Megan Amram

Megan Amram
Born (1987-09-03) September 3, 1987
United States
Medium
  • Television
  • internet
Education Catlin Gabel School
Alma mater Harvard University
Genres
Website anemmyformegan.com

Megan Amram (born September 3, 1987) is an Emmy-nominated American comedy writer and performer currently working on the NBC series The Good Place.[1] She became well known after 2010 through her Twitter account.[2]

Early life and education

Amram grew up in Portland, Oregon, and was educated at Catlin Gabel School and Harvard University where she graduated in 2010.[3]

Career

Previously, Amram was a writer on the acclaimed Amazon series Transparent, HBO’s Silicon Valley, and the final three seasons of the NBC comedy Parks and Recreation. Her other past credits include writing for Adult Swim's Childrens Hospital, Fox's The Simpsons, Comedy Central's Kroll Show, the 90th and 83rd Annual Academy Awards, the 2012 MTV Movie Awards, the Disney Channel and contributing to Funny Or Die and Comedy Central's Celebrity Roasts. Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, Vulture, Vice Magazine and The Awl, among others, and her first book Science... For Her! was published in November 2015 by Simon & Schuster.

Along with her work as a writer, Amram has occasionally ventured into acting, with a 2011 appearance on RuPaul's Drag U and more recently with her Emmy-nominated web series An Emmy for Megan.[4]

Personal life

Amram currently resides in Los Angeles.

Filmography

Television

YearTitleWriterProducerNotes
2018The SimpsonsYesConsulting producer - 1 episode
2018An Emmy for MeganYesYesExecutive producer - 6 episodes; writer - 6 episodes
201890th Academy AwardsYesWriter - special material
2016–2018The Good PlaceYesYesProducer - 13 episodes; supervising producer - 12 episodes; writer - 4 episodes
2016Silicon ValleyYesYesCo-producer - 10 episodes; writer - 1 episode
2015–2016Childrens HospitalYesWriter - 3 episodes
2012–2015Parks and RecreationYesWriter - 5 episodes
2013SketchyYesWriter - 1 episode
2013Kroll ShowYesWriter - 8 episodes
20122012 MTV Movie AwardsYes
2011–2012A.N.T. FarmYesWriter - 1 episode; staff writer - 6 episodes
2011RuPaul's Drag UAs contestant Smokey St. James - 1 episode
201183rd Academy AwardsYesWriter - special material

Awards and nominations

Year Association Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2018 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series An Emmy for Megan Nominated [5]
Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series An Emmy for Megan Nominated [6]

Bibliography

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  • Amram, Megan (April 30, 2018). "Captain's Log". Shouts & Murmurs. The New Yorker. XX (X): XX.
  • Amram, Megan (September 11, 2017). "Jared Kushner's Harvard Admissions Essay". Shouts & Murmurs. The New Yorker. XX (X): XX.
  • Amram, Megan (May 25, 2017). "Eulogy for America". Daily Shouts. The New Yorker. XX (X): XX.
  • Amram, Megan (November 7, 2016). "Trump's American Girl Dolls". Shouts & Murmurs. The New Yorker. 92 (36): 27.

References

  1. ↑ Megan Amram on IMDb
  2. ↑ Cantor, Hallie. "Twitter's Megan Amram on Nightmare Hipster Comedy and Her Internet Encounter With Rosie O'Donnell". Splitsider. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  3. ↑ "July 2015, Megan Amram '10". Harvardwood. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  4. ↑ Keeley, Pete. "'The Good Place' Writer Megan Amram on Her New Web Series 'An Emmy for Megan'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "Nominees/Winners". Television Academy. Retrieved 2018-09-09.
  6. ↑ "Nominees/Winners". Television Academy. Retrieved 2018-09-09.


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