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Meredith Stiehm

Meredith Stiehm is a television writer and producer whose work includes Cold Case, Homeland, and The Bridge. She led WGA West from 2021 to 2025 and brought writers’ concerns about AI to a Senate panel during the 2023 strike, helping the Guild fight for contract protections. TIME named her to its 2024 TIME100 AI list. She also backed a bill in 2024 that would require generative AI companies to follow copyright law. As of October 2026, she is a co-chair of Hollywood, Health and Society.

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Timeline

  1. 1994–1996

    An early television script

    After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, she submits a script to Northern Exposure in 1994; it leads to a two-year writing stint on Beverly Hills, 90210.

  2. 2003

    Creating Cold Case

    She creates the CBS police procedural Cold Case in 2003 and serves as its executive producer and head writer.

  3. 2012

    An Emmy for Homeland

    She works as a writer and executive producer on Homeland when it wins Outstanding Drama Series at the 2012 Emmys.

  4. 2013

    Co-creating The Bridge

    She co-creates and executive-produces the FX crime drama The Bridge, which wins a Peabody Award in 2013.

  5. 2021–2025

    Leading WGA West and AI policy

    She leads WGA West from 2021 to 2025; Michele Mulroney succeeds her in 2025. During the 2023 strike, she presents the Guild’s concerns about AI at a Senate Insight Panel and helps fight for contract protections. The contract bars companies from using AI as source material or requiring writers to use AI software, and it requires disclosure when material given to writers uses AI.

  6. 2024

    A TIME100 AI selection

    TIME names her to its 2024 TIME100 AI list.

  7. 2024

    Backing an AI copyright bill

    She endorses a bill introduced by Rep. Adam Schiff in 2024 that would require generative AI companies to comply with copyright law.

  8. As of October 2026

    Hollywood, Health and Society co-chair

    As of October 2026, she is a co-chair of Hollywood, Health and Society and a writer-producer whose television credits include Homeland and The Bridge.

Sources and credits

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  1. Meredith Stiehm TV Shows List | Rotten Tomatoes rottentomatoes.com. Checked 14 October 2026.
  2. Guild Presidents wga.org. Checked 14 October 2026.
  3. Meredith Stiehm | Emmy Awards and Nominations | Television Academy televisionacademy.com. Checked 14 October 2026.
  4. The Writers Guild helped bring Kimmel back. Here’s what its new president plans next latimes.com. Checked 14 October 2026.
  5. IATSE Appreciation, a Power Trip, and Talking AI in DC wgacontract2023.org. Checked 14 October 2026.
  6. TIME100 AI 2024: Meredith Stiehm aol.com. Checked 14 October 2026.
  7. Meredith Stiehm, Co-chair - Hollywood, Health and Society hollywoodhealthandsociety.org. Checked 14 October 2026.