Colette Burson

Creator Context

Summary

Colette Burson is a television writer, producer, director, and showrunner whose work includes Hung, The Riches, Los Espookys, This Close, and the feature film Permanent. Her career repeatedly examines gender, sexuality, economic insecurity, social status, and the pressures surrounding the American Dream. Hung in particular was publicly discussed as a feminist reworking of male sexual and economic power, while Burson’s production record was notable for employing women directors at an unusually high rate, including a majority of the show’s directors by its third season. Permanent and later development projects likewise show interest in women’s agency, family dynamics, and social marginality. The record supports a representation-conscious and gender-focused creative pattern, although Burson does not appear to maintain a highly visible activist or partisan public persona, making her profile more socially attentive than overtly political.