---
name: "Susan McMartin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/susan-mcmartin"
fi1m_id: "susan-mcmartin"
imdb_id: "nm0573185"
tmdb_id: 74277
wikidata_id: "Q4275847"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "25 February 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T11:58:45.149588+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."
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# Susan McMartin

## Identity

Susan McMartin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/susan-mcmartin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** susan-mcmartin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0573185
- **TMDB ID:** 74277
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4275847
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4275847, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0573185/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/74277

Writer. Born 25 February 1968 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 25 February 1968, New York City, New York, USA
- **Also known as:** Susan Helen McMartin
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4275847, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0573185/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/74277

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Two and a Half Men*](https://film.one/tv/two-and-a-half-men.md) (55)

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

## Biography

Susan McMartin is an American screenwriter and television producer. She graduated from the Dramatic Writing program at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and began her career with credits on soap operas including *Port Charles* and *Another World*.

Her television work includes writing and producing on *Two and a Half Men* (2011–2014) and *Mom* (2014–2021), both for Chuck Lorre. She wrote the screenplay for the 2016 film *Mr. Church*, drew from her own life, and co-wrote the screenplay for *After* (2019). Other credits include the story for *Son in Law* (1993) and teleplay for the 2016 television film *Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart*. She also wrote the book *Understanding the Fall*.

McMartin co-created the Netflix series *Leanne* (2025) with Chuck Lorre and Leanne Morgan, and wrote the screenplay for *Regretting You* (2025).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Two and a Half Men* (2003), Fi1m 55, Teleplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/tv/two-and-a-half-men.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Regretting You* (2025), Screenplay
- *Leanne* (2025), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Story, Teleplay, Creator
- *After* (2019), Screenplay
- *Mr. Church* (2016), Writer
- *Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart* (2016), Writer
- *Mom* (2013), series, Story, Teleplay
- *Gary Unmarried* (2008), series, Writer
- *Californication* (2007), series, Writer
- *Two and a Half Men* (2003), series, Story, Teleplay — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/tv/two-and-a-half-men.md)
- *Son in Law* (1993), Story
- *Upper Cut*, Screenplay

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