Joanna Calo

Joanna Calo is an American writer, director and producer. The showrunner of The Bear, her credits as a writer and executive producer include the television series Hacks, BoJack Horseman and The Baby-Sitters Club. She co-wrote the 2025 Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Thunderbolts*.

Calo has won a Primetime Emmy Award, three Writers Guild of America Awards, an Independent Spirit Award, and a Producers Guild Award.

She and her husband have two children. They live in Los Angeles, California.

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