Mental Engineering is produced by 
Porcupine Productions
St. Paul, MN

Catherine Reid Day
  Executive Producer

(651) 387-3333

mailto:crday@mentalengineering.com

Lizz Winstead

In the past few years, Lizz Winstead has surfaced as perhaps, the top female political comic working today. As a co-creator and former head writer of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show," Winstead has now emerged as a writer and producer who has brought fresh new ideas to television. Her writing on "The Daily Show" has been sited by critics as some of the best on television today.

Winstead's on air work has also been acclaimed as refreshing and innovative. Getting laughs from topical events has always made Winstead a sought after writer. Along with co-creating "The Daily Show," she also created, executive produced, and starred in the critically acclaimed and highly rated special, "Unauthorized Biography: Milo, Death of a Supermodel." Lizz also used her biting wit segment producing "The Jon Stewart Show," and Comedy Central's "Women Aloud."

But it was her one-person shows, "Don't Get Me Started" and "Stream of Consciousness," that put her on the political humor map. Playing to packed theaters in Boston and Minneapolis, Winstead proved herself as someone who could tackle emotionally charged issues like religion and abortion and lace them with raucous humor and sharp insight. She was nominated Best Female Club Performer by The American Comedy Awards and has appeared numerous times on television including HBO's "Women of the Night", and “Politically Incorrect.”

Lizz recently co-wrote a pilot for UPN entitled “Minneapple” and co-created “This Week Has 7 Days” a satirical newsmagazine for FOX television, and developed and produced the two VH-1 series “Rock and Roll Record Breakers” and “ Don’t Quote Me,”

 

 

 


Last modified: January 26, 2002