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    “We’re Not Giving the answers so Much as asking the Questions”

    by Nicole LaPorte Apr 09, 2018 6 minutes
    Joy, pictured with Westworld cocreator Nolan, believes the best writing “covers the Venn diagram of our aesthetics and ideals.”

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    Jonathan Nolan

    HOMETOWN

    Chicago

    FAMILY FAME

    Nolan and his brother, director Christopher Nolan, cowrote Interstellar, The Dark Knight, and more.

    FIRST GIG

    The film Memento, starring Guy Pearce, was based on a short story Nolan wrote in college. (He also coded the website for the movie.)

    TV DEBUT

    Nolan created CBS’s sci-fi crime drama Person of Interest.

    Lisa Joy

    HOMETOWN

    Chester, New Jersey

    BIG BREAK

    Joy was a writer on the ABC comedy series Pushing Daisies.

    ALTERNATE LIFE

    Before television, Joy worked in criminal law, specializing in family violence.

    FAVORITE WESTERN

    Sergio Leone’s genre-flipping Once Upon a Time in the West

    When J.J. Abrams pitched screenwriter Jonathan Nolan (Interstellar, The Dark Knight) and producer Lisa Joy (Burn Notice) on the idea of adapting the 1973 sci-fi–Western flick Westworld for the small screen, Nolan demurred. But Joy (who is also married to Nolan) sold him on the potential emotional complexities in a futuristic show that’s set in

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