Ron Leshem

Ron Leshem is a screenwriter, author, producer, and television executive. His novels are published in 15 languages. He is a winner of the Sapir Prize, Israel's top literary award. As head of content and programming for Keshet TV he picked up and oversaw the development of Prisoners of War (The original of Homeland), The A-Word, Traffic Light, Arab Labor, and many others.  As a screenwriter, his works include Euphoria, Beaufort (Academy Award-nominated Film), The Gordin Cell. Fertile Crescent, which Ron co-created and co-wrote is under production at HULU & ARTE. He served as a script editor for The Baker and the Beauty. 

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Ron currently serves as an executive producer for Euphoria (HBO) and previously executive produced Allegiance (NBC), where he also served as a special consultant. He worked and developed with producers Warren Littlefield (Fargo, Handmaid’s tale), Tim Kring (Heros), Jonathan Steinberg & Dan Shotz (Black Sails) and many others. He started his career as a news editor and a war correspondent. In 2002 he became deputy editor in chief of the second largest circulated daily newspaper in Israel at the time.