Claim: Joy had no male directors or writers.
Evidence: 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 Owen Russell -LRB- born August 20 , 1958 -RRB- is an American film director , screenwriter , and 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-.