---
name: "Marita Grabiak"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/marita-grabiak"
fi1m_id: "marita-grabiak"
imdb_id: "nm0333239"
tmdb_id: 1215026
wikidata_id: "Q3029711"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 12
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "director"
average_over: 11
updated: "2026-09-24T07:00:43.576201+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Marita Grabiak

## Identity

Marita Grabiak

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/marita-grabiak
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** marita-grabiak
- **IMDb ID:** nm0333239
- **TMDB ID:** 1215026
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3029711
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marita_Grabiak, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3029711, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0333239/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1215026

Director. Born 1 January 1953 in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1953, Ambridge, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Active:** 1993–2011
- **Also known as:**  Marita J. Grabiak , Marita Jane Grabiak
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 12: 11 directing, 1 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Jane Espenson](https://film.one/person/jane-espenson.md), [Allan Kroeker](https://film.one/person/allan-kroeker.md), [Brad Turner](https://film.one/person/brad-turner.md), [David Grossman](https://film.one/person/david-grossman.md), [Elodie Keene](https://film.one/person/elodie-keene.md), [Félix Enríquez Alcalá](https://film.one/person/felix-alcala.md), [James A. Contner](https://film.one/person/james-a-contner.md), [Kevin Hooks](https://film.one/person/kevin-hooks.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as director, over 11 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 70 (3), 2000s 74 (9)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 76 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 6 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 11, Action & Adventure 6, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 5, Comedy 2, Crime 1, Mystery 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marita_Grabiak, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3029711, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0333239/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1215026

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*ER*](https://film.one/tv/er.md) (88), [*Firefly*](https://film.one/tv/firefly.md) (83), [*Lost*](https://film.one/tv/lost.md) (81), [*Gilmore Girls*](https://film.one/tv/gilmore-girls.md) (81), [*Buffy the Vampire Slayer*](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md) (80), [*Alias*](https://film.one/tv/alias.md) (74), [*Bones*](https://film.one/tv/bones.md) (70), [*One Tree Hill*](https://film.one/tv/one-tree-hill.md) (66), [*Smallville*](https://film.one/tv/smallville.md) (66)
- **Paramount+:** [*Battlestar Galactica*](https://film.one/tv/battlestar-galactica.md) (83)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Marita Jane Grabiak is an American television director. She is a graduate of UCLA and began her career as a production assistant on the 1986 film *The Men's Club* before working as a script supervisor on series including *ER*.

Grabiak has directed episodes of numerous television series, including *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (2003), *Angel*, *Firefly* (2002), *Lost* (2004), *Smallville*, *Battlestar Galactica*, *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit*, *American Horror Story*, *Bones* and *9-1-1*. She has also directed several made-for-television films.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, encyclopedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (12)

### Directed (11) — the average rests on these

- *Dollhouse* (2009), Fi1m 66, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/dollhouse.md)
- *Bones* (2005), Fi1m 70, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)
- *Battlestar Galactica* (2004), Fi1m 83, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/battlestar-galactica.md)
- *Lost* (2004), Fi1m 81, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/lost.md)
- *One Tree Hill* (2003), Fi1m 66, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/one-tree-hill.md)
- *Firefly* (2002), Fi1m 83, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/firefly.md)
- *Alias* (2001), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/alias.md)
- *Smallville* (2001), Fi1m 66, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/smallville.md)
- *Gilmore Girls* (2000), Fi1m 81, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/gilmore-girls.md)
- *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md)
- *ER* (1994), Fi1m 88, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)

### Crew (1)

- *Super Mario Bros.* (1993), Fi1m 42, Script Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/super-mario-bros.md)

## Complete filmography (67)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *9-1-1: Nashville* (2025), series, Director
- *Falling in Love in Niagara* (2025), Director
- *Abracadabra and a Christmas Miracle* (2024), Director
- *Laughing All the Way* (2023), Director
- *A Royal Christmas Crush* (2023), Director
- *Fly Away With Me* (2022), Director
- *Yellowstone Romance* (2022), Director
- *Fit for a Prince* (2021), Director
- *Christmas on Wheels* (2020), Director
- *Nature of Love* (2020), Director
- *9-1-1: Lone Star* (2020), series, Director
- *Christmas Crush* (2019), Director
- *A Cheerful Christmas* (2019), Director
- *V Wars* (2019), series, Director
- *Random Acts of Christmas* (2019), Director
- *Christmas Scavenger Hunt* (2019), Director
- *The Order* (2019), series, Director
- *Winter Castle* (2019), Director
- *The Christmas Pact* (2018), Director
- *9-1-1* (2018), series, Director
- *Four Christmases and a Wedding* (2017), Director
- *With Love, Christmas* (2017), Director
- *Betting on the Bride* (2017), Director
- *Sleigh Bells Ring* (2016), Director
- *Hearts of Spring* (2016), Director
- *For Better or For Worse* (2014), Director
- *Christmas in the City* (2013), Director
- *Zephyr Springs* (2013), Director
- *Christmas Crush* (2012), Director
- *American Horror Story* (2011), series, Director
- *The Nine Lives of Chloe King* (2011), series, Director
- *Dollhouse* (2009), series, Director — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/dollhouse.md)
- *Drive* (2007), series, Director
- *Eureka* (2006), series, Director
- *In Justice* (2006), series, Director
- *Surface* (2005), series, Director
- *Bones* (2005), series, Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)
- *Wildfire* (2005), series, Director
- *Point Pleasant* (2005), series, Director
- *Battlestar Galactica* (2004), series, Director — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/battlestar-galactica.md)
- *Lost* (2004), series, Director — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/lost.md)
- *Wonderfalls* (2004), series, Director
- *Cold Case* (2003), series, Director
- *One Tree Hill* (2003), series, Director — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/one-tree-hill.md)
- *Miracles* (2003), series, Director
- *Firefly* (2002), series, Director — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/firefly.md)
- *Everwood* (2002), series, Director
- *Smallville* (2001), series, Director — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/smallville.md)
- *Alias* (2001), series, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/alias.md)
- *The Division* (2001), series, Director
- *Gilmore Girls* (2000), series, Director — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/gilmore-girls.md)
- *Strong Medicine* (2000), series, Director
- *Angel* (1999), series, Director
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, Director
- *Dawson's Creek* (1998), series, Director
- *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), series, Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md)
- *ER* (1994), series, Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Chasers* (1994), Script Supervisor
- *Mother's Boys* (1993), Script Supervisor
- *Super Mario Bros.* (1993), Script Supervisor — Fi1m 42, [page](https://film.one/film/super-mario-bros.md)
- *Soapdish* (1991), Script Supervisor
- *The Hot Spot* (1990), Script Supervisor
- *Men at Work* (1990), Script Supervisor
- *Original Sin* (1989), Script Supervisor
- *Young Guns* (1988), Script Supervisor
- *D.O.A.* (1988), Script Supervisor
- *Nights in White Satin* (1987), Script Supervisor

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