---
name: "Joe Lawson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joe-lawson"
fi1m_id: "joe-lawson"
imdb_id: "nm2581177"
tmdb_id: 1224211
wikidata_id: "Q6210872"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-23T11:59:57.751984+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Joe Lawson

## Identity

Joe Lawson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joe-lawson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joe-lawson
- **IMDb ID:** nm2581177
- **TMDB ID:** 1224211
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6210872
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Lawson_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6210872, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2581177/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1224211

Writer and producer. Born 1 January 1901 in Bristol, Tennessee, U.S..

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1901, Bristol, Tennessee, U.S.
- **Active:** 2009–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Caroline Goddard](https://film.one/person/caroline-goddard.md), [Chris Koch](https://film.one/person/chris-koch.md), [Craig Zisk](https://film.one/person/craig-zisk.md), [Iain B. MacDonald](https://film.one/person/iain-b-macdonald.md), [John Dahl](https://film.one/person/john-dahl.md), [Kevin Rodney Sullivan](https://film.one/person/kevin-rodney-sullivan.md), [Randall Einhorn](https://film.one/person/randall-einhorn.md), [Regina King](https://film.one/person/regina-king.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as writer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 77 (1), 2010s 79 (3), 2020s 82 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 79 to 70 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Drama 3, Animation 1, Crime 1, Mystery 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Lawson_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6210872, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2581177/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1224211

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*BoJack Horseman*](https://film.one/tv/bojack-horseman.md) (91), [*Shameless*](https://film.one/tv/shameless-2011.md) (70)
- **Disney+:** [*Modern Family*](https://film.one/tv/modern-family.md) (77), [*This Is Us*](https://film.one/tv/this-is-us.md) (76)
- **Peacock:** [*Poker Face*](https://film.one/tv/poker-face.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Joe Lawson is an American television writer and producer. He began his career in advertising at The Martin Agency, where he created the GEICO Cavemen commercials, which led to the short-lived ABC sitcom *Cavemen* (2007–2008), on which he served as co-executive producer and writer.

Lawson has written for and produced on several series, including *Modern Family* (2009–2010), *BoJack Horseman* (2014–2020), *This Is Us* (2016–2017), *Shameless* (2018–2021) and *Poker Face* (2023). For the *BoJack Horseman* episode 'Stop the Presses', he won a Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Animation in 2017. He was born in Bristol, Tennessee, and attended Wake Forest University.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Poker Face* (2023), Fi1m 82, Teleplay, Co-Executive Producer, Story — [page](https://film.one/tv/poker-face.md)
- *This Is Us* (2016), Fi1m 76, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-us.md)
- *BoJack Horseman* (2014), Fi1m 91, Writer, Supervising Producer, Consulting Producer, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/bojack-horseman.md)
- *Shameless* (2011), Fi1m 70, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless-2011.md)
- *Modern Family* (2009), Fi1m 77, Story, Teleplay, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/modern-family.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Poker Face* (2023), series, Story, Teleplay, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/poker-face.md)
- *This Is Us* (2016), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-us.md)
- *Jane the Virgin* (2014), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer
- *BoJack Horseman* (2014), series, Writer, Supervising Producer, Co-Executive Producer, Consulting Producer — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/bojack-horseman.md)
- *Camp* (2013), series, Writer
- *Love Bites* (2011), series, Producer, Writer
- *Shameless* (2011), series, Writer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless-2011.md)
- *Modern Family* (2009), series, Writer, Consulting Producer, Story, Teleplay — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/modern-family.md)
- *Cavemen* (2007), series, Writer

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