Martie Cook

Martie Cook has more than three decades of experience as a respected writer and producer of television and film. She has worked for ABC, NBC, CBS, and PBS as well as for Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, and Universal Studios. A member of the Writers Guild of America West, Cook has written for hit television shows such as the top-ten Nielsen-rated "Full House", the cult classic, "Charles in Charge", the nontraditional family comedy, "Joe's Life" and Rysher Entertainment's crime drama, "One West Waikiki". Her first screenplay, "Zachary's Truth" was a finalist in the prestigious Chesterfield Writer's Film Program and in the Massachusetts Screenwriting Competition, before being optioned by Universal Studios. Her second screenplay, "Hit & Run" was optioned by Alan Barnette Productions at Universal Studios. As a producer, Cook has worked for internationally recognized shows such as "Entertainment Tonight", "NBC Nightly News", and "The Today Show", as well as for "America’s Most Wanted", "Better Homes and Gardens", and the PBS Emmy-award winning children's show, "Zoom". Cook is author of the critically acclaimed book, "Write To TV: Out of Your Head and Onto the Screen", 3rd edition (Focal Press/Routledge) used by professional writers, in college classrooms, and by budding writers alike. Additionally, Ms. Cook mentored to two soldiers serving in Afghanistan. As a direct result of that mentorship, Cook teamed with the soldiers and co-wrote a treatment for a pilot about the war in Afghanistan, which she sold to Warner Bros., Jerry Bruckheimer Television and NBC. Cook was a consulting producer on the pilot. Ms. Cook has served as a mentor to writers from across Europe as part of the "Series Mania Campus" in Lille, France. Currently, Cook is a professor in the Visual and Media Arts Department at Emerson College in Boston, a top ten film school, where she teaches film and television writing. She is the creator and director of Emerson's BFA in Comedic Arts, a first of its kind degree in the United States. The program has received press from more than 430 media outlets including "Variety", "The Hollywood Reporter", and "The New York Times." Cook is also the Founding Director of The Center for Comedic Arts at Emerson College.