Chad Hodge (born 1977) is American director, writer and produced who created drama series Runaway (2006), The Playboy Club (2011) and event series Wayward Pines (2015). He is a native of Highland Park in Illinois and he attended the Northwestern University. He is best known for Wayward Pines, directed by M. Night Shyamalan. He also wrote the recent stage adaptation of Irving Berlin's classic musical Holiday Inn last fall and film adaptation of the YA trilogy, "The Darkest Minds". He has official accounts on Reddit and Twitter.