Soo Hugh () is an American television writer, producer, and

showrunner A showrunner is the top-level executive producer of a television series. The position outranks other creative and management personnel, including episode directors, in contrast to feature films, in which the director has creative control over th ...

. She served as co-showrunner for the first season of AMC's ''

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'' and is currently showrunner for

Apple TV+ Apple TV+ is an American subscription over-the-top streaming service owned by Apple. The service launched on November 1, 2019, and it offers a selection of original production film and television series called Apple Originals. The service w ...

's ''

Pachinko is a mechanical game originating in Japan that is used as an arcade game, and much more frequently for gambling. Pachinko fills a niche in Gambling in Japan, Japanese gambling comparable to that of the slot machine in the West as a form of l ...

'', an adaptation of

Min Jin Lee Min Jin Lee (; born November 11, 1968) is a Korean American author and journalist based in Harlem, New York City; her work frequently deals with the Korean diaspora. She is best known for writing '' Free Food for Millionaires'' (2007) and ''Pac ...

's bestselling novel.

Career

Before working as a TV writer, Hugh worked in marketing and advertising. Her credits as a staff writer include

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’s ''The Killing'', CBS’ '' Under the Dome'', and Apple TV+’s '' See''. Her first series as creator/showrunner was ''

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'' for ABC, which premiered in 2015. ''The Whispers'' is based on a

Ray Bradbury Ray Douglas Bradbury ( ; August 22, 1920June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of genres, including fantasy, science fiction, Horror fiction, horr ...

short story and was produced by

Steven Spielberg Steven Allan Spielberg ( ; born December 18, 1946) is an American filmmaker. A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, Spielberg is widely regarded as one of the greatest film directors of all time and is ...

and directed by

Mark Romanek Mark Lee Romanek (; born September 18, 1959) is an American film, music video and commercial director and photographer. He is best known for directing the films ''One Hour Photo'' (2002) and ''Never Let Me Go (2010 film), Never Let Me Go'' (2010) ...

. Soo Hugh was the co-showrunner alongside show developer David Kajganich of the first season of AMC's ''The Terror'' (2018). The series was produced by

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and is based on the

Dan Simmons Dan Simmons (born April 4, 1948) is an American science fiction and horror writer. He is the author of the Hyperion Cantos and the Ilium/Olympos cycles, among other works that span the science fiction, horror, and fantasy genres, sometimes ...

novel of the same name. Hugh is currently the showrunner and executive producer of Apple TV+ series ''Pachinko'', which premiered March 25, 2022. The series is based on the novel by

, and tells the story of multiple generations of a Korean family, taking place across the US, Japan, and Korea. Kogonada and

Justin Chon Justin Jitae Chon (born May 29, 1981) is a South Korean-American actor and filmmaker. He has directed three films, Gook (film), ''Gook'' (2017), ''Ms. Purple'' (2019), and ''Blue Bayou (film), Blue Bayou'' (2021). He is also known for portrayin ...

direct four episodes each, and also executive produce. The cast includes

Youn Yuh-Jung Youn Yuh-jung (, ; born June 19, 1947) is a South Korean actress, whose career in film and television spans over five decades. Her accolades include an Academy Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, British Academy Film Award, and Independent Spir ...

Jin Ha Jin Ha is a South Korean-born American actor known for his roles in the TV series ''Devs'', '' Love Life'', and ''Pachinko'' in addition to the musical ''Hamilton''. Early life and education Ha was born in Seoul, South Korea, before moving to ...

, Lee Minho, Kaho Minami,

Kim Min-ha Kim Min-ha (; born September 1, 1995) is a South Korean actress. She gained international recognition for her role as the young adult Sunja in Apple TV+ series ''Pachinko (TV series), Pachinko'' in 2022. Filmography Film Television series ...

, Anna Sawai, and

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. On April 29, 2022, Apple renewed the series for a second season. She signed a multi-year overall deal with

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in 2021. In early 2022, she launched the ''Thousand Miles Project'' through UCP''.'' The ''Thousand Miles Project'' is an incubator program for aspiring writers telling AAPI stories, and includes an educational workshop as well as a development lab. Hugh is set to produce an adaptation of '' Wisconsin Death Trip'' for Media Res, and a film for

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to be written by

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and Tony Gerber. She is also writing the reboot of ''

Flight of the Navigator ''Flight of the Navigator'' is a 1986 American science-fiction adventure film directed by Randal Kleiser and written by Mark H. Baker, Michael Burton, and Phil Joanou. It stars Joey Cramer as David Freeman, a 12-year-old boy abducted by an ali ...

'' for

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Accolades

*2022:

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for her work as a creator of the show

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hugh, Soo American television producers American women television producers American television writers Living people American women television writers Place of birth missing (living people) South Korean emigrants to the United States Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women