Monica Beletsky

Monica Beletsky
Born Monica Henderson
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Other names M.H. Beletsky
Monica Henderson Beletsky
Occupation Television producer, television writer, screenwriter
Years active 2009–present
Spouse(s) Leo Beletsky

Monica Beletsky (born Monica Henderson, sometimes credited as Monica Henderson Beletsky) is an American television producer and screenwriter. Most recently, she was a writer/producer for the third season of the FX series, Fargo. Past writing and producing credits include the drama series The Leftovers, (winner of the Peabody Award in 2016), Friday Night Lights, and the first four seasons of Parenthood. She was a producer and writer for I Am The Night on IMDb a TNT limited series helmed by Patty Jenkins, created by Sam Sheridan, starring Chris Pine.

In 2017, Beletsky was nominated with her colleagues for an Emmy Award for Best Limited Series and a PGA and a WGA Award for Long Form Adapted for Fargo. In 2011, she was on the team of writers nominated for a Writers Guild of America award for Best Drama series for the fourth and fifth seasons of Friday Night Lights.

Biography

Beletsky grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and is a graduate of the Julia R. Masterman School. She went to Harvard University where she graduated with a degree in African American Studies. Her focus was black history and literature, post-civil war and pre-WWI. Her advisor was scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and her thesis won the Kathryn Ann Huggins Prize. She was a theatre director from 2000-2006 in NYC and the U.K.[1] Her mother is Jewish and her father is African American.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Sara Lynne, Wright (April 1, 2017). "April 2017 - Monica Beletsky AB '99". harvardwood.org. Retrieved April 11, 2017.



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