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Quick facts for kids Marti Noxon
Noxon in May 2016
Born	Martha Mills Noxon (1964-08-25) August 25, 1964 (age 61) 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)

Martha Mills Noxon (born August 25, 1964) is an American writer, director, and producer for television and movies. She is famous for her work as a writer and executive producer on the supernatural drama series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003).

Marti Noxon also helped create and produce other popular TV shows. These include the comedy-drama Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce (2014–18) and the drama UnREAL (2015–18). She was also an executive producer for the medical drama Code Black (2015–17).

Beyond TV, Noxon has written several films. She wrote the science fiction action movie I Am Number Four (2011) and the horror thriller Fright Night (2011). She also wrote the true-story drama The Glass Castle (2017). In 2017, she wrote and directed the drama film To the Bone.

More recently, Noxon created the dark comedy series Dietland and the limited series Sharp Objects. Both of these shows started in 2018.

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 was Mary Straley. Marti grew up in nearby Santa Monica.

She has a brother named Christopher Noxon, who is also a writer. Marti's grandmother, Betty Lane, was a painter. Growing up, Marti often traveled with her father when he filmed documentaries. This made her fall in love with the idea of making movies.

Noxon studied at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She graduated in 1987 with a degree in Theater Arts from Oakes College.

Career Beginnings

Becoming a Writer

Marti Noxon first wanted to be an actor because it seemed exciting. However, she soon realized it wasn't what she truly wanted to do. People had always told her that writing was her strong suit, so she decided to focus on that.

She started her career by working as an assistant for a producer named Rick Rosenthal. Later, she became an assistant for TV writer Barbara Hall. Noxon said that Hall was a great mentor, helping her learn the ropes of writing for television.

Marti had written a big project for her college degree. After a few years, she rediscovered it and showed it to a producer. This was the real start of her writing journey. She then spent seven years working on her writing skills before joining the team for Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Working on Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Joining the Team

After the first season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer aired, Marti's agent encouraged her to watch the show. Her agent thought she should try to get a job writing for it. Marti was unsure at first because she knew the original Buffy movie hadn't been very successful.

However, after watching the first few episodes, she loved the show! Even though she was already set to work on another show called The Pretender, she decided to join Buffy.

In 1997, Noxon became part of the writing team for Buffy the Vampire Slayer during its second season. She wrote or co-wrote 22 episodes of the series. The show was made by The WB Network, which gave the creators a lot of freedom. Writing for Buffy was very fast-paced, with deadlines sometimes as short as four days.

Taking on More Responsibility

In 1998, Marti Noxon became a co-producer for Buffy the Vampire Slayer during its third season. When the Buffy spin-off show Angel began in 1999, Marti was promoted. The show's creator, Joss Whedon, made her a supervising producer for Buffy's fourth season. This meant she had more responsibility for producing the show.

Noxon also co-produced the show's fifth season (2000–2001). She even directed two episodes herself: "Into the Woods" and "Forever". From 2001 to 2003, Marti Noxon was the executive producer for Buffy's sixth and seventh seasons.

Other Television Projects

After Buffy, Marti Noxon worked on many other TV shows. In 2005, she helped create the supernatural drama Point Pleasant. She also worked as a consulting producer on Prison Break, but she left because she didn't feel connected to the show's story.

In 2006, Noxon joined the ABC drama Brothers & Sisters as the showrunner. Later that year, she became a consulting producer for the medical drama Grey's Anatomy. In 2007, she co-wrote an episode of Grey's Anatomy with the show's creator, Shonda Rhimes.

Noxon then became an executive producer and showrunner for Grey's spin-off, Private Practice, for one season.

Working on Mad Men

In 2008, Marti Noxon worked as a consulting producer on the AMC drama series Mad Men. She said that working on Mad Men helped her improve her writing a lot. She learned to focus more on the main ideas of a show.

She co-wrote an episode called "The Inheritance" for Mad Men's second season. For this, she was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award. She later won the WGA Award for Best Drama Series in 2010 for her work on the third season of Mad Men.

Recent TV Work

In 2011, Noxon joined the writing team for FOX's musical comedy Glee for its third season.

In 2014, Noxon co-created the Lifetime comedy-drama series UnREAL with Sarah Gertrude Shapiro. 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 series Code Black, which started in 2015.

Film Work

Marti Noxon has also written several movies:

• Just a Little Harmless ... (1998) – co-written with Roger Mills.
• I Am Number Four (2011) – co-written with Alfred Gough and Miles Millar.
• Fright Night (2011) – she wrote the screenplay for this remake.
• To the Bone (2017) – she wrote and directed this film.
• The Glass Castle (2017).

Personal Life

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

One of Marti's hobbies is baking. She even opened a flour mill in Pasadena, California, called Grist & Toll. This mill provides freshly ground flour to local restaurants for their baking.

Filmography

Television

Cinema

• Just a Little Harmless ... (with Roger Mills) (1998)
• 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)

Television Credits Details

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Episodes

Noxon joined the Buffy writing staff in the second season. She was promoted over the years, eventually becoming the showrunner.

• 2x09 "What's My Line (Part 1)" (co-writer)
• 2x10 "What's My Line (Part 2)" (writer)
• 2x12 "Bad Eggs" (writer)
• 2x13 "Surprise" (writer)
• 2x16 "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" (writer)
• 2x19 "I Only Have Eyes for You" (writer)
• 3x02 "Dead Man's Party" (writer)
• 3x04 "Beauty and the Beasts" (writer)
• 3x09 "The Wish" (writer)
• 3x15 "Consequences" (writer)
• 3x20 "The Prom" (writer)
• 4x02 "Living Conditions" (writer)
• 4x06 "Wild at Heart" (writer)
• 4x11 "Doomed (co-writer)
• 4x14 "Goodbye Iowa" (writer)
• 4x19 "New Moon Rising" (writer)
• 5x01 "Buffy vs. Dracula" (writer)
• 5x10 "Into the Woods" (writer and director)
• 5x17 "Forever" (writer and director)
• 6x01 "Bargaining (Part 1)" (writer)
• 6x10 "Wrecked" (writer)
• 6x20 "Villains" (writer)
• 7x07 "Conversations with Dead People" (uncredited writer)
• 7x10 "Bring on the Night" (co-writer)

Angel Episodes

Noxon was a consulting producer for the first three seasons of Angel.

• 1x13 "She" (co-writer)

Point Pleasant Episodes

Noxon was an executive producer and showrunner for this series.

• 1x01 "Pilot" (co-writer)
• 1x02 "Human Nature" (writer)
• 1x13 "Let the War Commence" (co-writer)

Private Practice Episodes

Noxon was an executive producer for the first two seasons of Private Practice.

• 1x03 "In Which Addison Finds the Magic" (co-writer)
• 1x05 "In Which Addison Finds a Showerhead" (co-writer)
• 2x01 "A Family Thing" (co-writer)

Glee Episodes

Noxon was a consulting producer and writer for the third season of Glee.

• 3x09 "Extraordinary Merry Christmas" (writer)
• 3x18 "Choke" (writer)

Dietland Episodes

Noxon is the showrunner, executive producer, writer, and director for some episodes of Dietland.

• 1x01 "Pilot"
• 1x02 "Tender Belly"

Sharp Objects Episodes

Noxon created, executive produced, and wrote for this 8-part miniseries for HBO.

• The show premiered on July 8, 2018.

See Also

• Mutant Enemy Productions