Clyde B. Phillips (born October 3, 1958) is a film producer, television writer, television producer, and novelist.

Career

For the 1970s, Phillips worked at

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, before starting Blue Hill Avenue Productions with a contract at

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. In 1985, he worked on an unsold television pilot ''Northstar'' with friend Daniel Grodnik. In 1986, he started working at a job at

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to produce their own projects. Phillips joined the crew of the television drama '' Dexter'' as a

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, executive producer and writer for the first season. He joined the crew after the pilot was already finished and he ended up reshooting some of the scenes and scrapping others. He was nominated for the

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for Best Television Episode (Teleplay), for writing the episode "

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". He returned as the showrunner, executive producer and writer for the next three seasons. Phillips and the writing staff were nominated for a

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for Best Dramatic Series at the 2008 ceremony for their work on the second season. The writing staff were nominated for the same award at the 2009 ceremony for their work on the third season. Phillips and the writing staff was nominated for the WGA award a third consecutive time at the 2010 ceremony for their work on the fourth season. Phillips stepped down as showrunner after the fourth season. ''Dexter'' was nominated for 18

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under his leadership, including three nominations for Outstanding Drama Series. Phillips joined ''

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'' for the fifth season, where he served as showrunner and executive producer for its final three seasons. In 2016, he adapted the Danish series ''Bankerot'' into the series '' Feed the Beast''. The series was canceled after one season. In 2020, it was announced that Phillips would return as showrunner for a 10-episode ''Dexter'' revival, titled '' Dexter: New Blood'', that premiered on November 7, 2021.

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