---
name: "Sarah Gubbins"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sarah-gubbins"
fi1m_id: "sarah-gubbins"
imdb_id: "nm6311892"
tmdb_id: 1808370
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:13:55.737699+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 Gubbins

## Identity

Sarah Gubbins

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sarah-gubbins
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sarah-gubbins
- **IMDb ID:** nm6311892
- **TMDB ID:** 1808370
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6311892/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1808370

Writer and producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Active:** 2016–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 84 (1), 2020s 63 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6311892/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1808370

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Better Things*](https://film.one/tv/better-things-2016.md) (84)
- **Netflix:** [*Black Rabbit*](https://film.one/tv/black-rabbit.md) (63)

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

## Biography

Sarah Gubbins is a writer and producer. She began her career as a playwright in Chicago, with works produced at Steppenwolf Theatre and other venues. She holds an MFA in Writing for the Screen and Stage from Northwestern University.

Her film and television credits include the screenplay for *Shirley* (2020), on which she also served as producer. She has written episodes of *Better Things* (2019), *Pam & Tommy* (2022) and *Black Rabbit* (2025). Gubbins created the series *I Love Dick* (2016–2017) and has additional producer credits on several of these projects.

*Sources: imdb.com, steppenwolf.org, dailynorthwestern.com, chicagoreader.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Black Rabbit* (2025), Fi1m 63, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/black-rabbit.md)
- *Better Things* (2016), Fi1m 84, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/better-things-2016.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *Black Rabbit* (2025), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-rabbit.md)
- *Pam & Tommy* (2022), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer
- *Shirley* (2020), Screenplay, Producer
- *Better Things* (2016), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/better-things-2016.md)
- *I Love Dick* (2016), series, Teleplay, Writer, Executive Producer

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