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Susan McMartin
American screenwriter From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Susan McMartin is an American screenwriter and producer for film and television.[1][2][3][4] She wrote the screenplay for the 2016 film Mr. Church, which is autobiographical.[5][6][7] She also co-wrote the screenplay for the 2019 film After.[8]
Mr. Church was written from her life experiences.[9] Samuel L. Jackson was originally cast to play the family friend and cook who helped raise her.[10][11] McMartin worked as a writer and producer on the CBS television series Mom and as a writer for Two and a Half Men.[12][13][14] She also wrote the book Understanding the Fall.[15][16]
A single mom, she recounted her financial struggles as an aspiring screenwriter in Hollywood.[17]
In 2024, she was working with Chuck Lorre on a sitcom starring Leanne Morgan for Netflix called Leanne.[18]
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Filmography as screenwriter
- Son in Law (1993; story)[19]
- Mr. Church (2016; screenwriter)
- Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart (2016; teleplay)
- After (2019; co-writer)
- Leanne (2025; co-creator)
- Regretting You (2025; screenwriter)
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