Susannah Grant, the co-creator of Netflix’s Unbelievable and writer of Erin Brockovich, has struck a first-look television deal with Lionsgate.The writer, director and producer will create and produce scripted shows across streaming, cable and broadcast for the Blindspotting and Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist producer.Grant was most recently showrunner, exec producer, writer and director on true-crime series Unbelievable, which starred Toni Collette, Merritt Wever and Kaitlyn Dever.
She earned an Oscar nomination for feature film Erin Brockovich and was a writer, exec producer on the original Party of Five.She is currently exec producing the TV adaptation of Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s novel Fleishman is in Trouble for FX.
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