Howard Gordon developed the American television spy thriller Homeland.
Homeland is an American spy thriller television series developed by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa based on the Israeli series Prisoners of War ( Original title חטופים Hatufim , literally `` Abductees '' ) , which was created by Gideon Raff . Howard Gordon . He is well known for his work on the Fox action series 24 alongside the Showtime thriller Homeland , which he co-developed with Alex Gansa and Gideon Raff , and for the FX political drama Tyrant , which he co-developed with Craig Wright .