Lang Fisher (born January 29, 1980) is an American

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and

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. She co-created and executive produced the

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comedy-drama series, ''

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''.

Career

Fisher graduated from Fountain Valley School of Colorado in 1998 and

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

in 2002. At Columbia, she was a member of the annual ''

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''. Her cast and staff-mates included future actress

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, comedian

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Gabe Liedman Gabe Liedman is an American television writer, producer, and actor known for his work on '' PEN15'', '' Brooklyn Nine-Nine'', and '' Inside Amy Schumer''. He is the showrunner of Netflix animation series ''Q-Force'' and the first season of '' PEN ...

, who is the show-runner of

animated series ''

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'' and Hulu comedy series ''

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'', Emmy Award-nominated stage actor

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, managing editor of ''

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'' and

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co-founder

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founder and director Will Graham, and

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, manager of Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign. Her classmates also included award-winning director and producer Susanna Fogel. She was a staff writer for ''

'' as well as its TV spin-off, the ''

'', 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. The episode she co-wrote, "

A Goon's Deed in a Weary World "A Goon's Deed in a Weary World" is the eleventh episode of the seventh season of the American television comedy series ''30 Rock'', the 136th overall episode, and the penultimate episode of the series (although the series finale, which aired the ...

", received critical acclaim and was named by ''Variety'' magazine as one of the "25 Best TV Episodes of the Decade (2010-2019)" in 2019. From 2013 to 2017, Fisher wrote, directed and co-executive produced on the

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series, ''

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.'' She started writing on the series in season 2. Fisher wrote the 12th episode of season 5, " Mindy Lahiri is a White Man." From 2017 to 2019, Fisher was a writer and Co-Executive Producer on the police procedural

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, '' Brooklyn Nine-Nine''. Fisher wrote the 8th episode of the show's 6th season, titled " He Said, She Said." The episode explored sexual assault in the workplace and was

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's directorial debut. She also wrote the episodes '' Hitchcock & Scully" and ''

The Puzzle Master "The Puzzle Master" is the 15th episode of the fifth season of the American television police sitcom series ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'', and the 105th overall episode of the series. The episode was written by Lang Fisher and directed by Akiva Schaffer. ...

" for the show. In 2019, Fisher wrote and co-created ''

'' with

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and serves as the showrunner.

Filmography

Awards

Fisher was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy Series in 2014 for her work on 30 Rock. She was nominated in 2021 for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series. In 2008, she was part of ''

'''s team that won the Peabody Awards.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fisher, Lang 1980 births Living people Columbia College (New York) alumni Peabody Award winners American women television writers American television writers American women television producers 21st-century American women