Melanie Marnich co-created and serves as executive producer and co-showrunner for the upcoming Amazon series, The Expatriates.
12 Facts About Melanie Marnich
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Melanie Marnich's father worked for US Steel, first in the company's Cement Plant, then later in the mines in northern Minnesota.
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Melanie Marnich's mother worked as a secretary, eventually becoming the office manager for the local Teamsters office.
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Melanie Marnich attended the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, where she earned her bachelor's degree in journalism.
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Melanie Marnich's plays have been produced at Manhattan Theatre Club, The Kennedy Center, Dallas Theater Center, Baltimore Center Stage, Steppenwolf Theatre Company and The Actors Theatre of Louisville's Humana Festival of New American Plays.
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Melanie Marnich is a member of The Playwrights' Center and an alumnus of New Dramatists.
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Melanie Marnich serves on the board of trustees for the Humanitas Foundation.
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Melanie Marnich's other plays include: Tallgrass Gothic ; Cradle of Man ; These Shining Lives ; and A Sleeping Country.
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Melanie Marnich began writing for television when she joined the HBO drama Big Love as staff writer for the show's third season.
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Melanie Marnich remained on that show through its fifth and final season.
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Melanie Marnich served as co-executive producer on The OA for Netflix.
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Melanie Marnich has developed work with HBO, AMC, Silver Pictures, Amblin, Scott Free and TNT, and Amazon.