Lukas Reiter

Reiter's first script, which was about his professional experiences up to that date caught the attention of Creative Artists Agency agent Peter Micelli, who has continued to be his agent.^[4] He first became a writer for David E. Kelley on The Practice and later for Boston Legal, serving both as supervising producer.^[1] In 2002, Reiter was nominated for the Edgar Award in the Best Television Episode category for The Practice's "Killing Time" episode (September 30, 2001) in which he co-wrote the teleplay with Teleplay by Jonathan Shapiro, Peter Blake & David E. Kelley.^[5] That year, he won a Humanitas Prize when The Practice's "Honor Code" episode (November 18, 2001) which he co-wrote with Kelly tied with Aaron Sorkin's "Two Cathedrals" episode of The West Wing.^[6]

Having been a fan of both the movie version and the book of The Firm, Reiter sought out their creator, John Grisham, to explain his own curiosity about what happened to the characters beyond the endings of those parts of the franchise.^[4] Later, Reiter worked with Jerry Bruckheimer on the series The Forgotten and Close to Home and then served as an executive producer for The Firm.^[1] Reiter was the creator for The Firm.^[7]

In 2013, Reiter joined the writing staff of NBC's The Blacklist, serving as a Consulting Producer, and later as a Co-Executive Producer in the show's first season, and eventually rising to the role of Executive Producer through the show's first seven seasons.

• Lukas Reiter at IMDb