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 45)
Education	Columbia University (BA)
Occupation	Television writer
Years active	2007 – present
Known for	co-creating Never Have I Ever with Mindy Kaling
Awards	The Peabody Awards (2008)

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

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

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]