Age: 63
female
Melissa Anne Rosenberg (born August 28, 1962) is an American screenwriter. She has worked in both film and television and has been nominated for two Emmy Awards, and two Writers Guild of America Awards. She won a Peabody Award. Since joining the Writers Guild of America, she has been involved in its Board of Directors and was a strike captain during the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike. She supports female screenwriters through the WGA Diversity Committee and co-founded the League of Hollywood Women Writers. She majored in Dance and Theatre at Bennington College in Vermont, but she later graduated from the University of Southern California with a Master's Degree in Film and Television Producing. She worked on several television series between 1993 and 2003 before joining The O.C.'s writing staff, eventually leaving the show to write the 2006 film Step Up. From 2006 to 2009, she served as the head writer of the Showtime series Dexter, rising to executive producer by the time that she departed at the end of the fourth season. She wrote her second produced screenplay, a film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's novel Twilight in 2007 and has since adapted the novel's two sequels, New Moon and Eclipse. Rosenberg will also be adapting Breaking Dawn. She is married to television director Lev L. Spiro, and they live in Los Angeles.
Melissa Rosenberg
Director
for Director in A Marvel Studios Special Presentation: Jessica Jones: Fractured City
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In the grimy, rain-slicked streets of Hell's Kitchen, cynical private investigator Jessica Jones is reluctantly pulled into a supernatural crossfire when a powerless, deeply traumatized Wanda Maximoff seeks refuge in Alias Investigations. Hunted by Nicola Zosimos, the fanatical "Hexfinder" who uses advanced technology to violently eradicate magic, Wanda is on the brink of psychological collapse. The conflict escalates when Zosimos's crusade inadvertently threatens the oceans, drawing the fierce Talokanil warrior Namora to the surface. Grounded by a brief but grounding reunion with Luke Cage, Jessica realizes Wanda isn't a threat, but a survivor. Instead of clashing, these three fiercely independent women form an unlikely sisterhood bonded by trauma and the shared burden of being labeled "monsters." They lure the Hexfinder into the abandoned, flooded subway tunnels of New York, shifting the battle away from cosmic spectacles to a gritty, street-level showdown where Jessica’s raw brawn and Namora’s aquatic lethality buy Wanda the time she desperately needs. The climax hinges not on world-ending magic, but on emotional resilience. As Jessica and Namora dismantle the heavily armed mercenaries, Wanda momentarily mends her shattered mind to deliver a concentrated, reality-bending hex that neutralizes Zosimos without taking a life. As dawn breaks over the fractured city, Namora returns to the depths with a nod of warrior's respect, leaving the two remaining women to share a quiet, poignant farewell that speaks volumes about their shared survival. Finally choosing to stop running from her grief, Wanda uses the last of her sparking power to tear open a crimson portal—stepping through to face her true self and directly setting the stage for her highly anticipated Scarlet Witch solo film. Left alone in her office, Jessica pours a drink, ready to watch over the cracks of the city once more.
