Evan Katz
Evan Katz
Evan Katz is a television writer and television producer. He is best known for his award-winning work as executive producer of the hit television series 24...
ProfessionScreenwriter
Date of Birth17 June 1960
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It's not a ridiculous contrast; it's more a man hiding a secret and being a little smarter about how he projects himself than we thought.
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Making things feel real is one of our primary concerns in the way we write it. And it's one of the gifts that the actors who do the show really have to make ridiculous situations feel real.
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The reason the audience doesn't see the twists coming is, we don't either.
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We're about two episodes ahead on a good run.
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This year is sort of about rebirth as well as the nature of vengeance and justice.
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We know in general we'll avert a terrorist threat, and we try to get the first four to six episodes down. But even as we're writing those, they change. And I think one of the reasons the show has the quality it does is we're so critical, and revise ourselves. We then revise it again.
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We know we take liberties in that regard, but CTU clearly is a very efficient and effective (agency). And we're frankly honored and lucky to be working with them.