Monica Macer is a

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and producer. She is credited as the showrunner and executive producer of the new

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comedy-drama series ''

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''.

Biography

Macer is a 1993 graduate of

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. She began her career in theater arts in New York City. She co-produced an independent feature film, Park Day, and won the Audience Award at the Urban World Film Festival for that movie. She then focused on television. She worked as an assistant at Nickelodeon Movies and a creative executive for the Walt Disney Company. She was then selected by the

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Writers Program. She was a producers' assistant for the second and third seasons of '' 24''. She went on to become a writers' assistant for the first season of ''

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'' in 2004. Macer and the ''Lost'' writing staff won the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2006 ceremony for their work on the first and second seasons. She became a story editor and writer on '' Prison Break''. She was an executive story editor for the short-lived ''Knight Rider'' remake. In February 2019, it was announced that Macer would be credited as an executive producer and showrunner for the upcoming

comedy-drama series ''

''. In July 2020, Macer was announced as showrunner for ''

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'' after series creator

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was fired by

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. Macer is a member of the

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(MPTF) NextGen Board of Directors.

'' Prison Break'' episodes

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" (written) *2.06 - " Subdivision" (written) *2.11 - " Bolshoi Booze" (co-written with Seth Hoffman)

References

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Race and religion in the writer's room
Macer's lecturing at Western Illinois University about race, religion, and screenwriting at The Western Courier. {{DEFAULTSORT:Macer, Monica American television writers Living people Writers Guild of America Award winners American women television writers Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) Vassar College alumni 21st-century American women Showrunners