Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson are American screenwriters and producers known for creating and executive producing the Showtime drama series Yellowjackets . [1]
Lyle was born in New Jersey and grew up in Belmar, New Jersey. [2] She graduated from Lawrenceville School and received her B.A. and MFA from Columbia University. [3] [4] [5] Nickerson hails from Monmouth County, New Jersey, having been raised in Middletown Township, New Jersey. [6] [2] The couple met on the East Coast and moved to Los Angeles in 2007 with the intention of becoming TV writers and landed their first job writing for The Originals. [7] [8]
Lyle and Nickerson also wrote for other TV shows such as Narcos and Dispatches from Elsewhere . [9]
In 2022, Lyle and Nickerson were nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for Television: New Series and Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Dramatic Series for creating the Showtime series Yellowjackets. [10] In August 2022, they had signed an overall deal with Showtime. [11]
| Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writers | Producers | Directors | |||
| 2013–16 | The Originals | Yes | No | No | Wrote 11 episodes Also story editors and executive story editors |
| 2017 | Narcos | Yes | Yes | No | Co-producers, wrote: "MRO" |
| 2018 | Narcos: Mexico | Yes | Yes | No | Wrote 2 episodes, also consulting producers |
| 2020 | Dispatches from Elsewhere | Yes | Yes | No | Co-executive producers, wrote 3 episodes |
| 2021–present | Yellowjackets | Yes | Executive | Nickerson | Creators, wrote 4 episodes Directed "It Girl" (only Bart Nickerson) |
| 2023 | Celebrity Family Feud | No | No | No | Contestant (only Ashley Lyle) |