Marti Noxon facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Marti Noxon
Noxon in May 2016
Born	Martha Mills Noxon (1964-08-25) August 25, 1964 (age 60) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater	University of California, Santa Cruz
Occupation	Screenwriter, television writer, television producer
Years active	1998–present
Known for	Buffy the Vampire Slayer Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce UnREAL
Spouse(s)	Jeff Bynum ​ ​ (m. 2000, divorced)​
Children	2
Parent(s)	Nicolas Noxon
Relatives	Christopher Noxon (brother) Jenji Kohan (sister-in-law)

Marti Noxon (born August 25, 1964) is an American writer, director, and producer for TV shows and movies. She is famous for her work on the supernatural drama series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She was a writer and executive producer for this show from 1997 to 2003.

Marti also created, wrote, and produced other popular TV shows. These include the comedy-drama Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce (2014–18) and the drama UnREAL (2015–18). She also helped produce the medical drama Code Black (2015–17).

Besides TV, Marti Noxon has written several movies. She wrote the action film I Am Number Four (2011) and the horror movie Fright Night (2011). She also wrote and directed the drama film To the Bone (2017). In 2018, she created the dark comedy series Dietland and the limited series Sharp Objects.

Early Life and Education

Marti Noxon was born in Los Angeles, California. Her father, Nicolas Noxon, was a documentary filmmaker for National Geographic Channel. Her mother's name is Mary Straley. Marti grew up in Santa Monica, California.

She has a brother named Christopher Noxon, who is also a writer. Her grandmother, Betty Lane, was a painter. Marti often went with her father when he traveled to film documentaries. This made her love the idea of making movies from a young age.

Marti Noxon went to University of California, Santa Cruz. She graduated in 1987 with a degree in Theater Arts from Oakes College.

Career in Television and Film

Starting Her Career

Marti first wanted to be an actor because it seemed exciting. But she soon realized it wasn't for her. She had always been told that writing was her strong point. So, she decided to focus on becoming a writer.

She began her career by working as an assistant for a producer and then for a TV writer. She found that having a mentor helped her a lot. Marti had written a project in college. She later worked on it again and tried to get it made. This was the start of her writing journey. It took her seven years of writing on her own before she joined the team for Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Working on Buffy the Vampire Slayer

After the first season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer aired, Marti's agent told her to watch it. He thought she should try to get a job on the show. Marti wasn't sure at first because she knew the original movie hadn't done well. But after watching the first few episodes, she really loved the show.

In 1997, Marti Noxon joined the writing team for Buffy the Vampire Slayer's second season. She wrote or co-wrote 22 episodes during her time there. She said working on Buffy was a great experience. The network allowed the show creators to work with little interference. The writing process was very fast, with tight deadlines.

In 1998, Marti became a co-producer for Buffy the Vampire Slayers third season. When the Buffy spin-off show Angel started in 1999, Marti was promoted. She became a supervising producer for Buffys fourth season. This gave her more responsibility for producing the show. She also helped cast Amber Benson as Tara Maclay during this time.

Marti co-produced the show's fifth season (2000–2001). She also directed two episodes: "Into the Woods" and "Forever". She even sang in the sixth-season episode "Once More, with Feeling". Marti Noxon was an executive producer for Buffy's sixth and seventh seasons, from 2001 to 2003.

Other TV and Film Projects

In 2004, Marti wrote and produced a TV pilot called Still Life. It was about a family dealing with the death of their son. The show was picked up but never aired in the U.S.

In 2005, she co-created the supernatural drama Point Pleasant. She also worked as a consulting producer on Prison Break and Grey's Anatomy. In 2007, she became an executive producer and showrunner for Grey's spin-off, Private Practice.

From 2008 to 2009, Marti Noxon was a consulting producer on the drama series Mad Men. She said working on Mad Men helped her writing improve a lot. She was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for her work on Mad Men. She won the award in 2010 for the show's third season.

In 2011, Marti joined the writing team for FOX's Glee for its third season. She did not return for the fourth season.

In 2014, Marti Noxon co-created the series UnREAL for Lifetime. At the same time, she was also working on Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce for Bravo. She was also an executive producer for the CBS medical drama Code Black, which started in 2015.

Marti wrote the screenplay for the 2011 movie Fright Night. She also wrote and directed the 2017 film To the Bone.

Personal Life

Marti Noxon met her ex-husband, Jeff Bynum, while they were both working on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. They have two children together.

Marti has said that her show, Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce, is about the general idea of divorce, not her own personal experience.

One of her hobbies is baking. She even opened a flour mill in Pasadena, California. It's called Grist & Toll and supplies local restaurants with flour for baking.

Selected Filmography

Television

Cinema

• I Am Number Four (with Alfred Gough and Miles Millar) (2011)
• Fright Night (2011)
• To the Bone (2017) (writer and director)
• The Glass Castle (2017)

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  Marti Noxon in May 2016

See also

• Mutant Enemy Productions