John McNamara (born April 2, 1962) is an American writer, producer, showrunner and television creator.
[1] While at NYU, he wrote two children's books published by Delacorte Press and a teleplay for the CBS Afternoon Playhouse.
In 1998, his McNamara Paper Products company signed an exclusive deal with Warner Bros. Television to develop scripted programming.
[2] McNamara went on to executive produce several other television shows, including The Fugitive (a remake from 2000 to 2001 season) and Eyes.
[5] He worked on the NBC show Aquarius that stars David Duchovny and on the Syfy series The Magicians based on the bestselling Lev Grossman novel of the same name.