---
name: "Brenda Hsueh"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brenda-hsueh"
fi1m_id: "brenda-hsueh"
imdb_id: "nm1597674"
tmdb_id: 1222181
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T11:03:22.729324+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Brenda Hsueh

## Identity

Brenda Hsueh

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/brenda-hsueh
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** brenda-hsueh
- **IMDb ID:** nm1597674
- **TMDB ID:** 1222181
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1597674/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1222181

Writer. Born in USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 2005–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 74 (1), 2020s 64 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1597674/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1222181

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*How I Met Your Mother*](https://film.one/tv/how-i-met-your-mother.md) (74), [*Elemental*](https://film.one/film/elemental.md) (64)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Brenda Hsueh is an American writer and producer. She began her career in television writing, contributing episodes to the first three seasons of *How I Met Your Mother* (2005) as a writer and story editor, later serving as co-producer.

Her credits include writing for *Melissa & Joey* (2010), *Sullivan & Son* (2012–2013), *Disjointed* (2017–2018) and *The Afterparty* (2022), as well as producing roles on several of these series. In film, she co-wrote the screenplay and story for the Pixar animated feature *Elemental* (2023). She is a Yale alumna and has written an upcoming animated *Ghostbusters* film for Sony Pictures Animation. She is also set to make her feature directorial debut with the live-action project *Match*.

*Sources: imdb.com, deadline.com, goldhouse.org, alumni.yale.edu.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Elemental* (2023), Fi1m 64, Story, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/elemental.md)
- *How I Met Your Mother* (2005), Fi1m 74, Producer, Co-Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/how-i-met-your-mother.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Monkey King* (2023), as Additional Writing
- *Elemental* (2023), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/elemental.md)
- *The Afterparty* (2022), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer
- *Mr. Corman* (2021), series, Co-Executive Producer
- *Sullivan & Son* (2012), series, Writer
- *Melissa & Joey* (2010), series, Writer
- *How I Met Your Mother* (2005), series, Writer, Co-Producer, Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/how-i-met-your-mother.md)

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