---
name: "Sarah Heyward"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sarah-heyward"
fi1m_id: "sarah-heyward"
imdb_id: "nm5088036"
tmdb_id: 1752192
wikidata_id: "Q111594755"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "28 June 1984"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-30T20:25:27.927863+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 Heyward

## Identity

Sarah Heyward

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sarah-heyward
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sarah-heyward
- **IMDb ID:** nm5088036
- **TMDB ID:** 1752192
- **Wikidata ID:** Q111594755
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Heyward, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111594755, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5088036/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1752192

Writer. Born 28 June 1984 in Los Angeles, California, United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 28 June 1984, Los Angeles, California, United States
- **Active:** 2012–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Jesse Peretz](https://film.one/person/jesse-peretz.md), [Bruce Eric Kaplan](https://film.one/person/bruce-eric-kaplan.md), [Jamie Babbit](https://film.one/person/jamie-babbit.md), [Jenni Konner](https://film.one/person/jenni-konner.md), [Richard Shepard](https://film.one/person/richard-shepard.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 72 (2), 2020s 78 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 71 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Drama 2
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Heyward, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111594755, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5088036/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1752192

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Girls*](https://film.one/tv/girls.md) (82)
- **Netflix:** [*Nobody Wants This*](https://film.one/tv/nobody-wants-this.md) (78)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Modern Love*](https://film.one/tv/modern-love.md) (61)

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

## Biography

Sarah Heyward is an American television writer and producer. Born on 28 June 1984 in Los Angeles, she is the daughter of former CBS News president Andrew Heyward. She graduated from Harvard College and received an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.

Heyward began her screenwriting career on the HBO series *Girls* (2012–2017), where she contributed as a writer and later as a producer. Her other credits include writing for *SKAM Austin* (2018), *Modern Love* (2021) and *Nobody Wants This* (2024–), on which she also serves as co-executive producer. She has received Emmy and Writers Guild of America award nominations.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Nobody Wants This* (2024), Fi1m 78, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/nobody-wants-this.md)
- *Modern Love* (2019), Fi1m 61, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/modern-love.md)
- *Girls* (2012), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/girls.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *Nobody Wants This* (2024), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/nobody-wants-this.md)
- *Modern Love* (2019), series, Writer — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/tv/modern-love.md)
- *SKAM Austin* (2018), series, Writer
- *Girls* (2012), series, Writer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/girls.md)
- *Book Lovers*, Screenplay
- *Untitled Amelia Dimoldenberg Rom-Com*, Screenplay
- *Phoebe Berman’s Gonna Lose It*, Screenplay

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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/sarah-heyward