Richard Hatem

Richard Hatem (born November 2, 1966) is a Lebanese-American television and film screenwriter and producer. He is a member of the Writers Guild of America (WGA). He is also a professor on staff with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), teaching a television writing class.

Hatem's career in filmmaking started in 1995, when he co-wrote Under Siege 2: Dark Territory with writer, director, and producer Matt Reeves.

In 2002, Hatem wrote and co-produced The Mothman Prophecies.

In 2003, he created the ABC/Touchstone television series Miracles. He also served as the Co-Executive Producer and Writer.

In 2005, Hatem worked with Fox Broadcasting Company, serving as the Supervising Producer of six episodes of the series Tru Calling and 13 episodes of the series The Inside. He wrote "The Loneliest Number" for The Inside, and "The Last Good Day" for Tru Calling.

He served as the co-executive producer of 21 episodes of CW's Supernatural from 2005–2006. He also wrote two episodes entitled "Asylum" and "Phantom Traveler".

In 2006, he was the executive producer of three episodes of the SyFy Channel mini-series The Lost Room.

In 2007, he was consulting producer of the USA's The Dead Zone. He wrote two episodes of the series entitled, "Big Top" and "Exile".

In 2010, he co-created and served as executive producer and writer on the ABC television series The Gates. The series is executive-produced by Gina Matthews and written and executive-produced by Grant Scharbo and Hatem.

In 2010, he created an ABC Studios untitled pilot. The crew included Chris Brancato, Bert Salke, and Gary Fleder. The cast included Katee Sackhoff, Will Yun Lee, Richard T. Jones, Treat Williams, Goran Visnjic, Nia Long, Jason Wiles and Miles Williams.

In 2011, he was consulting producer for the NBC show The InBetween. He wrote episode two, "Made of Stone".

He wrote 4 episodes for the NBC show Grimm from 2012–2013.