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. Career Fisher graduated from Fountain Valley School of Colorado in 1998 and Columbia University in 2002. 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, and Robby Mook, 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 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. 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. From 2013 to 2017, Fisher wrote, directed and co-executive produced on the romantic comedy series, The Mindy Project. She started writing on the series in season 2. Fisher wrote the 12th episode of season 5, "Mindy Lahiri is a White Man."