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10 Facts About Lang Fisher

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Lang Fisher co-created and executive produced the Netflix coming-of-age comedy-drama series, Never Have I Ever.

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Lang Fisher's 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, and Robby Mook, manager of Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.

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Lang Fisher's classmates included award-winning director and producer Susanna Fogel.

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Lang Fisher 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.

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From 2013 to 2017, Lang Fisher wrote, directed and co-executive produced on the romantic comedy series, The Mindy Project.

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Lang Fisher started writing on the series in season 2.

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From 2017 to 2019, Lang Fisher was a writer and Co-Executive Producer on the police procedural comedy, Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

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In 2019, Lang Fisher wrote and co-created Never Have I Ever with Mindy Kaling and serves as the showrunner.

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Lang Fisher was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy Series in 2014 for her work on 30 Rock.

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Lang Fisher was nominated in 2021 for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series.