Interview (Video): Lisa Joy
From Season 12 of the PBS series “On Story.”
From Season 12 of the PBS series “On Story.”
In association with the Austin Film Festival and KLRU-TV, the PBS series “On Story” is a must for anybody interested in screenwriting, movies, and/or TV. From the 12th season of the series, a conversation with Lisa Joy who co-created the television series Westworld and wrote and directed the movie Reminiscence. Joy is also an executive producer of the new science fiction TV series The Peripheral which debuts on Amazon Prime on October 21, 2022.
Quote: “I write to feel less lonely. When I read something and I connect with it, especially when I was growing up, that would always make me feel less lonely. I’d be like, ‘Oh, this person understands.’ I mean they’ve been dead for two centuries, but that person got me. So for me, it’s a really personal kind of internal thing.”
You may read my 2014 interview with Lisa Joy here.
There are dozens of videos in the “On Story” archives which you can access here.
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For hundreds of links to audio, video, and written interviews with screenwriters and filmmakers hosted at Go Into The Story, go here.
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