Jen Statsky

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| image = Jenstatsky 2021 (cropped).jpg

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|November 19, 1985}}

| birth_place = Milton, Massachusetts, U.S.

| occupation = Television writer

| years active = 2009–present

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Jen Statsky (born November 19, 1985) is an American television writer and comedian known for her work on Hacks, The Good Place, Parks and Recreation, and Broad City. She is the co-creator and co-showrunner of the critically-acclaimed HBO Max series Hacks, for which she has received multiple awards including 3 Primetime Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award, and 3 WGA Awards.

Personal life

Jen Statsky was born November 19, 1985, in Milton, Massachusetts, where she grew up before moving to New York City to study at New York University. She attended Tisch School of the Arts where she studied Film and Television.{{cite web |url=https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/jen-statsky-jimmy-fallon-twitter-broad-city-lady-dynamite/ |title=Jen Statsky on the art of the one-liner, writing for late night, and comedy with 'heart' |last=Peyser |first=Eve |date=August 31, 2015 |website=The Daily Dot |accessdate=October 12, 2017 |archive-date=September 29, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929192741/https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/jen-statsky-jimmy-fallon-twitter-broad-city-lady-dynamite/ |url-status=live }} She is a Los Angeles Clippers fan. She is married to Travis Helwig, the Emmy-winning writer formerly at Crooked Media.

Career

=Early beginnings=

In school, Statsky developed an interest in writing. When she graduated from NYU in 2008, she was working in a coffee shop as well as performing stand-up comedy. Statsky continued her writing career as an intern for Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Conan O'Brien and The Onion.{{cite web |url=http://www.nyu.edu/alumni.magazine/issue18/pdf/NYU18.pdf |title=The Tweet Life |last=Hollander |first=Jason |date=Spring 2012 |work=NYU Alumni Magazine |publisher=New York University |accessdate=October 12, 2017 |archive-date=May 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160518210302/http://www.nyu.edu/alumni.magazine/issue18/pdf/NYU18.pdf |url-status=live }} She joined Twitter in 2009 and used it to write jokes, ultimately gaining a following over time. In 2011, while Statsky continued keeping her Twitter account active, A. D. Miles, the head writer of NBC's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, messaged her, suggesting Statsky apply to a writing position that was available. She applied for the position and in March 2011 her manager confirmed Statsky was hired as a writer.

=Television=

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon was Statsky's first experience as a television writer. She later worked as a staff writer for Hello Ladies and has worked as a writer for Parks and Recreation, Broad City, Lady Dynamite, and The Good Place. In 2019, Statsky joined other WGA writers in firing their agents as part of the WGA's stand against the ATA and the practice of packaging.{{cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |title=Writers Share Signed Termination Letters As Mass Firing Of Agents Begins After WGA-ATA Talks Fail |date=13 April 2019 |url=https://deadline.com/2019/04/writers-form-letters-agencies-mass-firing-of-agents-begins-wga-ata-talks-fail-1202595219/ |work=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=15 April 2019 |archive-date=28 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190828053259/https://deadline.com/2019/04/writers-form-letters-agencies-mass-firing-of-agents-begins-wga-ata-talks-fail-1202595219/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=I Stand With The WGA |url=https://twitter.com/jenstatsky/status/1116991828744499200 |publisher=Personal Twitter |access-date=2019-04-15 |archive-date=2019-05-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524094147/https://twitter.com/jenstatsky/status/1116991828744499200 |url-status=live }} In 2021, she signed an overall deal with Universal Television.{{Cite web|last=White|first=Peter|date=2021-08-09|title='Hacks' Co-Creator Jen Statsky Extends Overall Deal With Universal Television|url=https://deadline.com/2021/08/hacks-jen-statsky-overall-deal-universal-television-1234811479/|access-date=2021-08-10|work=Deadline Hollywood|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-08-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810001434/https://deadline.com/2021/08/hacks-jen-statsky-overall-deal-universal-television-1234811479/|url-status=live}}

=Book=

Statsky has made a written contribution to the book The McSweeney's Book of Politics and Musicals that was published in 2012.{{cite book |author=McSweeney's |title=The McSweeney's Book of Politics and Musicals |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wfjIchsjIgsC |publisher=Vintage Books |date=January 1, 2012 |isbn=9780307387349}} Statsky also wrote a contribution for the book Notes From the Bathroom Line: Humor, Art, and Low-Grade Panic From 150 Of The Funniest Women In Comedy.

Filmography

class="wikitable" ! rowspan="2" style="width:33px;" \|Year ! rowspan="2" \|Title ! colspan="2" \|Credited as ! rowspan="2" \|Notes
Writer !Producer
2011 \|Onion SportsDome \| {{no\|No}} \| {{yes\|Yes}} \|Associate producer
2011–13 \|Late Night with Jimmy Fallon \| {{yes\|Yes}} \| {{no\|No}} \|
2013 \|Hello Ladies \| {{yes\|Yes}} \| {{no\|No}} \|Staff writer
2014–15 \|Parks and Recreation \| {{yes\|Yes}} \| {{no\|No}} \|Wrote 2 episodes Also story editor and executive story editor
2015–19 \|Broad City \| {{yes\|Yes}} \| {{yes\|Yes}} \|Wrote 4 episodes, also consultant Consulting and co-executive producer
2016 \|The Characters \| {{yes\|Yes}} \| {{no\|No}} \|Consultant writer, episode: "Paul W. Downs"
2016 \|Obamtourage \| {{yes\|Yes}} \| {{no\|No}} \|Television short, idea by
2016–17 \|Lady Dynamite \| {{yes\|Yes}} \| {{no\|No}} \|Wrote 2 episodes Also story editor and executive story editor
2016 \|Another Period \| {{yes\|Yes}} \| {{no\|No}} \|Wrote: "Tubman"
2018 \|Forever \| {{yes\|Yes}} \| {{yes\|Yes}} \|Supervising producer, story by: "Kase"
2016–2020 \|The Good Place \| {{yes\|Yes}} \| {{yes\|Yes}} \|Wrote 7 episodes Also co-executive, supervising, and co-producer
2020 \|A Parks and Recreation Special \| {{yes\|Yes}} \| {{no\|No}} \|Television special
2021–present \|Hacks \| {{yes\|Yes}} \| {{yes\|Yes}} \|Co-creator with Lucia Aniello and Paul W. Downs Wrote 13 episodes
2023 \|Chris Fleming: Hell \| {{no\|No}} \| {{yes\|Yes}} \| Executive Producer

class="wikitable"

! rowspan="2" style="width:33px;" |Year

! rowspan="2" |Title

! colspan="2" |Credited as

! rowspan="2" |Notes

Writer

!Producer

2011

|Onion SportsDome

| {{no|No}}

| {{yes|Yes}}

|Associate producer

2011–13

|Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

| {{yes|Yes}}

| {{no|No}}

2013

|Hello Ladies

| {{yes|Yes}}

| {{no|No}}

|Staff writer

2014–15

|Parks and Recreation

| {{yes|Yes}}

| {{no|No}}

|Wrote 2 episodes
Also story editor and executive story editor

2015–19

|Broad City

| {{yes|Yes}}

|Wrote 4 episodes, also consultant
Consulting and co-executive producer

2016

|The Characters

| {{yes|Yes}}

| {{no|No}}

|Consultant writer, episode: "Paul W. Downs"

2016

|Obamtourage

| {{yes|Yes}}

| {{no|No}}

|Television short, idea by

2016–17

|Lady Dynamite

| {{yes|Yes}}

| {{no|No}}

|Wrote 2 episodes
Also story editor and executive story editor

2016

|Another Period

| {{yes|Yes}}

| {{no|No}}

|Wrote: "Tubman"

2018

|Forever

| {{yes|Yes}}

|Supervising producer, story by: "Kase"

2016–2020

|The Good Place

| {{yes|Yes}}

|Wrote 7 episodes
Also co-executive, supervising, and co-producer

2020

|A Parks and Recreation Special

| {{yes|Yes}}

| {{no|No}}

|Television special

2021–present

|Hacks

| {{yes|Yes}}

|Co-creator with Lucia Aniello and Paul W. Downs
Wrote 13 episodes

2023

|Chris Fleming: Hell

| {{no|No}}

| {{yes|Yes}}

| Executive Producer

Awards and nominations

class=wikitable
Year ! Award ! Category ! Nominated work ! Result ! Ref.
rowspan="1"\| {{center\|2012}} \| rowspan="1"\| Writers Guild of America Awards \|Best Comedy/Variety - (Including Talk) Series - Television \| Late Night with Jimmy Fallon \| {{nom}}
rowspan="1"\| {{center\|2014}} \| rowspan="1"\| Writers Guild of America Awards \| Comedy Series \| Parks and Recreation \| {{nom}}
rowspan="1"\| {{center\|2016}} \| rowspan="1"\| Writers Guild of America Awards \| Comedy Series \| Broad City \| {{nom}}
rowspan="3"\| {{center\|2019}} \| rowspan="1"\| Producers Guild of America Awards \| Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television \|The Good Place \| {{nom}}
rowspan="1"\| Writers Guild of America Awards \| Comedy Series \| The Good Place \| {{nom}}
rowspan="1"\| Primetime Emmy Awards \| Outstanding Comedy Series \| The Good Place {{small\|(as Supervising Producer)}} \| {{nom}}
rowspan="1"\| {{center\|2020}} \| rowspan="1"\| Primetime Emmy Awards \| Outstanding Comedy Series \| The Good Place {{small\|(as Co-Executive Producer)}} \| {{nom}}
rowspan="7"\| {{center\|2021}} \| rowspan="2"\| Primetime Emmy Awards \| Outstanding Comedy Series \| Hacks {{small\|(as Executive Producer)}} \| {{nom}} \| align="center"\| {{cite web \|title=Hacks \|url=https://www.emmys.com/shows/hacks \|publisher=Emmys.com \|access-date=September 24, 2021}}
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series \| Hacks – {{small\|(Episode: "There Is No Line (Pilot)")}} {{small\|(Shared with Lucia Aniello and Paul W. Downs)}} \| {{won}} \| align="center"\| {{cite web \|title=Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series - 2021 \|url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2021/outstanding-writing-for-a-comedy-series \|website=Emmys.com \|access-date=September 23, 2021}}
rowspan="2"\| Writers Guild of America Awards \| Comedy Series \| Hacks \| {{won}} \| rowspan="2" align="center"\| {{cite web \|title=2022 Writers Guild Awards Winners Announced \|url=https://www.wga.org/news-events/news/press/2022-writers-guild-awards-winners-announced \|website=Writers Guild of America \|access-date=April 13, 2023}}
New Series \| Hacks \| {{won}}
Golden Globe Awards \| Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy \| Hacks {{small\|(as Executive Producer)}} \| {{won}} \| align="center"\| {{cite web \|title=Hacks, Golden Globes\|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/tv-show/hacks \|website=Golden Globes\|access-date=April 13, 2023}}
AFI Awards \| Outstanding Television Program of the Year \| Hacks \| {{won}} \| align="center"\| {{cite web \|title=AFI Awards 2021\|url=https://www.afi.com/award/afi-awards-2021/\|access-date=April 13, 2023}}
Peabody Awards \| Peabody Award, Entertainment Honoree \| Hacks \| {{won}} \| align="center"\| {{cite web \|title=Peabody Awards Announces 30 Winners\|date=June 21, 2022 \|url=https://peabodyawards.com/stories/peabody-awards-announces-30-winners/\|access-date=April 13, 2023}}
rowspan="6" \| {{center\|2022}} \| rowspan="2"\| Primetime Emmy Awards \| Outstanding Comedy Series \| Hacks {{small\|(as Executive Producer)}} \| {{nom}} \| rowspan="2" align="center"\| {{cite web \|title=Awards Nominees and Winners \|url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2022 \|website=Emmys \|access-date=August 15, 2022}}
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series \| Hacks – {{small\|(Episode: "The One, The Only")}} {{small\|(Shared with Lucia Aniello and Paul W. Downs)}} \| {{nom}}
rowspan="2"\| Writers Guild of America Awards \| Episodic Comedy \|Hacks – {{small\|(Episode: "The One, The Only")}} {{small\|(Shared with Lucia Aniello and Paul W. Downs)}} \| {{won}} \| rowspan="2" align="center"\| {{cite web \|title=2023 Writers Guild Awards Winners & Nominees \|url=https://awards.wga.org/awards/nominees-winners\|website=Writers Guild of America \|access-date=April 13, 2023}}
Comedy Series \|Hacks \| {{nom}}
Producers Guild of America Awards \| Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television \|Hacks {{small\|(as Executive Producer)}} \| {{nom}} \| align="center"\| {{cite web \|title=Nominations in Motion Picture and Television Program categories announced\|date=January 12, 2023 \|url=https://producersguild.org/pgaawards2023_motionpictures_tv/\|access-date=April 13, 2023}}
AFI Awards \| Outstanding Television Program of the Year \| Hacks \| {{won}} \| align="center"\| {{cite web \|title=AFI Awards 2022\|url=https://www.afi.com/award/afi-awards-2022/#\|access-date=April 13, 2023}}
rowspan="2"\|{{center\|2024}} \|rowspan="2"\| Primetime Emmy Awards \| Outstanding Comedy Series \| Hacks {{small\|(as Executive Producer)}} \| {{won}} \| align="center"\| {{cite web \|title=Outstanding Comedy Series - 2024 \|url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2024/outstanding-comedy-series\|publisher=Emmys.com \|access-date=October 3, 2024}}
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series \| Hacks – {{small\|(Episode: "Bulletproof")}} {{small\|(Shared with Lucia Aniello and Paul W. Downs)}} \| {{won}} \| align="center"\| {{cite web \|title=Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series - 2024\|url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2024/outstanding-writing-for-a-comedy-series\|website=Emmys \|access-date=October 3, 2024}}

class=wikitable

Year

! Award

! Category

! Nominated work

! Result

! Ref.

rowspan="1"| {{center|2012}}

| rowspan="1"| Writers Guild of America Awards

|Best Comedy/Variety - (Including Talk) Series - Television

| Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

| {{nom}}

rowspan="1"| {{center|2014}}

| rowspan="1"| Writers Guild of America Awards

| Comedy Series

| Parks and Recreation

| {{nom}}

rowspan="1"| {{center|2016}}

| rowspan="1"| Writers Guild of America Awards

| Comedy Series

| Broad City

| {{nom}}

rowspan="3"| {{center|2019}}

| rowspan="1"| Producers Guild of America Awards

| Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television

|The Good Place

| {{nom}}

rowspan="1"| Writers Guild of America Awards

| Comedy Series

| The Good Place

| {{nom}}

rowspan="1"| Primetime Emmy Awards

| Outstanding Comedy Series

| The Good Place {{small|(as Supervising Producer)}}

| {{nom}}

rowspan="1"| {{center|2020}}

| rowspan="1"| Primetime Emmy Awards

| Outstanding Comedy Series

| The Good Place {{small|(as Co-Executive Producer)}}

| {{nom}}

rowspan="7"| {{center|2021}}

| rowspan="2"| Primetime Emmy Awards

| Outstanding Comedy Series

| Hacks {{small|(as Executive Producer)}}

| {{nom}}

| align="center"| {{cite web |title=Hacks |url=https://www.emmys.com/shows/hacks |publisher=Emmys.com |access-date=September 24, 2021}}

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series

| Hacks – {{small|(Episode: "There Is No Line (Pilot)")}}
{{small|(Shared with Lucia Aniello and Paul W. Downs)}}

| {{won}}

| align="center"| {{cite web |title=Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series - 2021 |url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2021/outstanding-writing-for-a-comedy-series |website=Emmys.com |access-date=September 23, 2021}}

rowspan="2"| Writers Guild of America Awards

| Comedy Series

| Hacks

| {{won}}

| rowspan="2" align="center"| {{cite web |title=2022 Writers Guild Awards Winners Announced

|url=https://www.wga.org/news-events/news/press/2022-writers-guild-awards-winners-announced |website=Writers Guild of America |access-date=April 13, 2023}}

New Series

| Hacks

| {{won}}

Golden Globe Awards

| Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy

| Hacks {{small|(as Executive Producer)}}

| {{won}}

| align="center"| {{cite web |title=Hacks, Golden Globes|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/tv-show/hacks |website=Golden Globes|access-date=April 13, 2023}}

AFI Awards

| Outstanding Television Program of the Year

| Hacks

| {{won}}

| align="center"| {{cite web |title=AFI Awards 2021|url=https://www.afi.com/award/afi-awards-2021/|access-date=April 13, 2023}}

Peabody Awards

| Peabody Award, Entertainment Honoree

| Hacks

| {{won}}

| align="center"| {{cite web |title=Peabody Awards Announces 30 Winners|date=June 21, 2022 |url=https://peabodyawards.com/stories/peabody-awards-announces-30-winners/|access-date=April 13, 2023}}

rowspan="6" | {{center|2022}}

| rowspan="2"| Primetime Emmy Awards

| Outstanding Comedy Series

| Hacks {{small|(as Executive Producer)}}

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="2" align="center"| {{cite web |title=Awards Nominees and Winners |url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2022 |website=Emmys |access-date=August 15, 2022}}

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series

| Hacks – {{small|(Episode: "The One, The Only")}}
{{small|(Shared with Lucia Aniello and Paul W. Downs)}}

| {{nom}}

rowspan="2"| Writers Guild of America Awards

| Episodic Comedy

|Hacks – {{small|(Episode: "The One, The Only")}}
{{small|(Shared with Lucia Aniello and Paul W. Downs)}}

| {{won}}

| rowspan="2" align="center"| {{cite web |title=2023 Writers Guild Awards Winners & Nominees

|url=https://awards.wga.org/awards/nominees-winners|website=Writers Guild of America |access-date=April 13, 2023}}

Comedy Series

|Hacks

| {{nom}}

Producers Guild of America Awards

| Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television

|Hacks {{small|(as Executive Producer)}}

| {{nom}}

| align="center"| {{cite web |title=Nominations in Motion Picture and Television Program categories announced|date=January 12, 2023 |url=https://producersguild.org/pgaawards2023_motionpictures_tv/|access-date=April 13, 2023}}

AFI Awards

| Outstanding Television Program of the Year

| Hacks

| {{won}}

| align="center"| {{cite web |title=AFI Awards 2022|url=https://www.afi.com/award/afi-awards-2022/#|access-date=April 13, 2023}}

rowspan="2"|{{center|2024}}

|rowspan="2"| Primetime Emmy Awards

| Outstanding Comedy Series

| Hacks {{small|(as Executive Producer)}}

| {{won}}

| align="center"| {{cite web |title=Outstanding Comedy Series - 2024 |url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2024/outstanding-comedy-series|publisher=Emmys.com |access-date=October 3, 2024}}

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series

| Hacks – {{small|(Episode: "Bulletproof")}} {{small|(Shared with Lucia Aniello and Paul W. Downs)}}

| {{won}}

| align="center"| {{cite web |title=Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series - 2024|url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2024/outstanding-writing-for-a-comedy-series|website=Emmys |access-date=October 3, 2024}}