Sara Hess

American television producer and writer

Talia Osteen

(m. 2014)

Sara Hess is a television writer and producer. She has worked in both capacities on the drama series House and Orange Is the New Black.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Career

Hess joined the crew of the HBO western drama Deadwood as a writer for the second season in 2005. She wrote the episode "Advances, None Miraculous".

From 2005 to 2012, Hess worked on the medical drama series House, for which she wrote 17 episodes.

Since 2013, she has been working on Orange Is the New Black. More recently, she worked for House of the Dragon, and signed an HBO overall deal.^[4]

Filmography

Deadwood (Writer)
- Advances, None Miraculous (S2E10)
House (Supervising Producer, Co-Producer, Producer) Writer for following episodes:
- Spin (S2E6)
- Sleeping Dogs Lie (S2E18)
- Finding Judas (S3E9)
- Act Your Age (S3E19)
- You Don't Want To Know (S4E8)
- Living the Dream (S4E14)
- Lucky Thirteen (S5E5)
- The Greater Good (S5E14)
- Epic Fail (S6E3)
- The Down Low (S6E11)
- Open and Shut (S6E19)
- Larger Than Life (S7E9)
- Bombshells (S7E15)
- The Dig (S7E18)
- Charity Case (S8E3)
- Man of the House (S8E13)
- We Need the Eggs (S8E17)
Orange Is the New Black (Co-Executive Producer, Executive Producer) Writer for following episodes:
- Blood Donut (S1E7)
- Fool Me Once (S1E12)
- Comic Sans (S2E7)
- It Was The Change (S2E12)
- Ching Chong Chang (S3E6)
- Don't Make Me Come Back There (S3E12)
- Power Suit (S4E2)
- Turn Table Turn (S4E9)
House of the Dragon (Executive Producer) Writer for following episodes:
- The Princess and the Queen (S1E6)
- The Green Council (S1E9)

References

^ Petski, Denise (2019-02-27). "'Game of Thrones' Prequel Pilot Exec Producer Sara Lee Hess Inks Overall Deal With HBO". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
^ "Sara Hess". Television Academy. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
^ "Sara Hess on "Orange is the New Black" and writing Thirteen's sex scenes on "house" - AfterEllen.com". AfterEllen. 2013-08-05. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
^ "'House of the Dragon' Writer Extends HBO Overall Deal (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. 2021-02-01. Retrieved 2021-02-02.