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Westworld’s Wrangler | STANFORD magazine

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Lisa Joy was a lawyer with a high-paying consulting job when she got the phone call that changed her life.

Mr. Bubbles offers a window into the life of Lisa Joy. The blue-and-green Siamese fighting fish lives in a two-story fish-tank condo built into the desk in Joy’s Hollywood office. He is constantly in motion, his colorful fins swirling behind him. He looks great. And he’s used to people watching him, awaiting his next spectacular move. One could say the same about Joy, ’99, a Stanford English major, Chinese minor and Harvard Law School grad. Joy is the co-creator, executive producer and director of the HBO blockbuster Westworld, now in production on its third season. The sci-fi western,…

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