---
name: "Karyn Usher"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/karyn-usher"
fi1m_id: "karyn-usher"
imdb_id: "nm0882329"
tmdb_id: 1215004
wikidata_id: "Q6373865"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-23T14:05:10.455150+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."
---

# Karyn Usher

## Identity

Karyn Usher

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/karyn-usher
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** karyn-usher
- **IMDb ID:** nm0882329
- **TMDB ID:** 1215004
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6373865
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karyn_Usher, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6373865, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0882329/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1215004

Writer. Born 1 January 1901.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1901
- **Active:** 2003–2005
- **Also known as:** キャリン・アッシャー
- **Frequently works with:** [Sanford Bookstaver](https://film.one/person/sanford-bookstaver.md), [Brad Turner](https://film.one/person/brad-turner.md), [Bryan Spicer](https://film.one/person/bryan-spicer.md), [Craig Ross Jr.](https://film.one/person/craig-ross-jr.md), [Dwight H. Little](https://film.one/person/dwight-h-little.md), [Greg Yaitanes](https://film.one/person/greg-yaitanes.md), [Jessica Landaw](https://film.one/person/jessica-landaw.md), [Jesús Salvador Treviño](https://film.one/person/jesus-salvador-trevino.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 2, Action & Adventure 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karyn_Usher, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6373865, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0882329/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1215004

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Bones*](https://film.one/tv/bones.md) (70), [*Prison Break*](https://film.one/tv/prison-break.md) (68), [*One Tree Hill*](https://film.one/tv/one-tree-hill.md) (66)

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

## Biography

Karyn Usher is an American television writer and producer. She began her career with production assistant and set dresser roles on films before moving into writing staff positions on series including *Citizen Baines* (2000–2001), *Presidio Med* (2003), *The Lyon's Den* (2003) and *North Shore* (2004–2005). She also served as executive story editor and writer on *One Tree Hill* (2003).

Usher wrote twelve episodes of *Prison Break* (2005–2009) and produced twenty-four episodes, advancing from co-producer to co-executive producer across the series' four seasons. She later wrote episodes of and co-executive produced forty-five episodes of *Bones* (2009–2011). Subsequent credits include writing and producing on *Touch* (2012–2013), *The Rook* (2019) and *56 Days* (2026), where she served as showrunner. In 2016 she co-founded Carpool Entertainment with Lisa Zwerling.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, tviv.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Bones* (2005), Fi1m 70, Writer, Teleplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)
- *Prison Break* (2005), Fi1m 68, Producer, Co-Producer, Writer, Supervising Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/prison-break.md)
- *One Tree Hill* (2003), Fi1m 66, Writer, Executive Story Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/one-tree-hill.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *56 Days* (2026), series, Executive Producer, Teleplay, Writer, Creator
- *The Rook* (2019), series, Writer
- *Delirium* (2014), Script
- *Touch* (2012), series, Writer
- *Prison Break: The Final Break* (2009), Co-Executive Producer, Teleplay
- *Bones* (2005), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer, Teleplay — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)
- *Prison Break* (2005), series, Writer, Co-Producer, Producer, Supervising Producer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/prison-break.md)
- *North Shore* (2004), series, Writer
- *The Lyon's Den* (2003), series, Writer
- *One Tree Hill* (2003), series, Writer, Executive Story Editor — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/one-tree-hill.md)

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