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Rebecca Cutter
Director, writer, producer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rebecca Perry Cutter is an American producer, director and writer. She is best known for being the creator of Hightown and The Hunting Wives.
Personal life
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]
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Career
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]
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