---
name: "Josh Schaer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/josh-schaer"
fi1m_id: "josh-schaer"
imdb_id: "nm1511199"
tmdb_id: 1215821
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T11:09:07.642017+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."
---

# Josh Schaer

## Identity

Josh Schaer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/josh-schaer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** josh-schaer
- **IMDb ID:** nm1511199
- **TMDB ID:** 1215821
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1511199/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1215821

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1511199/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1215821

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Last Ship*](https://film.one/tv/the-last-ship.md) (67)

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

## Biography

Josh Schaer is an American television writer and producer. He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1996 and began writing full-time in 2005 after working in feature film development.

Schaer co-created the CBS series *Jericho* (2006), on which he also served as a writer and producer. He has written episodes for *Leverage* (2008), *Human Target* (2010), *The Last Ship* (2014), *Legacies* (2018), *Blood & Treasure* (2019) and *Leverage: Redemption* (2021). He has also held producer roles on several of these series.

*Sources: imdb.com, the-last-ship.fandom.com, scriptsandscribes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Last Ship* (2014), Fi1m 67, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-ship.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *Leverage: Redemption* (2021), series, Supervising Producer, Writer
- *Blood & Treasure* (2019), series, Writer
- *Legacies* (2018), series, Writer
- *The Last Ship* (2014), series, Writer — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-ship.md)
- *Human Target* (2010), series, Writer
- *Leverage* (2008), series, Writer
- *Jericho* (2006), series, Writer

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/josh-schaer