Lilla Anne Zuckerman is an American

showrunner A showrunner (or colloquially a helmer) is the top-level executive producer of a television series production who has creative and management authority through combining the responsibilities of employer and, in comedy or dramas, typically also th ...

, television writer and producer. She is currently the showrunner of Poker Face which was created by Rian Johnson and stars Natasha Lyonne. She has worked on a number of television series, most notably ''Agents of SHIELD'', ''Prodigal Son'', ''Suits'', and ''Fringe''. She has also worked on '' Human Target'', and the

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original series ''

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''. She collaborates with her sister,

Nora Zuckerman Nora Zuckerman is an American television screenwriter, who has worked on a number of television series, most notably the FOX science fiction series '' Fringe'' and the Syfy original series ''Haven'', '' Suits'', '' Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'', '' ...

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

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series ''Fringe''. She then moved to another FOX series, ''Human Target''. After ''Human Target's'' cancellation in May 2011, She and her sister were hired on the Syfy series ''Haven'', a mystery/

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series based on '' The Colorado Kid'' by

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, where they wrote eight episodes, including fan-favorites, "

Audrey Parker's Day Off The second season of the American television series '' Haven'' premiered on July 15, 2011, on Syfy. The season consisted of 13 episodes including a Christmas episode. The show stars Emily Rose, Lucas Bryant and Eric Balfour. Cast Main cast * Emi ...

" and "Sarah". With her sister Nora, the 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 SHIELD ''Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' is an American television series created by Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon, and Maurissa Tancharoen for American Broadcasting Company, ABC, based on the Marvel Comics organization S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland I ...

which aired on ABC network. They also served as co-executive producers on Fox's

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. 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

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, streaming on

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. Lilla and Nora have sold multiple pilots to USA Network, CBS, Warner Brothers, and Peacock.

References

External links

* * * 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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Zuckerman, Lilla 1974 births American television writers Living people American women television writers 21st-century American women