---
name: "Teresa Hsiao"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/teresa-hsiao"
fi1m_id: "teresa-hsiao"
imdb_id: "nm4183757"
tmdb_id: 1224540
wikidata_id: "Q29353410"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "26 May 1985"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T05:42:10.593856+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."
---

# Teresa Hsiao

## Identity

Teresa Hsiao

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/teresa-hsiao
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** teresa-hsiao
- **IMDb ID:** nm4183757
- **TMDB ID:** 1224540
- **Wikidata ID:** Q29353410
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_Hsiao, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29353410, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4183757/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1224540

Writer. Born 26 May 1985 in Indiana, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 26 May 1985, Indiana, USA
- **Active:** 1999–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Bob Bowen](https://film.one/person/bob-bowen-1967383.md), [Cherry Chevapravatdumrong](https://film.one/person/cherry-chevapravatdumrong.md), [David Zuckerman](https://film.one/person/david-zuckerman.md), [Jim Bernstein](https://film.one/person/jim-bernstein.md), [Kurt Dumas](https://film.one/person/kurt-dumas.md), [Matt Weitzman](https://film.one/person/matt-weitzman.md), [Michael Shipley](https://film.one/person/michael-shipley.md), [Mike Barker](https://film.one/person/mike-barker-1224449.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 66, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 63 (1), 2020s 70 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_Hsiao, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29353410, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4183757/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1224540

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Joy Ride*](https://film.one/film/joy-ride.md) (70)
- **Disney+:** [*Family Guy*](https://film.one/tv/family-guy.md) (63)

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

## Biography

Teresa Hsiao is an American screenwriter and producer. Born on 26 May 1985 in Indiana, she graduated from Harvard University with a BA in economics.

She has written for the animated series *Family Guy* (1999), serving as a staff writer, and *American Dad!* (2005), for which she was also a producer. Hsiao co-created the sitcom *Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens* (2020). She co-wrote the story and screenplay for the 2023 film *Joy Ride*, on which she also served as producer.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Joy Ride* (2023), Fi1m 70, Story, Screenplay, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/joy-ride.md)
- *Family Guy* (1999), Fi1m 63, Staff Writer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/family-guy.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Joy Ride* (2023), Producer, Story, Screenplay — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/joy-ride.md)
- *Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens* (2020), series, Executive Producer, Writer
- *Black Monday* (2019), series, Story, Supervising Producer
- *Fresh Off the Boat* (2015), series, Writer
- *American Dad!* (2005), series, Writer
- *Family Guy* (1999), series, Staff Writer, Writer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/family-guy.md)

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