Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson

Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson are American screenwriters and producers known for creating and executive producing the Showtime drama series Yellowjackets.^[1]

Biography

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]

Filmography

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 2 episodes (only Bart Nickerson)
2023	Celebrity Family Feud	No	No	No	Contestant (only Ashley Lyle)