 * "Are We There Yet?"
 * "Monkey in a Box" (co-written with Tim Schlattmann)

Career
West graduated from Carleton College. While there, she was active in theater and directed John Guare's "Six Degrees of Separation".

West began working in television for the first season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. She also worked as a co-producer and writer for Gideon's Crossing and The Practice. She gained a further production role as a supervising producer and writer for The Closer.