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Melanie Marnich

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Melanie Marnich
Melanie Marnich is a Golden Globe-winning writer and an internationally produced, award-winning playwright. Her episode for Big Love, "Come, Ye Saints," earned her a Writers' Guild nomination and was named Best Television Episode of 2009 by Entertainment Weekly, rated third in TIME Magazine's list of 10 Best Episodes of 2009, and ranked in TV Guide's Best TV Episodes of All Time. Her plays have premiered at The Kennedy Center, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Manhattan Theatre Club, Baltimore Center Stage and The Actors Theatre of Louisville's Humana Festival. She also serves on the Board of Trustees for the Humanitas Foundation.
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      • 4 nominations total

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    Bill Paxton, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloë Sevigny, and Ginnifer Goodwin in Big Love (2006)
    Big Love
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Maura Tierney and Dominic West in The Affair (2014)
    The Affair
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Clive Owen and Emma Corrin in A Murder at the End of the World (2023)
    A Murder at the End of the World
    7.1
    TV Mini Series
    • Producer
    Laura Linney in The Big C (2010)
    The Big C
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Producer

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    • Sam Neill, Annette Bening, Alison Brie, Jake Lacy, Conor Merrigan Turner, and Essie Randles in Apples Never Fall (2024)
      Apples Never Fall
      6.7
      TV Mini Series
      • executive producer (showrunner)
      • 2024
    • Clive Owen and Emma Corrin in A Murder at the End of the World (2023)
      A Murder at the End of the World
      7.1
      TV Mini Series
      • executive producer
      • 2023
    • Pierce Brosnan in The Son (2017)
      The Son
      7.5
      TV Series
      • consulting producer
      • 2019
    • Brit Marling in The OA (2016)
      The OA
      7.8
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2016
    • Maura Tierney and Dominic West in The Affair (2014)
      The Affair
      7.9
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2014
    • Mark Strong in Low Winter Sun (2013)
      Low Winter Sun
      7.0
      TV Series
      • supervising producer
      • 2013
    • Laura Linney in The Big C (2010)
      The Big C
      8.1
      TV Series
      • consulting producer
      • producer
      • co-producer
      • 2011–2013
    • Bill Paxton, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloë Sevigny, and Ginnifer Goodwin in Big Love (2006)
      Big Love
      7.7
      TV Series
      • co-producer
      • 2011

    Writer



    • Sam Neill, Annette Bening, Alison Brie, Jake Lacy, Conor Merrigan Turner, and Essie Randles in Apples Never Fall (2024)
      Apples Never Fall
      6.7
      TV Mini Series
      • developed by
      • teleplay (creator)
      • 2024
    • Clive Owen and Emma Corrin in A Murder at the End of the World (2023)
      A Murder at the End of the World
      7.1
      TV Mini Series
      • written by
      • 2023
    • Ahmet Rifat Sungar, Defne Kayalar, Firat Çelik, and Hazar Ergüçlü in The Affair (2021)
      The Affair
      5.4
      TV Series
      • based on the script by
      • 2021
    • Pierce Brosnan in The Son (2017)
      The Son
      7.5
      TV Series
      • written for television by
      • 2019
    • Brit Marling in The OA (2016)
      The OA
      7.8
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2016
    • Maura Tierney and Dominic West in The Affair (2014)
      The Affair
      7.9
      TV Series
      • teleplay by
      • written by
      • 2014
    • Mark Strong in Low Winter Sun (2013)
      Low Winter Sun
      7.0
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2013
    • Laura Linney in The Big C (2010)
      The Big C
      8.1
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2011–2013
    • My America (2012)
      My America
      6.2
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2012
    • Bill Paxton, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloë Sevigny, and Ginnifer Goodwin in Big Love (2006)
      Big Love
      7.7
      TV Series
      • written by
      • staff writer
      • 2009–2011

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    • Bill Paxton, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloë Sevigny, and Ginnifer Goodwin in Big Love (2006)
      Big Love
      7.7
      TV Series
      • story editor
      • 2010

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      (February 27 to April 1, 2001) Her play, "Quake," was performed in a Humana Festival production at the Actors Theatre of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky with Tracey Maloney (Lucy); David New (Guy/Jock/Roger/Angel Bruce); David Wilson Barnes (Brian/Cooper Trooper/Auto Repair Man); Lusia Strus (That Woman); Allison Briner (Dr. Psychiatrist/Store Clerk/Pilot/Priest) and Joey Williamson (Nice Man/Flight Attendant/Drilled Guy/Park Janitor) in the cast. Susan V. Booth was director.

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