Alex Gansa developed the American television spy thriller Homeland.
Alex Gansa is a screenwriter and producer best known as the creator , executive producer and showrunner of the Showtime series 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 .