Lisa Joy

Lisa Joy (born May 23, 1977) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and attorney. She is best known as the co-creator, writer, director, and executive producer of the HBO science-fiction drama series Westworld (2016–2022), for which she received multiple Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Joy also worked on 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. Before her career in entertainment, Joy worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company and practiced law in California. She graduated from Stanford University and Harvard Law School, and her parents are immigrants from England and Taiwan.