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Lauren Schmidt-Hissrich (/ˈhɪsrɪk/ HIS-rik[1][2] [3]) is an American television producer and screenwriter. She is the executive producer and showrunner of the television series The Witcher.[4]

Lauren Schmidt-Hissrich
Schmidt Hissrich at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	Lauren Schmidt (1978-08-01) August 1, 1978 (age 44) Westerville, Ohio, United States
Education	Wittenberg University (BA)
Occupation	Television producer, screenwriter, television writer
Years active	2002–present
Spouse	Michael Hissrich
Children	2

Early life

She was raised in Westerville, Ohio, United States, and graduated from Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, in 2000 with a BA in English literature and creative writing.[5][6][3]

Career

She has written scripts for television series The West Wing and Justice, as well as written and produced shows such as Parenthood, Do No Harm, Private Practice, Daredevil, The Defenders and The Umbrella Academy. She is the showrunner of The Witcher, a Netflix original series based on the book series by Andrzej Sapkowski.[4]

More recently, she signed an overall deal with Netflix.[7]

Filmography

Television

Year(s)	Title	Credited as			Notes
		Writer	Executive producer	Other
2002–2006	The West Wing	Yes	No	Yes	Story editor, researcher
2006–2007	Justice	Yes	No	Yes	Story editor
2007	Drive	Yes	No	Yes	Story editor
2007–2009	Private Practice	Yes	Yes	No
2010	Parenthood	Yes	Yes	No
2013	Do No Harm	Yes	Yes	No
2014	Power	Yes	Yes	No
2016	Daredevil	Yes	Yes	No
2017	The Defenders	Yes	Yes	No
2019	The Umbrella Academy	Yes	Yes	No
2019–present	The Witcher	Yes	Yes	Yes	Showrunner
2021	The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf[8]	No	Yes	No	Animated film
TBA	The Witcher: Blood Origin	No	Yes	No

Personal life

She lives in Los Angeles with her husband Michael Hissrich—who is also a television producer—and two sons, Harry and Ben.[5][9]

References

External links

• Lauren Schmidt Hissrich at IMDb
• Lauren Schmidt Hissrich on Twitter
• Content in this edit is translated from the existing Spanish Wikipedia article at Lauren Schmidt Hissrich; see its history for attribution.

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Lauren Schmidt Hissrich (* 1. August 1978 in Ohio als Lauren Schmidt) ist eine US-amerikanische Fernsehproduzentin und Drehbuchautorin. Sie ist die Urheberin, ausführende Produzentin und Regisseurin der Fernsehserie The Witcher.[1]

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