Lang Fisher

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Lang Fisher
Born (1980-01-29) January 29, 1980 (age 43)
Education Columbia University (BA)
OccupationTelevision writer
Years active2007 – present
Known forco-creating Never Have I Ever with Mindy Kaling
Awards The Peabody Awards (2008)

Lang Fisher (born January 29, 1980) is an American comedy writer and director. She co-created and executive produced the Netflix coming-of-age comedy-drama series, Never Have I Ever . [1] [2]

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Career

Fisher graduated from Fountain Valley School of Colorado in 1998 and Columbia University in 2002. [3] [4] [5] [6] At Columbia, she was a member of the annual Varsity Show . Her cast and staff-mates included future actress Jenny Slate, comedian Michelle Collins, Gabe Liedman, who is the show-runner of Netflix animated series Q-Force and Hulu comedy series PEN15 , Emmy Award-nominated stage actor Brandon Victor Dixon, managing editor of The Onion and Upworthy co-founder Peter Koechley, Onion News Network founder and director Will Graham, [7] and Robby Mook, manager of Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign. [8] [9] Her classmates also included award-winning director and producer Susanna Fogel. [10]

She was a staff writer for The Onion as well as its TV spin-off, the Onion News Network , for six years and was a member of its award-winning writing staff before joining 30 Rock as a staff writer in its final season. [11] The episode she co-wrote, "A Goon's Deed in a Weary World", received critical acclaim and was named by Variety magazine as one of the "25 Best TV Episodes of the Decade (2010-2019)" in 2019. [12] [13] [14]

From 2013 to 2017, Fisher wrote, directed and co-executive produced on the romantic comedy series, The Mindy Project. [15] She started writing on the series in season 2. [16] Fisher wrote the 12th episode of season 5, "Mindy Lahiri is a White Man." [17]

From 2017 to 2019, Fisher was a writer and Co-Executive Producer on the police procedural comedy, Brooklyn Nine-Nine . [18] Fisher wrote the 8th episode of the show's 6th season, titled "He Said, She Said." [19] The episode explored sexual assault in the workplace and was Stephanie Beatriz's directorial debut. [20] She also wrote the episodes '' Hitchcock & Scully" and '' The Puzzle Master" for the show.

In 2019, Fisher wrote and co-created Never Have I Ever with Mindy Kaling and serves as the showrunner. [15] [21]

Filmography

YearTitleNotes
2007–2010 The Onion Director, writer
2011 Onion News Network Writer
2013 30 Rock Writer
2013–2017 The Mindy Project Co-executive producer, writer, executive story editor, director (1 episode)
2017–2019 Brooklyn Nine-Nine Co-executive producer, writer
2020–2021 Never Have I Ever Co-creator, executive producer, writer, director (1 episode)

Awards

Fisher was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy Series in 2014 for her work on 30 Rock. [22] She was nominated in 2021 for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series. [23]

In 2008, she was part of The Onion 's team that won the Peabody Awards. [24] [25] [26]

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