Joel Fields

Joel Fields is a writer/executive producer/showrunner on FX’s critically acclaimed
series The Americans. Currently, the show was nominated for five Emmys, including Best Drama Series and Best Writing for a Drama Series, and recently won the TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Drama.

Prior to The Americans, Fields served as a writer/executive producer on the first two seasons
of TNT’s hit television show Rizzoli & Isles. He also served as a writer/executive producer on ABC’s Golden Globe®-winning series Ugly Betty and on the FX series Dirt. Other credits include Steven Bochco's Raising The Bar; Commander In Chief, and Over There.

In addition to his TV work, Fields is also a playwright.
His original play How I Fell in Love premiered at the Williamstown Theatre Festival and ran in New York at The Abingdon Theater Company. Fields lives in
New York with his wife, Jessica, and their two children.