Paul Thureen and Hannah Bos are a writing duo who are the creators and executive producers of HBO’s Peabody Award-winning, critically acclaimed comedy series Somebody Somewhere, starring Bridget Everett, and returning for its third season on Oct. 27. The Boston Globe declared the series as a “revelation” that “exudes compassion” with a “nuanced take on the everyday,” Them. called it “quietly powerful,” and The Daily Beast “TV’s sweetest slice of life.” Bos and Thureen received a Humanitas Prize nomination for the Somebody Somewhere pilot and the first two seasons received nominations from the GLAAD Media Awards, Critics Choice Awards, Gotham Awards, Spirit Awards, TCA & HCA Awards, Dorian TV Awards, and was honored by AFI amongst their Television Programs of the Year in 2022.
Bos and Thureen received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for “Best First Screenplay” for their feature Driveways (dir. Andrew Ahn) which premiered at the 2019 Berlin Film Festival (North American premiere at Tribeca Film Festival). Together they have also written for HBO’s High Maintenance and Amazon’s Mozart in the Jungle. Along with Oliver Butler, Hannah and Paul were founders/co-Artistic Directors of The Debate Society, a multiple-Obie award winning theater company.
