“Game of Thrones” co-creators Benioff and Weiss worked with Caulfield when she was an executive producer on that series. It was announced in August 2019 that Benioff — who married Peet in 2006 — and Weiss had signed a rich multi-year overall deal at Netflix, with “The Chair” serving as the first series they have produced under that deal. They previously co-directed the Netflix comedy special “Leslie Jones: Time Machine.”