Dahvi Waller is a Canadian screenwriter and television producer. The recipient of a

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and three

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, she is best known for her work on the television series ''

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'' and the television miniseries ''

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''.

Life and career

Born in

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, the daughter of Harold Myron Waller, a professor of political science at

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, and Diane Goodman, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from

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. From 2003 to 2004, Waller began working as one of the directors for the

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''Switched Up!,'' which aired on ABC. In 2005, Waller joined the writing staff of the

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series '' Commander in Chief'' which aired for one 18 episode season from 2005 to 2006. She is credited for writing one episode with Anya Epstein. From 2006 to 2008, she joined the crew of ''

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'' as a staff writer, and for the third season of the show she joined

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and

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on the show's team of

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s. She has writing credits on six episodes of the show. She then served as a writer and co-producer on the ABC comedy–drama ''

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'' from 2008-2009 with two writing credits alongside

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. Waller joined the AMC drama series ''

'' in 2009 as a co-producer for the show's third season and was a producer for the series' fourth season. In addition to her role as a producer, she also wrote 2 episodes of the Emmy winning drama alongside show runner and creator

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and one episode alongside Weiner and writer

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. Waller and the show's writing staff the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for Best Drama Series for their work on ''Mad Men'' in 2010 and 2011. She shared the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series in 2011 with ''Mad Men's'' production team. Waller was also among those nominated for a Producer's Guild Award (PGA) in 2011 for her work on ''Mad Men''. Waller has worked as a supervising producer and co-executive producer on the AMC Original Series '' Halt and Catch Fire'' in 2014 and 2015. In 2020, she created the FX-on-Hulu miniseries ''

'', which had its series premiere on April 15. She has also written for the stage, with her one act play ''Between Movements'' debuting in 2012 as part of an initiative called ''Unscreened'' in conjunction with the Elephant Stages' Lillian Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

Works

Writing credits

Halt And Catch Fire American Odyssey Mrs. America

Plays

* ''Between Movements'' (2012)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Waller, Dahvi Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Canadian television directors Canadian soap opera writers Canadian television producers Canadian women television producers Writers from Montreal Princeton University alumni Canadian television writers Women soap opera writers 20th-century Canadian women writers 20th-century Canadian writers Canadian women screenwriters Canadian women television directors Canadian women television writers