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]