Biography
Joanna Calo is an American writer, director and producer. She is co-showrunner of the FX series The Bear (2022–), on which she has also directed and written episodes. She co-wrote the screenplay for the Marvel Studios film Thunderbolts* (2025).
Her other writing credits include episodes of the series Hacks (2021), BoJack Horseman (2014–2020), BEEF (2023), The Baby-Sitters Club (2020), Undone (2019) and Lost Ollie (2022). Born in San Francisco in 1980 and raised in New Jersey, she has won a Primetime Emmy Award, three Writers Guild of America Awards, an Independent Spirit Award and a Producers Guild Award.
