Lisa Joy

He has Taiwanese and American ancestry, which gives him very distinctive physical features. She had always liked to write, and in fact from an early age she scribbled papers with poetry and short stories, which she never showed to anyone. Even after graduating from Stanford, and starting work as a financial consultant on technology issues at McKinsey & Company in Los Angeles, for companies in the entertainment world, she continues to take advantage of her free time to write.

After two years at McKinsey, she is signed by Universal for corporate strategy tasks. Working for a film studio did not mean dedicating herself to creative issues, but she took the opportunity to enroll in narrative courses at UCLA, the University of California, thus delving into what until then was her very personal hobby. Also around that time she meets at the premiere of Memento who will be first her boyfriend and then her husband, Jonathan Nolan , with whom she has two children. The film directed by her brother Christopher was based on her story, and she also served as a co-writer.

Lisa, after four years of work at Universal and academic training at UCLA, decides to change scenery. Seeking financial security and paying off previous school debts, and fulfilling a dream that seems romantically inspired by Legally Blonde and her vision of Hogwarts in the Harry Potter movies, she decides to complete her legal training at Harvard. She will share an apartment with a beagle dog. Before her, her boyfriend, Jonah, gives her a little package. She thinks it may be an engagement ring, but it turns out that it is a voucher for a computer program that makes it easier for her to put order in her literary efforts, basically a discreet suggestion that she not abandon what she likes. and inspire. Nolan tells him, “I see your passion for writing and how hard you work.

While studying law, he embarks on writing synopses and treatments of possible television scripts, an exercise with which he is gaining in confidence. He will catch the eye of Bryan Fuller , who is preparing a new series, Raising Hollyhocks , and offers him to join his writing team. It is the moment of truth, because after passing his law exam to practice in San Francisco, McKinsey expects him to rejoin the firm. Instead, she decides to take a chance on her screenwriting career. Which means, among other things, lower income.

Raising hollyhocks is broadcast for two seasons, but can later be added to another series, Último aviso . But the big break comes from JJ Abrams , when he offers her and Jonathan Nolan to work together on a new HBO show based on Michael Crichton ‘ s Westworld , which would primarily take the point of view of futuristic theme park robots . . The series, which has been running for two seasons, has garnered great critical success and among science fiction fans. With convoluted plots, it is also a philosophical look at the meaning of life, the exercise of freedom and the use of new technologies.