Full Name
David Hudgins
Job Title
Showrunner / Executive Producer, FBI: Most Wanted, Friday Night Lights
Company
Based On Panel
Speaker Bio
David Hudgins is an award-winning screenwriter, Showrunner, and Executive Producer
of multiple television series. Originally from Texas, Hudgins is a graduate of Duke
University. He began his career in the United States Senate as a Staff Assistant to Al
Gore. He then obtained his law degree from S.M.U., and spent eight years as a trial
lawyer with the firm Touchstone, Bernays, Johnston, Beall & Smith in Dallas.
In 2001, following the death of his sister from breast cancer, Hudgins made a radical life
change. He quit the practice of law, and moved with his family to the hills of Tennessee
to pursue screenwriting full time. Two years later, after the sale of his first screenplay
Scottsboro, Hudgins moved to Los Angeles and began working in television.
His first job was as a Staff Writer on the WB television drama Everwood. He then moved to NBC’s Friday Night Lights, where he worked for three seasons as a writer and Co-
Executive Producer. In 2009, Hudgins created and ran Past Life for Warner Brothers Television, a one-hour drama that aired on Fox. He then returned to Friday Night Lights
as Co-Showrunner and Executive Producer on the show’s fifth and final season, before
moving on to NBC’s Parenthood, where he spent four seasons as Executive Producer.
In June 2014, Hudgins moved his overall deal to Sony Pictures Television. He created
and ran Game of Silence which aired on NBC, and served as Showrunner on the Hulu
drama series Shuteye. In 2020, Hudgins returned to NBC under an overall deal where
he served as Executive Producer and Showrunner on the hit CBS drama FBI: Most
Wanted for five seasons.
Other recent projects Hudgins has written include Make It Up As We Go, a scripted
country musical podcast that ran two seasons on Sirius XM Radio, and the feature film
Gigi & Nate, which premiered in theaters nationwide on September 2, 2022.
For his work in television, Hudgins has received multiple Emmy and Writer’s Guild
Award nominations, including Best Drama Series. He is also a recipient of the Peabody
Award For Excellence in Broadcasting for his work on Friday Night Lights.
of multiple television series. Originally from Texas, Hudgins is a graduate of Duke
University. He began his career in the United States Senate as a Staff Assistant to Al
Gore. He then obtained his law degree from S.M.U., and spent eight years as a trial
lawyer with the firm Touchstone, Bernays, Johnston, Beall & Smith in Dallas.
In 2001, following the death of his sister from breast cancer, Hudgins made a radical life
change. He quit the practice of law, and moved with his family to the hills of Tennessee
to pursue screenwriting full time. Two years later, after the sale of his first screenplay
Scottsboro, Hudgins moved to Los Angeles and began working in television.
His first job was as a Staff Writer on the WB television drama Everwood. He then moved to NBC’s Friday Night Lights, where he worked for three seasons as a writer and Co-
Executive Producer. In 2009, Hudgins created and ran Past Life for Warner Brothers Television, a one-hour drama that aired on Fox. He then returned to Friday Night Lights
as Co-Showrunner and Executive Producer on the show’s fifth and final season, before
moving on to NBC’s Parenthood, where he spent four seasons as Executive Producer.
In June 2014, Hudgins moved his overall deal to Sony Pictures Television. He created
and ran Game of Silence which aired on NBC, and served as Showrunner on the Hulu
drama series Shuteye. In 2020, Hudgins returned to NBC under an overall deal where
he served as Executive Producer and Showrunner on the hit CBS drama FBI: Most
Wanted for five seasons.
Other recent projects Hudgins has written include Make It Up As We Go, a scripted
country musical podcast that ran two seasons on Sirius XM Radio, and the feature film
Gigi & Nate, which premiered in theaters nationwide on September 2, 2022.
For his work in television, Hudgins has received multiple Emmy and Writer’s Guild
Award nominations, including Best Drama Series. He is also a recipient of the Peabody
Award For Excellence in Broadcasting for his work on Friday Night Lights.
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