Sara Hess

Sara Hess
Occupation(s)	Screenwriter, television producer
Years active	2005–present

Sara Hess is a television writer and producer. She has worked in both capacities on the drama series House and Orange Is the New Black . ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Career

Hess joined the crew of the HBO western drama Deadwood as a writer for the second season in 2005. She wrote the episode "Advances, None Miraculous". ^[4]

From 2005 to 2012, Hess worked on the medical drama series House , ^[4] for which she wrote 17 episodes.^{[ citation needed ]}

Since 2013, she worked on Orange Is the New Black . ^[5] Starting in 2021, she began working on House of the Dragon , and signed an HBO overall deal. ^[6]

Personal life

Hess is openly gay, ^[3] and married writer Talia Osteen in 2014, with whom she has a son. ^{[7] [8]}

Filmography

• Deadwood (Writer)
  • Advances, None Miraculous (S2E10)
• House (Supervising producer, co-producer, producer, writer)
  • Spin (S2E6)
  • Sleeping Dogs Lie
  • Finding Judas
  • Act Your Age
  • You Don't Want To Know
  • Living the Dream
  • Lucky Thirteen
  • The Greater Good (S5E14)
  • Epic Fail
  • The Down Low
  • Open and Shut (S6E19)
  • Larger Than Life
  • Bombshells
  • The Dig
  • Charity Case
  • Man of the House
  • We Need the Eggs
• Orange Is the New Black (Co-executive producer, executive producer, writer)
  • Blood Donut (S1E7)
  • Fool Me Once (S1E12)
  • Comic Sans (S2E7)
  • It Was The Change (S2E12)
  • Ching Chong Chang (S3E6)
  • Don't Make Me Come Back There (S3E12)
  • Power Suit (S4E2)
  • Turn Table Turn (S4E9)
• House of the Dragon (Executive producer, writer)
  • The Princess and the Queen
  • The Green Council
  • Rhaenyra the Cruel
  • The Queen Who Ever Was

References

1. Petski, Denise (2019-02-27). "'Game of Thrones' Prequel Pilot Exec Producer Sara Lee Hess Inks Overall Deal With HBO". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
2. "Sara Hess". Television Academy. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
3. Bendix, Trish (2013-08-05). "Sara Hess on "Orange is the New Black" and writing Thirteen's sex scenes on "House"". AfterEllen. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
4. "Sara Hess | Producer, Writer". IMDb. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
5. Lowry, Brian (2013-07-08). "Orange Is the New Black". Variety. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
6. Goldberg, Lesley (2021-02-01). "'House of the Dragon' Writer Extends HBO Overall Deal (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
7. revistamirales (2022-11-06). "Sara Hess, la guionista de todas las series que amas, feliz mamá junto a su mujer". Mirales (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-11.
8. Hanau, Shira. "Vibrator stars in short film challenging portrayal of Orthodox Jews in Hollywood". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 2025-06-11.

External links

• Sara Hess at IMDb