About

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Birthday:
1988-01-05
Place of birth:
California, USA
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Megan McDonnell

Overview

Megan McDonnell is an American screenwriter best known for her work on Marvel Cinematic Universe projects WandaVision (2021) and The Marvels (2023).

McDonnell attended Harvard University as an undergraduate, where she was a member of the Hasty Pudding Club.

She graduated from the Peter Stark Producing Program at USC with an MFA in 2016.

McDonnell began her career as the co-director and executive producer on the 2016 short film Meet Cute. She then rose to prominence after writing two episodes of the Disney+ series WandaVision, set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). In January 2020, she entered negotiations to write the screenplay for the 2023 MCU film The Marvels, and she eventually co-wrote the film with Nia DaCosta and Elissa Karasik. In August 2022, she wrote episodes for the Marvel Studios series Agatha All Along.

Prior to 2019, McDonnell was the producer for the Scriptnotes podcast.

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Known for

Acting

2024 Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of The Marvels Actor Self - Co-Writer 58
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Directing

2016 Meet Cute Directing Director 58
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Writing

2023 The Marvels Writing Writer 59
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Production

2024 Agatha All Along Production Consulting Producer 76
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2024 Dark Matter Production Supervising Producer 76
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2016 Meet Cute Production Executive Producer 58
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