---
name: "Victor Hsu"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/victor-hsu"
fi1m_id: "victor-hsu"
imdb_id: "nm0398851"
tmdb_id: 1237324
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-23T12:59:41.439620+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."
---

# Victor Hsu

## Identity

Victor Hsu

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/victor-hsu
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** victor-hsu
- **IMDb ID:** nm0398851
- **TMDB ID:** 1237324
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0398851/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1237324

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Active:** 1977–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 4 producing, 1 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Danny Leiner](https://film.one/person/danny-leiner.md), [Paul Feig](https://film.one/person/paul-feig.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as producer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 38 (1), 1990s 88 (1), 2000s 87 (1), 2010s 82 (1), 2020s 72 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 78 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Drama 3, Crime 1, Mystery 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0398851/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1237324

## Streaming the US now

- **Paramount+:** [*Freaks and Geeks*](https://film.one/tv/freaks-and-geeks.md) (88)
- **Netflix:** [*Arrested Development*](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md) (87)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Transparent*](https://film.one/tv/transparent.md) (82)

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

## Biography

Victor Hsu is a British-American television producer and production manager. He began his career in the 1970s as a second assistant director on films including *Oh, God!* (1977) and *Exorcist II: The Heretic* (1977), later working as first assistant director on *Gremlins 2: The New Batch* (1990).

Hsu has produced or served in production management roles on numerous television series. He was a producer on *Freaks and Geeks* (1999), with credits on 17 episodes. Other notable work includes production management on *Arrested Development* (2003) and executive producer roles on *Transparent* (2014), *I Love Dick* (2016), *The Patient* (2022) and *High Potential* (2024). He has also contributed to *It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia*.

Hsu has received one Primetime Emmy Award and additional nominations for his production work.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

### Produced (4) — the average rests on these

- *High Potential* (2024), Fi1m 72, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/high-potential.md)
- *Transparent* (2014), Fi1m 82, Producer, Co-Executive Producer, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/transparent.md)
- *Arrested Development* (2003), Fi1m 87, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md)
- *Freaks and Geeks* (1999), Fi1m 88, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/freaks-and-geeks.md)

### Crew (1)

- *Exorcist II: The Heretic* (1977), Fi1m 38, Second Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/exorcist-ii-the-heretic.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *High Potential* (2024), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/high-potential.md)
- *The Patient* (2022), series, Executive Producer
- *I Love Dick* (2016), series, Executive Producer
- *The Comedians* (2015), series, Producer
- *Transparent* (2014), series, Co-Executive Producer, Executive Producer, Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/transparent.md)
- *Friends with Benefits* (2011), series, Producer
- *Men of a Certain Age* (2009), series, Producer
- *Help Me Help You* (2006), series, Producer
- *Arrested Development* (2003), series, Producer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md)
- *Freaks and Geeks* (1999), series, Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/freaks-and-geeks.md)
- *Gremlins 2: The New Batch* (1990), First Assistant Director
- *The Equalizer* (1985), series, Writer
- *Hysterical* (1982), First Assistant Director
- *A Little Sex* (1982), First Assistant Director
- *The Comeback Kid* (1980), First Assistant Director
- *Oh, God!* (1977), Second Assistant Director
- *Exorcist II: The Heretic* (1977), Second Assistant Director — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/exorcist-ii-the-heretic.md)

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