The Wire, an American drama television series created by David Simon, had numerous directors and writers during its series run.
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Before directing The Wire many of the directors worked on other television series. Many of the directors also have background in independent films.
Many of the writers and producers of The Wire have a background as journalists and/or authors.[1] With the exception of one episode ("Sentencing") The Wire utilizes both the teleplay and story credits. Series creator David Simon was the show's most prolific writer by a large margin and receives story credit for all but ten episodes. He was also the series' showrunner, a term that has come to mean the main creative force behind a television series. As such, his involvement in the writing of the series could be considered greater than the 20 teleplay credits and one writing credit explicitly credited to him. Simon's writing partner Ed Burns was a major driving force in the writing of the series, having penned the most episodes after Simon; Burns particularly contributed to the fourth season of the series. George Pelecanos has written the penultimate episode of each season.
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