Writing

Winnie Holzman

Born August 18, 1954 · New York City, New York, USA (age 72)

Winnie Holzman (born August 18, 1954) is an American playwright, screenwriter, actress, and producer. She is best known for writing the book of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical "Wicked," and for co-writing the screenplays for the two films based on the musical, "Wicked" and "Wicked: For Good." She also created the television series "My So-Called Life." Holzman's other television work includ…

Known For

Wicked: For Good

Wicked: For Good · 2025

Wicked: For Good

MovieFantasyAdventure

As an angry mob rises against the Wicked Witch, Glinda and Elphaba must unite one last time with honesty and empathy to fulfill their shared destiny and change the fate of Oz forever.

Wicked

MovieDramaRomance

In the land of Oz, ostracized and misunderstood green-skinned Elphaba is forced to share a room with the popular aristocrat Glinda at Shiz University, and the two's unlikely friendship is tested as they begin to fulfill their respective destinies as Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.

Jerry Maguire

Jerry Maguire · 1996

MovieComedyDrama

Jerry Maguire used to be a typical sports agent: willing to do just about anything he could to get the biggest possible contracts for his clients, plus a nice commission for himself. Then, one day, he suddenly has second thoughts about what he's really doing. When he voices these doubts, he ends up losing his job and all of his clients, save Rod Tidwell, an egomaniacal football player.

You People

You People · 2023

MovieRomanceComedy

A new couple and their families reckon with modern love amid culture clashes, societal expectations and generational differences.

'Til There Was You

'Til There Was You · 1997

'Til There Was You

MovieComedyRomance

Two strangers, whose paths are always crossing, finally meet when fate steps in. It took them twenty years to fall in love at first sight.

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Curb Your Enthusiasm · 2000

Curb Your Enthusiasm

The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe in which he can't seem to do anything right, and, by his standards, neither can anyone else.

Roswell

Roswell · 1999

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyDrama

Bizarre things start happening in the little New Mexico town where UFOs were spotted in 1947. Cut to 1999, when a cute high-school student saves the life of a teenage waitress. Surrounded by cliques of clever, angst-filled classmates, the two form a bond that threatens the survival of a secret universe involving superhuman powers, a yen for hot sauce and an alien gene pool.

thirtysomething

thirtysomething · 1987

thirtysomething

thirtysomething is an American television drama about a group of baby boomers in their late thirties.

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Wicked: For Good

Wicked: For Good · 2025

Wicked: For Good

MovieFantasyAdventure

As an angry mob rises against the Wicked Witch, Glinda and Elphaba must unite one last time with honesty and empathy to fulfill their shared destiny and change the fate of Oz forever.

Screenplay

Wicked

MovieDramaRomance

In the land of Oz, ostracized and misunderstood green-skinned Elphaba is forced to share a room with the popular aristocrat Glinda at Shiz University, and the two's unlikely friendship is tested as they begin to fulfill their respective destinies as Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.

Executive Producer

Jerry Maguire

Jerry Maguire · 1996

MovieComedyDrama

Jerry Maguire used to be a typical sports agent: willing to do just about anything he could to get the biggest possible contracts for his clients, plus a nice commission for himself. Then, one day, he suddenly has second thoughts about what he's really doing. When he voices these doubts, he ends up losing his job and all of his clients, save Rod Tidwell, an egomaniacal football player.

Women's Group Member

You People

You People · 2023

MovieRomanceComedy

A new couple and their families reckon with modern love amid culture clashes, societal expectations and generational differences.

Mrs. Greenbaum

'Til There Was You

'Til There Was You · 1997

'Til There Was You

MovieComedyRomance

Two strangers, whose paths are always crossing, finally meet when fate steps in. It took them twenty years to fall in love at first sight.

Writer

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Curb Your Enthusiasm · 2000

Curb Your Enthusiasm

The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe in which he can't seem to do anything right, and, by his standards, neither can anyone else.

Dr. Salvin

Roswell

Roswell · 1999

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyDrama

Bizarre things start happening in the little New Mexico town where UFOs were spotted in 1947. Cut to 1999, when a cute high-school student saves the life of a teenage waitress. Surrounded by cliques of clever, angst-filled classmates, the two form a bond that threatens the survival of a secret universe involving superhuman powers, a yen for hot sauce and an alien gene pool.

Madame Vivian

thirtysomething

thirtysomething · 1987

thirtysomething

thirtysomething is an American television drama about a group of baby boomers in their late thirties.

Writer

The Comeback

The Comeback · 2005

SeriesComedyDrama

For Valerie Cherish, no price is too high to pay for clinging to the spotlight. Desperate to revive her career, she agrees to star in a reality TV series, allowing cameras to follow her every move as she lands a part on a new network sitcom.

A Man on the Inside

A Man on the Inside · 2024

A Man on the Inside

SeriesComedyCrime

A retired professor with a knack for snooping gets a new lease on life when a private investigator recruits him to go undercover and crack a case.

Pamela Malgrentz

My So-Called Life

My So-Called Life · 1994

My So-Called Life

SeriesDramaComedy

The life of a 15 year-old high school student, whose angst-ridden journey through adolescence, friendship, parents, and life teaches her what it means to grow up.

Writer

Roadies

Roadies · 2016

SeriesComedyDrama

An insider's look at the reckless, romantic, funny, and often poignant lives of a committed group of "roadies," who live for music and the de facto family they've formed along the way.

Writer

Hopeless Pictures

Hopeless Pictures · 2005

Hopeless Pictures

Hopeless Pictures is an American animated comedy series starring the voice of Friends actress Lisa Kudrow, Seinfeld guest actor Bob Balaban, and produced and broadcast by the IFC. The cartoon follows fictional film producer Mel Wax, voiced by Michael McKean, in a spoof of the Hollywood movie industry. Stylistically the show makes use of the audio from scripted telephone conversations combined with on-screen gags surrounding the cartoon characters speaking.