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. In 2024, she was working with Chuck Lorre on a program for Netflix. Description above from the Wikipedia article Susan McMartin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- February 24, 1968 (58)
- New York City, New York, USA
- Writer, also producer
- 11 on MovieCove · 12 credits in all
What are Susan McMartin's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
Light 4 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
Grounded 4 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
Steady 4 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 5 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 1
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet4
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Susan McMartin's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Susan McMartin's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
12 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page.
Regretting You(2025)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Leanne(2025)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows
How We Roll(2022)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all shows
After(2019)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Mr. Church(2016)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Mom(2013)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
Gary Unmarried(2008)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows
Californication(2007)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Two and a Half Men(2003)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
Son in Law(1993)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all filmsUpper Cut (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 11 titles, 10 of them dated from 1993 to 2025.
Biggest box office
Regretting You (2025)
Highest rated
Mr. Church (2016)
Most popular right now
Regretting You (2025)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
Nominated for a Writers Guild Award in 1998, Daytime Serials.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Susan McMartin's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 45th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 44th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 11 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved2
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the dialogue 35/100 and the plot and story 37/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Susan McMartin's work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, 2 of the 5 categories sit near the median of all films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Susan McMartin work with?
People who share at least 2 of Susan McMartin's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Mckenna Grace shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Mckenna GraceShared titles: Regretting You (2025), Mr. Church (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Mckenna Grace
Producers
- Anna ToddShared titles: Regretting You (2025), After (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Anna Todd
- Courtney SolomonShared titles: After (2019), Mr. Church (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Courtney Solomon
- Dennis L. PelinoShared titles: After (2019), Mr. Church (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Dennis L. Pelino
- Ian BreretonShared titles: After (2019), Mr. Church (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Ian Brereton