Daniel T. Thomsen is an American

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and producer. He is known for his work on the

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series '' Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles'', the HBO series ''

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'', and is currently the co-showrunner of the ABC drama series ''

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''.

Career

Thomsen's first writing credit for a television series was on the

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-drama '' Close to Home''. Thomsen was a staff writer on the

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series '' Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.'' He contributed three scripts during the shows two-season run. Following its cancellation, he joined The CW drama reboot '' Melrose Place'' and wrote

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of its only season. Thomsen then worked on the first three seasons of the

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.'' In total, Thomsen had "writing credits on six episodes and producer credits for two seasons" of ''Once Upon a Time''. He wrote the third episode of the HBO

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show ''

'' with Lisa Joy. The show was nominated for best "Drama Series" screenwriting in the 69th Writers Guild of America Awards. After Westworld, Thomsen wrote for the

period drama/science fiction television show '' Time After Time'', the Fox sci-fi series ''

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'', and the CW comic book series '' Batwoman''. Thomsen was also a story consultant on the Amazon Prime Video

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series ''

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'', which is based on the web series ''

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''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thomsen, Daniel T. American television writers American male television writers Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people)