Joanna Calo

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Joanna Calo is an American television writer, director, and showrunner. Her credits include Hacks, BoJack Horseman , and The Bear . [1] [2]

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She has won three Writers Guild of America Awards, an Independent Spirit Award, and a Producers Guild Award. She has been nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards. [3]

She and her husband have two children. They live in Los Angeles, California. [4] [5]

Filmography

YearTitleRole
2025 Thunderbolts* Writer
2022–2023 The Bear Director, executive producer, writer
2023 Beef Consulting producer, writer
2022 Lost Ollie Co-executive producer, writer
2021 Hacks Co-executive producer, writer
2020 The Baby-Sitters Club Co-executive producer, writer
2016–2020 BoJack Horseman Co-executive producer, writer
2019 Undone Co-executive producer, writer
2019 Tuca & Bertie Consulting producer
2017 Girlboss Co-producer, writer
2014 Benched Writer
2014 Happyland Writer
2013 Save Me Writer

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