Dahvi Waller

Dahvi Waller
Born	Montreal, QC, Canada
Occupation	Television producer and writer
Nationality	Canadian
Notable works	Mad Men "Halt and Catch Fire" "Desperate Housewives"

Dahvi Waller is a Canadian television writer, playwright, producer and television director.

Born in Montreal, Quebec, the daughter of Harold Myron Waller, a Professor of Political Science at McGill University, and Diane Goodman, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Princeton University.

From 2003 to 2004, Waller began working as one of the directors for the reality TV show Switched Up!, which aired on ABC.

In 2005, Waller joined the writing staff of the drama series Commander in Chief which aired for one 18 episode season from 2005-2006. She is credited for writing one episode with Anya Epstein.

From 2006-2008, she joined the crew of Desperate Housewives as a staff writer, and for the third season of the show she joined Josh Senter and Jenna Bans on the show's team of story editors. She has writing credits on 6 episodes of the show.

She then served as a writer and co-producer on the ABC comedy–drama Eli Stone from 2008-2009 with two writing credits alongside Wendy Mericle.

Waller joined the AMC drama series Mad Men 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 Matthew Weiner and one episode alongside Weiner and writer Kater Gordon.

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.

...
Wikipedia