---
name: "Sara Hess"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sara-hess"
fi1m_id: "sara-hess"
imdb_id: "nm1802607"
tmdb_id: 1223926
wikidata_id: "Q7421656"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T22:12:26.253322+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."
---

# Sara Hess

## Identity

Sara Hess

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sara-hess
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sara-hess
- **IMDb ID:** nm1802607
- **TMDB ID:** 1223926
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7421656
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Hess, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7421656, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1802607/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1223926

Writer. Born 1 January 1953.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1953
- **Active:** 2004–present
- **Also known as:** Sara Lee Hess
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 writing, 1 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Alan Taylor](https://film.one/person/alan-taylor.md), [Dan Attias](https://film.one/person/dan-attias.md), [Greg Yaitanes](https://film.one/person/greg-yaitanes.md), [Miguel Sapochnik](https://film.one/person/miguel-sapochnik.md), [Tim Hunter](https://film.one/person/tim-hunter.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 84 (2), 2010s 79 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Hess, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7421656, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1802607/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1223926

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Deadwood*](https://film.one/tv/deadwood.md) (91)
- **Disney+:** [*House*](https://film.one/tv/house-2004.md) (78)

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

## Biography

Sara Hess is an American television writer and producer. She began her career writing for the HBO series *Deadwood*, contributing the second-season episode 'Advances, None Miraculous' in 2005.

From 2005 to 2012, Hess worked on the Fox medical drama *House* as a writer, story editor, executive story editor and producer, writing 17 episodes. She later wrote for and served as executive producer on the Netflix series *Orange Is the New Black* (2013–2016). Since 2021, she has worked as a writer and executive producer on the HBO series *House of the Dragon*.

Hess married writer and musician Talia Osteen in 2014.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, web.archive.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Wrote (2) — the average rests on these

- *Deadwood* (2004), Fi1m 91, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/deadwood.md)
- *House* (2004), Fi1m 78, Staff Writer, Story Editor, Writer, Executive Story Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/house-2004.md)

### Produced (1)

- *Orange Is the New Black* (2013), Fi1m 79, Co-Executive Producer, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/orange-is-the-new-black.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *House of the Dragon: Season 3 Special Premiere* (2026), Executive Producer
- *House of the Dragon* (2022), series, Executive Producer, Writer
- *Orange Is the New Black* (2013), series, Co-Executive Producer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/orange-is-the-new-black.md)
- *House* (2004), series, Writer, Staff Writer, Story Editor, Executive Story Editor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/house-2004.md)
- *Deadwood* (2004), series, Writer — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/deadwood.md)

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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/sara-hess