---
name: "Sarah Fain"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sarah-fain"
fi1m_id: "sarah-fain"
imdb_id: "nm1175413"
tmdb_id: 1224044
wikidata_id: "Q18536326"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T10:48:05.165193+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."
---

# Sarah Fain

## Identity

Sarah Fain

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sarah-fain
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sarah-fain
- **IMDb ID:** nm1175413
- **TMDB ID:** 1224044
- **Wikidata ID:** Q18536326
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18536326, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1175413/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1224044

Writer and producer. Born in Kansas City, Missouri.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Active:** 2002–2009
- **Also known as:** Sarah M. Fain
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 writing, 1 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [David Von Ancken](https://film.one/person/david-von-ancken.md), [Elizabeth Craft](https://film.one/person/elizabeth-craft.md), [Evan Bleiweiss](https://film.one/person/evan-bleiweiss.md), [Guy Ferland](https://film.one/person/guy-ferland.md), [Leslie Libman](https://film.one/person/leslie-libman.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18536326, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1175413/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1224044

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Shield*](https://film.one/tv/the-shield.md) (84)
- **HBO Max:** [*The Vampire Diaries*](https://film.one/tv/the-vampire-diaries.md) (71)

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

## Biography

Sarah Fain is an American television writer and producer. She frequently works in partnership with Elizabeth Craft, whom she met in high school in Kansas City, Missouri. Fain attended Williams College.

Fain and Craft began writing for television in the early 2000s. They contributed episodes to *Angel* (2002–2004) and joined the staff of *The Shield* (2002) as writers and producers, rising to supervising producers. Their other credits include *Women's Murder Club* (which they created), *Dollhouse*, *Lie to Me*, *The Vampire Diaries*, *The 100*, *666 Park Avenue*, *The Fix* (which they co-created) and the 2021 reboot of *Fantasy Island* (on which they served as showrunners). They have also written two young adult novels together.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, theshield.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

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

- *The Vampire Diaries* (2009), Fi1m 71, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-vampire-diaries.md)
- *The Shield* (2002), Fi1m 84, Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-shield.md)

### Produced (1)

- *Dollhouse* (2009), Fi1m 66, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/dollhouse.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *Fantasy Island* (2021), series, Writer, Story, Executive Producer
- *The Fix* (2019), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *For the People* (2018), series, Writer
- *Firefly* (2016), Thanks
- *The Family* (2016), series, Teleplay
- *The 100* (2014), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Teleplay
- *666 Park Avenue* (2012), series, Writer
- *The Vampire Diaries* (2009), series, Writer — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-vampire-diaries.md)
- *Dollhouse* (2009), series, Producer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/dollhouse.md)
- *Lie to Me* (2009), series, Writer, Consulting Producer
- *Women's Murder Club* (2007), series, Producer, Writer, Creator
- *The Shield* (2002), series, Writer, Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-shield.md)
- *Glory Days* (2002), series, Writer
- *Angel* (1999), series, Writer

---
© 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/sarah-fain