Rebecca Cutter

As a child she initially became interested in writing after eavesdropping on her mom's sessions (who was a social worker).^[1] She attended Wesleyan University, where she has earned a Bachelor’s with a double major in English and Women’s studies. In 2000 she moved to Los Angeles to attend USC School of Cinematic Arts where she has earned her her M.F.A. in Production.^[2] She is married and has two daughters.^[1] She has been sober for 21 years.^[3]

In 2002 her short film "Rancho Cucamong" which she wrote and directed was released. It was screened at First Look Film Festival in 2004.^[2]

She wrote and directed a thesis film called Eating which was shown at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival where it was well received by the judges.^[4][5]

In 2012 Cutter made her feature debut with Besties.

Cutter created, produced, directed and wrote Starz series Hightown which premiered May 17, 2020.^[6] She began writing Hightown as a passion project while on hiatus from her job as writer on Gotham.^[3] Cutter originally pursued being a writer but her agents saw potential in her script ''It was their believe in me that made this happen''.^[1] In 2022 she received the Outstanding Writer Drama Series Women's Image Network Award for the episode ''Great White''.^[7]

In 2025, The Hunting Wives premiered on Netflix where she serves as executive producer, and showrunner.^[8] The show was the most streamed series in the U.S from July 25 to July 31 (2025) accumulating over 2 billion minutes viewed.^[9] It was originally meant to premiere on Starz but that fell through after decoupling from Lionsgate Television.^[10]