Not to be confused with Melissa Rivers, born Melissa Rosenberg.
Melissa Rosenberg
Born
Melissa Anne Rosenberg Marin County, California, U.S.
Occupation
Television writer, television producer, screenwriter
Nationality
American
Alma mater
Bennington College University of Southern California
Period
1993–present
Spouse
Lev L. Spiro
(m. 1995)
Melissa Anne Rosenberg is an American television writer, television producer, and screenwriter. She has worked in both film and television and has won a Peabody Award. She has also been nominated for two Emmy Awards, and two Writers Guild of America Awards. Since joining the Writers Guild of America, she has been involved in its board of directors and was a strike captain during the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike. She supports female screenwriters through the WGA Diversity Committee and co-founded the League of Hollywood Women Writers.
She worked on several television series between 1993 and 2003 before joining The O.C.'s writing staff, eventually leaving the show to write the 2006 film Step Up. From 2006 to 2009, she served as the head writer of the Showtime series Dexter, rising to executive producer by the time she departed at the end of the fourth season. She wrote her second produced screenplay, the 2008 film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's novel Twilight in 2007, and then adapted the novel's three sequels.
Rosenberg is also widely known as the creator of the Netflix series Jessica Jones.
Melissa Anne Rosenberg is an American television writer, television producer, and screenwriter. She has worked in both film and television and has won...
Melissa Warburg Rosenberg (previously Endicott; born January 20, 1968), known professionally as Melissa Rivers, is an American actress and television...
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returned to their roles. Third season co-executive producers Scott Buck, MelissaRosenberg and Michael C. Hall were all promoted to executive producers for the...
in association with ABC Studios and Tall Girls Productions, with MelissaRosenberg serving as showrunner. Krysten Ritter stars as Jones, with Rachael...
producer for the second season. First season consulting producer MelissaRosenberg took a staff position as co-executive producer for the second season...
2017. Retrieved October 25, 2017. Couch, Aaron (November 12, 2013). "MelissaRosenberg to Oversee Marvel's Jessica Jones Series for Netflix". The Hollywood...
in association with ABC Studios and Tall Girls Productions, with MelissaRosenberg and Scott Reynolds serving as showrunners. Krysten Ritter stars as...
is an American streaming television series created for Netflix by MelissaRosenberg, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. It is set...
on The Shield. Second season co-executive producers Scott Buck and MelissaRosenberg retained their roles. Series star Michael C. Hall also became a co-executive...
Red Widow is an American drama television series created by MelissaRosenberg, starring Radha Mitchell and Goran Visnjic. On May 11, 2012, ABC picked...
investigator. About her casting, executive producer and show-runner MelissaRosenberg stated that Ritter "brings both the hard edge and the vulnerability...
character Bella Swan. Meyer let director David Slade, screenwriter MelissaRosenberg, and a few of the actors read a draft of the story during production...