Joanna Calo

Writer, Producer, Director

November 18, 1980 (45 years)
Joanna Calo is an American writer, director and producer. The showrunner of The Bear, her credits as a writer and executive producer include the television series Hacks, BoJack Horseman and The Baby-Sitters Club. She co-wrote the 2025 Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Thunderbolts*.

Calo has won a Primetime Emmy Award, three Writers Guild of America Awards, an Independent Spirit Award, and a Producers Guild Award.

She and her husband have two children. They live in Los Angeles, California.

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Known For

  • The Bear
    The Bear5 seasons
  • Thunderbolts*
    Thunderbolts*2025
  • BoJack Horseman
    BoJack Horseman6 seasons
  • Beef
    Beef2 seasons
  • The Perfect Couple
    The Perfect Couple6 episodes
  • Undone
    Undone2 seasons

Filmography

2026
Gary · as Executive Producer
2024
The Perfect Couple · as Executive Producer
2023
Beef · as Consulting Producer
2022
The Bear · as Executive Producer
2019
Tuca & Bertie · as Consulting Producer
2017
Girlboss · as Co-Producer
2014

2009
The Rotten Tomatoes Show · as Self - Writer: Bigscreenlittlescreen.com

2022
Lost Ollie · as Co-Executive Producer
2021
Hacks · as Co-Executive Producer
2020
The Baby-Sitters Club (2020) · as Co-Executive Producer
2019
Undone · as Co-Executive Producer
2017
Girlboss · as Written By
2011
Free Agents (US) · as Executive Assistant