Person
Cynthia Cidre
Writing · Havana, Cuba
Biography
Cidre was born in Havana, Cuba. At the age of 10, she immigrated to the United States with her family, and she later attended the University of Miami. She moved to Los Angeles and began a writing career. Her television film A Killing in a Small Town was nominated for six Emmy Awards in 1990. She later wrote critically acclaimed drama The Mambo Kings. In mid-2000s, Cidre moved to television, creating and producing CBS prime time soap opera Cane (2007) about Cuban-American family. Aired during 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike, Cane was cancelled after single season. In 2009, she was hired as a showrunner and executive producer of TNT prime time soap opera, Dallas, a revival of the prime time television soap opera of the same name that aired on CBS from 1978 to 1991. The series premiered on June 13, 2012, and on October 3, 2014, was cancelled after three seasons. In 2015, she joined as co-showrunner another prime time soap opera, Blood & Oil on ABC. Later that year, it was announced that Cidre has signed a two-year overall deal with ABC Studios for develop new projects.
Known for

Dallas
Executive Producer

Cane
Creator

Blood & Oil
Writer

The Mambo Kings
Writer

In Country
Screenplay

A Killing in a Small Town
Co-Producer

Tara Road
Screenplay

I Saw What You Did
Teleplay

And Baby Will Fall
Writer

Fires Within
Writer
Filmography
- 2015Blood & OilWriter
- 2012DallasExecutive Producer
- 2011And Baby Will FallWriter
- 2007CaneCreator
- 2005Tara RoadScreenplay
- 1992The Mambo KingsWriter
- 1991Fires WithinWriter
- 1990A Killing in a Small TownCo-Producer
- 1989In CountryScreenplay
- 1988I Saw What You DidTeleplay
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