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Lang Fisher

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]

Lang Fisher
Born (1980-01-29) January 29, 1980 (age 44)
EducationColumbia University (BA)
OccupationTelevision writer
Years active2007 – present
Known forco-creating Never Have I Ever with Mindy Kaling
AwardsThe Peabody Awards (2008)

Career

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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

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Year Title Notes
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

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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]

References

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  1. ^ Petski, Denise (14 April 2021). "Common Joins Season 2 Of Mindy Kaling's Netflix Series 'Never Have I Ever' As Recurring". Deadline. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  2. ^ Gross, Terry (27 April 2020). "Mindy Kaling Brings A New Nerd To TV, And Finds She 'Was Not Alone' As A Teen". NPR. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  3. ^ Agresta, Mike (Fall 2011). "Behind the Shell". Columbia College Today. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  4. ^ Zurbach, Christin (4 April 2013). "Jenny Slate wins Varsity Show award". Columbia Spector. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Arts Guild". www.fvs.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-02.
  6. ^ "FVS Bulletin–Summer 2015". Issuu. 4 March 2020. Retrieved 2021-09-02.
  7. ^ "Varsity Show's 107th Production: A Modern Spectacle That Evokes Rich Tradition". www.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
  8. ^ "Columbia Spectator 30 April 2012 — Columbia Spectator". spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  9. ^ "Columbia Spectator 25 April 2002 — Columbia Spectator". spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  10. ^ "30 Bingeable TV Shows Made by Columbia Graduates". Columbia Magazine. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  11. ^ "The US Perspective - 3. From The Onion via 30 Rock to The Mindy Project". BBC. 2015-03-13. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  12. ^ "30 Rock: "A Goon's Deed In A Weary World"". The A.V. Club. 25 January 2013. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  13. ^ Sepinwall, Alan (2013-01-25). "Review: '30 Rock' – 'A Goon's Deed in a Weary World'". UPROXX. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  14. ^ Framke, Caroline; D'Addario, Daniel (2019-12-20). "TV's Top 25 Episodes of the Decade". Variety. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  15. ^ a b Otterson, Joe (20 March 2019). "Mindy Kaling, Netflix Team for Comedy Series Based on Her Childhood". Variety. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  16. ^ Fisher, Lang (15 March 2017). "The Mindy Project: Writer Lang Fisher on Ryan Hansen playing Mindy Lahiri". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  17. ^ Nguyen, Hanh (14 March 2017). "'The Mindy Project's' Lang Fisher on Writing Mindy as a White Man in the Age of Trump". IndieWire. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  18. ^ Patten, Dominic (16 June 2020). "Never Have I Ever' Creators Mindy Kaling & Lang Fisher On Flipping The Coming Of Age Script – Deadline At Home". Deadline. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  19. ^ Ferguson, LaToya (28 February 2019). ""He Said, She Said" is an honest, funny, exemplary episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine". AV Club. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  20. ^ Christina, Smith (5 March 2019). "The Amazing Story Behind The Latest Episode of 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine'". Film School Rejects. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  21. ^ Arora, Priya (27 April 2020). "Mindy Kaling's Netflix Show Tells a New Kind of Story: One Like Hers". The New York Times.
  22. ^ "WGA Awards 2014: Complete list of winners and nominees". Los Angeles Times. 2014-01-31. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  23. ^ Bosselman, Haley (2021-03-28). "NAACP Image Awards 2021: The Complete Televised Winners List". Variety. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  24. ^ "Onion News Network". The Peabody Awards. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  25. ^ Thielman, Sam (2009-05-19). "The Onion wins Peabody Award". Variety. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  26. ^ "Explore Gotham WEEK on Filmocracy Virtual Festivals!". Filmocracy Virtual Festivals. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
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