---
name: "Rita Hsiao"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rita-hsiao"
fi1m_id: "rita-hsiao"
imdb_id: "nm0398763"
tmdb_id: 12906
wikidata_id: "Q22083748"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-02T21:49:00.726239+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."
---

# Rita Hsiao

## Identity

Rita Hsiao

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rita-hsiao
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rita-hsiao
- **IMDb ID:** nm0398763
- **TMDB ID:** 12906
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22083748
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22083748, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0398763/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12906

Writer. Born in Poughkeepsie.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 1998–2007
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as writer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 82 (2), 2000s 59 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 64 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Family 3, Fantasy 3, Animation 2, Romance 2, Action 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,321m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22083748, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0398763/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12906

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Toy Story 2*](https://film.one/film/toy-story-2.md) (89), [*Enchanted*](https://film.one/film/enchanted.md) (76), [*Mulan*](https://film.one/film/mulan.md) (74)
- **Netflix:** [*13 Going on 30*](https://film.one/film/13-going-on-30.md) (67)
- **HBO Max:** [*Catwoman*](https://film.one/film/catwoman.md) (34)

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

## Biography

Rita Hsiao is a screenwriter and television writer. She was born and raised in Poughkeepsie, New York, as the American-born daughter of Chinese parents. She studied artificial intelligence at UC San Diego before pursuing writing, beginning with a spec script for The Wonder Years that led to work at Disney.

Hsiao wrote for television series including The Wonder Years, Ellen, Thunder Alley and All-American Girl. Her film credits include the screenplay for Mulan (1998) and Toy Story 2 (1999), for which she received Annie Awards, as well as 13 Going on 30 (2004), Enchanted (2007) and My Little Pony: The Movie (2017). Later work includes The Monkey King (2023) and episodes of The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers (2021), on which she also served as consulting producer.

*Sources: imdb.com, pixar.fandom.com, waltdisney.org.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Enchanted* (2007), Fi1m 76, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/enchanted.md)
- *13 Going on 30* (2004), Fi1m 67, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/13-going-on-30.md)
- *Catwoman* (2004), Fi1m 34, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/catwoman.md)
- *Toy Story 2* (1999), Fi1m 89, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-2.md)
- *Mulan* (1998), Fi1m 74, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/mulan.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

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

- *In Your Dreams* (2025), as Additional Writing
- *The Monkey King* (2023), Screenplay
- *The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers* (2021), series, Writer
- *My Little Pony: The Movie* (2017), Screenplay
- *Enchanted* (2007), Writer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/enchanted.md)
- *Catwoman* (2004), Writer — Fi1m 34, [page](https://film.one/film/catwoman.md)
- *13 Going on 30* (2004), Writer — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/13-going-on-30.md)
- *Toy Story 2* (1999), Screenplay — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-2.md)
- *Mulan* (1998), Screenplay — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/mulan.md)

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