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Wendy Calhoun

writer/producer Justified, Revenge, Nashville, Empire

Wendy Calhoun is a series creator and executive producer with content currently in development at multiple digital and cable companies. This summer she wrote and directed  LEFT BEHIND, a virtual reality short with Project Empathy's VR series for social impact and criminal justice reform. Her past credits include Co-Executive Producing and writing for Fox’s hit series EMPIRE. In addition, she’s written and produced for ABC’S NASHVILLE, FX’s JUSTIFIED, ABC’s REVENGE, and NBC’s LIFE. Calhoun served as the Narrative Consultant for Electronic Arts’ BATTLEFIELD HARDLINE video game. She has written, produced, and/or directed over 40 hours of non-fiction programs for PBS, Animal Planet, VH1, TLC, The Travel Channel, The Discovery Channel, and Fox. Calhoun received a 2010 Peabody Award and WGA Best New Series Nomination for JUSTIFIED. She received her second WGA Best New Series Nomination in 2012 for NASHVILLEBorn and raised in Dallas, Texas, Calhoun studied film and television at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.