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Joy's other work includes the ABC comedy series Pushing Daisies (2007–2009) and the USA Network crime drama series Burn Notice (2009–2011). In 2021, she made her feature film directorial debut with Reminiscence.
In 2011, she joined the staff of Burn Notice as a co-producer. She is co-creator and executive producer of the HBO show Westworld. Her spec script, Reminiscence, was on the Black List in 2013 and is in development at Legendary.
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Lisa Joy. Producer: Westworld. Lisa Joy was born in New Jersey. Her writing career began on the ABC show Pushing Daisies. In 2011, she joined the staff of Burn Notice as a co-producer. She is co-creator and executive producer of the HBO show Westworld.
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Aug 23, 2021 · Reminiscence, which Joy first conceived of when Westworld was still just a glimmer in her eye, was released simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max last Friday.
Aug 20, 2021 · Following its 2008 cancellation, she wrote for USA’s Miami-set spy procedural Burn Notice. But Joy’s big break didn't come until 2016 when she and Nolan co-created Westworld for HBO.
After leaving Pushing Daisies, Lisa joined Burn Notice as the only woman on the writing staff. “I was actually drawn to Burn Notice because it was macho,” she said. “There was this thinking in Hollywood that women can’t write men or women can’t write action, or women can’t be funny, or whatever stupidity is in the air in that moment.”
Aug 18, 2021 · After it was canceled, Joy shifted to Miami noir hit Burn Notice, and in 2016 co-created an updated adaptation of Westworld with her husband, Jonah Nolan. But in truth, “attorney” was the...
