Joy (2024 film)

Joy
Joy
	Promotional release poster
Directed by	Ben Taylor
Screenplay by	Jack Thorne
Story by	Rachel Mason; Emma Gordon; Shaun Topp;
Produced by	Finola Dwyer; Amanda Posey;
Starring	Bill Nighy; Thomasin McKenzie; James Norton;
Cinematography	Jamie Cairney
Edited by	David Webb
Music by	Steven Price
Production; companies	Wildgaze; Pathé;
Distributed by	Netflix
Release dates	15 October 2024 (BFI); 15 November 2024 (United Kingdom); 22 November 2024 (Netflix);
Running time	115 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Joy is a 2024 British biographical drama film starring Bill Nighy, Thomasin McKenzie and James Norton. Directed by Ben Taylor from a screenplay by Jack Thorne, it is the true story of the world's first in vitro fertilisation baby Louise Brown. It was produced by Wildgaze and Pathé for Netflix.

Based on real events in the 1960s and 1970s, nurse and embryologist Jean Purdy, visionary scientist Dr Robert Edwards and innovative surgeon Patrick Steptoe work to develop the first 'test tube baby'.^[1]

The film was released on Netflix worldwide on 22 November 2024.

^ Asatryan, Tigran (September 24, 2023). "Joy: Everything We Know About Netflix's IVF Biopic Starring Bill Nighy". What's On Netflix. Retrieved September 24, 2023.