Lilla Anne Zuckerman is an American showrunner,

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and producer. She is currently the showrunner of Poker Face which was created by

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and stars

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. She has worked on a number of

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, most notably ''Agents of SHIELD'', ''Prodigal Son'', ''Suits'', and ''Fringe''. She has also worked on ''

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'', and the Syfy original series '' Haven''. She collaborates with her sister, Nora Zuckerman.

Career

Zuckerman's television career began in 2009 when she started working with her

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as a staff writer and production staffer on the second season of the FOX series ''Fringe''. She then moved to another FOX series, ''Human Target''. After ''Human Target's'' cancellation in May 2011, She and her sister were hired on the Syfy series ''Haven'', a

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/ thriller series based on ''

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'' by Stephen King, where they wrote eight episodes, including fan-favorites, " Audrey Parker's Day Off" and "Sarah". With her sister Nora, the moved on to write and produce four episodes of the USA television series, Suits then spent four seasons as a co-executive producer on

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Television's series

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which aired on ABC network. They also served as co-executive producers on Fox's Prodigal Son. Lilla and Nora just wrote, produced and completed their showrunning duties on Season One of Poker Face, a throwback case-of-the-week procedural in the style of Columbo, streaming on Peacock Network. Lilla and Nora have sold multiple pilots to

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, and Peacock.

References

External links

* * * https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/natasha-lyonee-rian-johnson-peacock-series-poker-face-showrunners-1235038288/ * https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/natasha-lyonne-rian-johnson-mystery-of-the-week-detective-inspirations-poker-face-1235303084/ * https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/poker-face-rian-johnson-natasha-lyonne-interview-1234646956/ * https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/12/poker-face-is-rian-johnsons-modern-take-on-retro-mystery {{DEFAULTSORT:Zuckerman, Lilla 1974 births American television writers Living people American women television writers 21st-century American women