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Joy Lusco, also known as Joy Kecken and Joy Lusco Kecken, is an American film and television director and writer. She often works with her husband, Scott Kecken. They worked on the HBO drama series The Wire on four of the show's five seasons.
Louisville. 7.2. Short. Writer (as Joy Lusco) 1998. The Wire. 9.3. TV Series. Additional Crew (as Joy Lusco, Mr. Simon) 2002 • 1 ep. Cloak & Dagger. 6.6. TV Series. Producer. 2019 • 10 eps. Motherland: Fort Salem. 7.3. TV Series. Producer.
- Additional Crew, Writer, Producer
- Joy Kecken
The Film Foundry was formed in by Joy Lusco Kecken and Scott Kecken, shortly after the pair met at Towson University. Their first collaboration, Louisville, starred Emmy award-winner Andre Braugher. It was screened at over 30 film festivals and won over 10 awards, including best short at the New York Independent International Film Festival.
- Culver City, CA
- filmfoundry@gmail.com
Filmmakers. Joy Lusco Kecken is a writer, producer and director. She has writing credits for the award-winning Television series, Homicide: Life on the Street and The Wire. In 1998, she co-wrote the 100th episode, season finale of Homicide, which TV Guide voted the Top Ten Best Show of the Year.
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Joy Lusco Kecken, also known as Joy Kecken and Joy Lusco, is an American film and television director and writer. She often works with her husband, Scott Kecken. They have worked on the HBO drama series The Wire on four of the show's five seasons.
Lusco moved with her family as a teenager to the Baltimore area. In 1995, while attending Towson University, she met her future husband Scott Kecken.
After graduating from college, she took an internship with the Baltimore-based television show Homicide: Life on the Street. Eventually she became a freelance writer for the show. In 1998 she wrote the teleplay for episode 6.23 "Fallen Heroes: Part 2." Later that year she wrote the teleplay for episode 7.08, "Kellerman, P.I.: Part 1."
In 1997 she and Scott Kecken began work on a documentary film on Baltimore's "arabbers" (produce vendors who work from horse-drawn carts). They also started a production company called The Film Foundry. The project was funded by grants from the Maryland Arts Council and the Maryland Humanities Council.
In 1998 she and Scott released the short film Louisville, starring Andre Braugher (Homicide), which was screened at 35 film festivals. It won best short at the New York Independent International Film Festival, a Jury Award from the Atlanta Film and Video Festival, and the Lumiere Award from the New Orleans Film and Video Festival.
In 2001 she was a member of the writing staff of The Division a show about an all-female detective squad for the Lifetime network. In 2001 she programmed the Women In Film and Video festival, Diverse Voices. She and Scott married in 2002. She worked with a Girl Scout troop in a video production on self-expression, Teen Voices.
In 2002 Lusco was a member of the crew for the first season of The Wire. Lusco and The Wire creator David Simon had been writing colleagues for Homicide. She initially worked as Simon's assistant on the pilot episode "The Target". She then joined the writing staff and became the script coordinator for the rest of the season. She wrote the teleplay for the eleventh episode "The Hunt". She worked as a staff writer for the second season in 2002. She co-wrote the story and wrote the teleplay for the fourth episode "Hard Cases". She returned as a member of the writing team for the show's third season in 2004. She co-wrote the story and wrote the teleplay for seventh episode "Back Burners".
•Joy Lusco Kecken at the Internet Movie Database
•Joy Lusco at Wikipedia
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Aug 20, 2018 · At age 6, as a violin prodigy in Louisville, Kentucky, Joy Lusco Kecken played her first concert. At age 11, living in Florida, the film and TV writer, producer, director and Film Department associate professor started acting and writing after her mom took her to see Spike Lee’s debut feature film She’s Gotta Have It.
