Ron Leshem created the original Euphoria and serves as executive producer on the HBO Emmy®-winning adaptation. The Boston-based writer-producer also co-created and wrote Bad Boy, which thrived in Netflix’s Top 10 in 47 territories and is now being adapted into a U.S. original series for Netflix, with Leshem’s involvement.
He co-created Hulu and Arte’s No Man’s Land, HBO Max’s Valley of Tears, as well as the upcoming thrillers Trust No Man (Netflix, Keshet), Red Skies (Apple TV, Reshet), both award winners at multiple international festivals. His espionage show, The Gordin Cell, was adapted by NBC as Allegiance, and in other territories.
Leshem co-wrote the film Beaufort, which was nominated for the American Academy Award® for Best Foreign Language Film, as well as the Israeli Academy Award-winning film, Incitement.
While serving as chief of content for Keshet TV, Leshem picked up and oversaw the development of the original Homeland, The A-Word, and many other critically acclaimed international shows.
Leshem is a bestselling author published in 20 languages who won Israel’s top literary award, The Sapir Prize.
