Rosenberg, Melissa

PERSONAL

Born in NC; married Lev L. Spiro (a director and writer). Education: Bennington College, graduated.

Addresses:

Agent—Dan Erlij, United Talent Agency, 9560 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career:

Producer, story editor, and writer.

Awards, Honors:

Television Award nomination (with others), best dramatic series, Writers Guild of America, 2008, for Dexter.

CREDITS

Television Work; Series:

Story editor, Class of '96, Fox, 1993.

Story editor, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, CBS, 1995-96.

Executive story editor, Dark Skies, NBC, c. 1996.

Creator and consulting producer, Birds of Prey (also known as BOP), The WB, 2002-2003.

Co-executive producer, The O.C., Fox, 2003-2004.

Creator and consulting producer, Dexter, Showtime, 2006.

Co-executive producer, Dexter, Showtime, 2007.

Consulting producer of The Agency, CBS; creator and supervising producer of Party of Five, Fox; supervising producer of The Magnificent Seven, CBS.

Television Work; Pilots:

Executive producer, Alyx, ABC, 2008.

Television Work; Episodic:

Coproducer, "Working Girls," The Magnificent Seven, CBS, 1998.

Consulting producer, "Chapter Two," Boston Public, Fox, 2000.

Co-executive producer, "The One that Got Away," Love Monkey, CBS, 2006.

Co-executive producer, "The Window," Love Monkey, CBS, 2006.

WRITINGS

Television Series:

Dexter, Showtime, 2007, 2008.

Television Pilots:

Alyx, Showtime, 2008.

Television Episodes:

"Midterm Madness," Class of '96, Fox, 1993.

"One Touch of Nature," Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, CBS, 1995.

"If You Love Someone …," Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, CBS, 1996.

"Reunion," Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, CBS, 1996.

"The Sentence," The Outer Limits (also known as The New Outer Limits), Showtime and syndicated, 1996.

"Mummy Dearest," Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, syndicated, 1996.

"Beanstalks and Bad Eggs," Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, syndicated, 1997.

"Hats Off to Larry" (also based on story by Rosenberg), Ally McBeal, Fox, 2001.

"Slick," Birds of Prey (also known as BOP), The WB, 2002.

"Sins of the Mother," Birds of Prey (also known as BOP), The WB, 2002.

"Nature of the Beast," Birds of Prey (also known as BOP), The WB, 2002.

"The Outsider," The O.C., Fox, 2003.

"The Rescue," The O.C., Fox, 2003.

"The Third Wheel," The O.C., Fox, 2004.

"Confidence," Love Monkey, CBS, 2006.

"Sundown," Skater Boys, 2006.

Also writer for The Agency, CBS, and Dark Skies, NBC.

Screenplays:

Step Up, Touchstone, 2006.

ADAPTATIONS

Various television episodes were based on stories by Rosenberg, including "The Adventures of Pat's Man and Robin," Class of '96, Fox, 1993, "Coming Out," Love Monkey, CBS, 2006, and episodes of Dexter, ABC.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Xpose, September, 1997, pp. 50-53.