Susan McMartin

Susan McMartin

Known for

Writing

Birthplace

New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Susan McMartin is an American screenwriter and producer for film and television. She wrote the screenplay of the 2016 film Mr. Church, which is autobiographical. She also co-wrote the screenplay of the 2019 film After. Her television work includes Two and a Half Menand Mom. She also wrote the book Understanding the Fall.

Mr. Church was written from her life experiences. Samuel L. Jackson was initially cast as the family friend and cook who helped raise her. McMartin worked as a writer and producer on the CBS television series Mom and as a writer for Two and a Half Men.

A single mom, she recounted her financial struggles as an aspiring screenwriter in Hollywood.

KCET interviewed her.

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Best known work

After
After
2019
Two and a Half Men
Two and a Half Men
2003
Californication
Californication
2007
Mom
Mom
2013
Regretting You
Regretting You
2025
Mr. Church
Mr. Church
2016
Son in Law
Son in Law
1993
Gary Unmarried
Gary Unmarried
2008
Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart
Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart
2016
Leanne
Leanne
2025

Filmography

  1. TBA

    Upper Cut

    Screenplay

  2. 2025

    Regretting You

    Screenplay

  3. 2025

    LeanneTV

    Executive Producer, Writer, Story, Teleplay, Creator

  4. 2019

    After

    Screenplay

  5. 2016

  6. 2016

  7. 2013

    MomTV

    Story, Teleplay

  8. 2008

  9. 2007

  10. 2003

    Two and a Half MenTV

    Story, Teleplay

  11. 1993

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