Evan Katz is a television writer, most notably known as the executive producer of the hit television series 24. Prior to his work on 24 he created, wrote, and executive produced the television series Special Unit 2. He won a 2006 primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, and has been nominated for two additional Emmy Awards. He also won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay – Episodic Drama for the Season 2 episode Day 2: 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Katz was such a huge fan of Robert Forster and his friend Grant McLennan, of the Australian band The Go-Betweens, that he named the sinister corporation in 24's fourth season, McLennan-Forster, after them.
In May 2010, Katz was signed as showrunner and executive producer for the NBC series The Event.
He is a graduate of Wesleyan University. His wife, Lisa Miller Katz, was the casting director on Everybody Loves Raymond.
He was also a graduate of the University of Southern California.