Lilla Zuckerman

American showrunner, television writer, and producer

Lilla Zuckerman
Born	Lilla Anne Zuckerman United States
Occupation(s)	Television writer and producer
Years active	2009–present
Known for	Fringe, Human Target, Haven

Lilla Anne Zuckerman is an American showrunner, television writer and producer. She is currently the showrunner of Poker Face^[1] which was created by Rian Johnson and stars Natasha Lyonne. She has worked on a number of television series, most notably Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Prodigal Son, Suits, and Fringe. She has also worked on Human Target, 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 sister 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,^[2] She and her sister were hired on the Syfy series Haven, a mystery/thriller series based on The Colorado Kid by Stephen King, where they wrote eight episodes, including fan-favorites, "Audrey Parker's Day Off" and "Sarah".

With her sister Nora, she moved on to write and produce four episodes of the USA television series, Suits then spent four seasons as a co-executive producer on Marvel Television's series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 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 USA Network, CBS, Warner Brothers, and Peacock.

References

^ "Natasha Lyonne, Rian Johnson Peacock Series 'Poker Face' Finds its Showrunners (EXCLUSIVE)". 10 August 2021.
^ Ausiello, Michael (May 10, 2011). "Fox Cancels Human Target, Lie To Me, Chicago Code, Two Others". TV Line. Retrieved August 1, 2011.

External links

Lilla Zuckerman at IMDb
Lilla Zuckerman on Twitter
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

Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Comedy

1960s

Dorothy Cooper for "Margaret's Old Flame" (1960)
Sam Bobrick & Bill Idelson for "The Shoplifters" / Martin Ragaway for "My Husband Is the Best One" (1964)
Carl Kleinschmitt & Dale McRaven for " Br-room, Br-room"(1965)
Jack Winter for "You Ought To Be In Pictures" (1966)
Marvin Marx & Gordon Rod Parker & Walter Stone for "Movies Are Better Than Ever" (1967)
Sam Bobrick & Bill Idelson for "Viva Smart" (1968)
Allan Burns for "Funny Boy" (1969)

1970s

Richard DeRoy for "The Valediction" (1970)
Martin Cohan for "Thoroughly Unmilitant Mary" (1971)
Larry Gelbart for "Chief Surgeon Who?" (1972)
Robert Schiller & Robert Weiskopf for "Walter's Problem" (1973)
Larry Gelbart & Laurence Marks for "O.R." (1974)
James Fritzell & Larry Gelbart & Everett Greenbaum for "Welcome to Korea" (1975)
Alan Alda for "Dear Sigmund" (1976)
Larry Rhine & Mel Tolkin for "Archie Gets the Business" (1977)
Gary David Goldberg for "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (1978)
Thad Mumford & Dan Wilcox for "Are You Now, Margaret?" / Ken Estin for "The Reluctant Fighter" (1979)

1980s

Dennis Koenig & Gene Reynolds for "Heal Thyself" (1980)
Nat Mauldin for "Stormy Weather" (1981)
Stephen Neigher & Tony Sheehan for "Hunger Strike" (1982)
David Isaacs & Ken Levine for "The Boys in the Bar" / Glen Charles and Les Charles for "Give Me a Ring Sometime" (1983)
Michael J. Weithorn for "Sumner's Return" (1984)
Glenn Gordon Caron for "Pilot" (Moonlighting) / Elias Davis & David Pollock for "Madison Avenue Madness" (1985)
Bob Randall for "Allie's Affair" (1986)
Jay Tarses for "Here's Why Cosmetics Should Come in Unbreakable Bottles" / Gary David Goldberg & Alan Uger for "A, My Name is Alex" / Barry Fanaro & Mort Nathan for "'Twas the Nightmare Before Christmas" (1987)
Carol Black & Neal Marlens for "My Father's Office" (1988)
Todd W. Langen for "Coda" (1989)

1990s

Diane English for "Brown Like Me" (1990)
David Isaacs & Ken Levine for "Rat Girl" (1991)
Diane English & Korby Siamis for "Uh-Oh: Part II" (1992)
Larry David for "The Contest" (1993)
Larry David & Lawrence H. Levy for "The Mango" (1994)
Joe Keenan for "The Matchmaker" (1995)
David Mandel for "The Pool Guy" (1996)
Gregg Kavet & Andy Robin for "The Fatigues" (1997)
Rob Greenberg for "Frasier's Imaginary Friend" (1998)
Jay Kogen for "Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz" (1999)

2000s

Joe Keenan & Christopher Lloyd for "Something Borrowed, Someone Blue" (2000)
Philip Rosenthal for "Italy" (2001)
Bob Daily & Lori Kirkland & Dan O'Shannon for "Rooms with a View" (2002)
Bob Daily for "No Sex, Please, We're Skittish" (2003)
Mitchell Hurwitz & Jim Vallely for "Pier Pressure" / Neil Thompson for "Ida's Boyfriend" (2004)
Jenji Kohan for "You Can't Miss the Bear" (2005)
Steve Carell for "Casino Night" (2006)
Paul Lieberstein & Michael Schur for "The Job" (2007)
Andrew Guest & John Riggi for "Succession" (2008)
Robert Carlock for "Apollo, Apollo" / Steven Levitan & Christopher Lloyd for "Pilot" (2009)