Joy had no male directors or writers.
Joy is a 2015 American biographical comedy-drama film , written and directed by David O. Russell and starring Jennifer Lawrence as Joy Mangano , about whom the story is loosely based as a self-made millionaire who created her own business empire .	David O. Russell	David O. Russell	Jennifer Lawrence	Jennifer Lawrence	biographical	Biographical film	comedy-drama	comedy-drama	Joy Mangano	Joy Mangano
David Owen Russell -LRB- born August 20 , 1958 -RRB- is an American film director , screenwriter , and producer .	film director	film director	screenwriter	screenwriter	producer	Film producer
His early directing career includes the comedy films Spanking the Monkey -LRB- 1994 -RRB- , Flirting with Disaster -LRB- 1996 -RRB- , Three Kings -LRB- 1999 -RRB- and I  Huckabees -LRB- 2004 -RRB- .	Spanking the Monkey	Spanking the Monkey	Flirting with Disaster	Flirting with Disaster (film)	Three Kings	Three Kings (1999 film)	I  Huckabees	I Heart Huckabees
