Megan is a genre-agnostic writer who combines a love of research with a deep commitment to character to craft stories that shed light in dark and forgotten places. Her projects include both features and pilots and range from drama to dark comedy to thrillers to biopics.
Her scripts have placed in the top 10% in the Nicholl fellowship, earned 8s and 9s on the Black List, and second rounded at the WB Writers’ Workshop, Sundance Episodic Lab, and Austin Film Festival. While at USC, she was the recipient of the 2019 Sloan Screenwriting grant for her feature The Bone Wars (written with writing partner Ilana Rozin) and the 2018 Jeffrey Jones Scholarship for Excellence in Writing for her short Ace on the Case.
TELEVISION
PINSETTERS | HALF HOUR PILOT | COMEDY
Fresh off a bad breakup and drowning in debt, a high school teacher takes a second job at a bowling alley.
KNIFE WORK | HOUR PILOT | DRAMA
After years toiling in obscurity in the hierarchical kitchen of a Michelin-starred restaurant, a long-suffering sous chef dares to carve out a place for herself.
HELL ON EARTH | HALF HOUR PILOT | Dark COMEDY
When a demon suffers an existential crisis that leaves her trapped on Earth, she must learn to navigate the messy world of human emotions.
SMILE LIKE YOU MEAN IT | HALF HOUR PILOT | DRAMEDY
After a botched suicide attempt, a chronically lonely, genderqueer thirty-something must come out of their shell in order to find a reason to live.
DOPPELGÄNGERS | HACKS SPEC | COMEDY
Distracted by her quest to get some stage time, Ava accidentally loses one of Deborah’s dogs while the team is on tour in the Midwest. Meanwhile, Deborah struggles to write her memoir, Kayla becomes Jimmy’s voice after he loses his, and Marcus returns home to try to repair his relationship with Wilson.
THE THRESHOLD | HOUR PILOT (WRITTEN WITH ILANA ROZIN) | HISTORICAL DRAMA
In 1979, when new research connects fossil fuel emissions to rising temperatures, a junior congressional staffer rings the alarm on Capitol Hill while across town, a scientist at the Exxon corporation leads the way in climate change research before reversing course and embracing a sweeping disinformation campaign.
FEATURES
HELL’S BELLS | FEATURE | COMEDY
When guests begin disappearing during a wedding in the California woods, the wedding party begins to suspect that something sinister is afoot…
GHOSTS OF MANITOBA | FEATURE | PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR
When a young Mennonite mother begins experiencing horrifyingly real nightmares, she believes her family is being haunted. As she attempts to get rid of the monster, a terrifying truth comes to light.
MISS ME WHEN I’M GONE | FEATURE | BIOPIC
A chronicle of the legendary Carter Family, the music that made them, and the love that tore them apart.
WAYWARD SON | FEATURE | THRILLER
When her grandson goes missing, a retired park ranger takes matters into her own hands and hunts down the man she believes is responsible.
THE MARS PROJECT | FEATURE | SPECULATIVE THRILLER
Marooned in a dome in the Chilean desert for a two-year Mars simulation, a crew of scientists face increasing paranoia and delusion as they near the end of their mission.
PAUL & ARTIE | FEATURE (WRITTEN WITH ILANA ROZIN) | BIOPIC
A chronicle of the prolific and explosive relationship between Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, from their childhood friendship to their superstardom and their legendary rift.
THE BONE WARS | FEATURE (WRITTEN WITH ILANA ROZIN) | DRAMEDY
In the unforgiving terrain of the American West, two 19th-century paleontologists compete in a madcap race for scientific dominance. Winner of the USC Sloan Screenwriting Grant.