Keto Shimizu

During the 2015 Winter Television Critics Association tour, The CW announced a new 6-part animated series, Vixen, centered around the DC heroine. It premiered on CW Seed in August of the year, and was released weekly on Tuesdays. It shares the same universe as Arrow and The Flash. The series is written by Shimizu, Arrow showrunner Wendy Mericle, Brian Ford Sullivan, and comic book writer Lauren Certo.

On July 9, 2014, it was reported that a prequel comic book series would debut in September of that year to bridge the second and third seasons of Arrow, written by Shimizu and Guggenheim, entitled Arrow 2.5. Some of her work emphasizes the characters she established, with Bryan Q. Miller, in her Suicide Squad episode.

In the summer of 2013, Shimizu boarded the DC Comics produced Green Arrow origin series Arrow, as an executive story editor and writer. Her first episode she co-wrote, with executive producer Marc Guggenheim, was "Broken Dolls", which was critically lauded. Other sophomore season episodes she contributed to include "Blast Radius", "Suicide Squad" and "The Man Under the Hood".

At the start of production for Arrow's fourth season, Shimizu was promoted once again; being named producer, along with Sokolowski. She co-scripted the second episode of the season "The Candidate" with Guggenheim; which saw the introduction of supervillain Anarky. She and new co-executive producer Speed Weed wrote the seventh episode "Brotherhood". Shimizu next contributed to the 13th episode "Sins of the Father" with Sokolowski; and the 15th episode "Taken", which she and Sullivan wrote a teleplay for, based on a story from Guggenheim; and the critically panned "Eleven-Fifty-Nine", co-written with Guggenheim.

In 2012, she joined the Syfy adaptation of Being Human, as a story editor. She went on to become a writer on the show, scripting three hours ("Dream Reaper", "I'm So Lonesome I Could Die", "Of Mice and Wolfman") of the paranormal drama.

Her first foray into film was with the western short Razor Man, which she wrote and directed, in 2006. The film depicts a lone gunslinger's quest for vengeance in rural 1891 Colorado. In 2007, she directed and wrote a second short film entitled Threads.

Keto Shimizu (born December 23, 1984) is an American television writer, producer, and comic book writer. She is known for her work on the North American adaptation of Being Human and for her substantial contributions to Greg Berlanti' s and The CW' s Arrowverse.