Homeland is a 2011 English-language Crime Drama series created by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa. The show was Produced by Lauren White, Katie O'hara, Charlotte Stoudt, Mandy Patinkin and Sunday Stevens under the banner of Teakwood Lane Productions in collaboration with Cherry Pie Productions, Keshet Broadcasting, Fox 21 , Fox 21 Television Studios , Showtime Networks and Studio Babelsberg. for Showtime. The winner of 6 Emmy Awards including Outstanding Drama Series, Homeland is an edge-of-your-seat sensation. Marine Sergeant Nicholas Brody is both a decorated hero and a serious threat. CIA officer Carrie Mathison is tops in her field despite being bipolar. The delicate dance these two complex characters perform, built on lies, suspicion, and desire, is at the heart of this gripping, emotional thriller in which nothing short of the fate of our nation is at stake. Written by ahmetkozan. Homeland stars Claire Danes, Damian Lewis, Morena Baccarin, David Harewood, Diego Klattenhoff, Jackson Pace and Cliff Chamberlain. The series is based on Prisoners of War by Gideon Raff. The music was composed by Sean Callery. Cinematography was done by Nelson Cragg, Chris Manley, David Klein, Giorgio Scali and Peter Levy and editing by Joe Hobeck, Terry Kelley, Jordan Goldman, David Latham, Garret Donnelly, Michael Ruscio, Harvey Rosenstock, Philip Carr Neel, Sarah Zeitlin and Victoria Grimsley. The show has a running time of 46-84 minutes for each episode. The show has a total of 96 episodes during it's run of 8 seasons. Distribution rights for the series were acquired by 20th Television.