Winnie Holzman

Winnie Holzman is an American playwright, screenwriter, actor, and producer. She is best known for writing the book of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Wicked and for creating the television series My So-Called Life. She also co-wrote the screenplays for the upcoming two-part movie versions of Wicked. Holzman's other television work includes the series Thirtysomething and Once and Again. Her other stage work includes short plays (in which she appeared with her actor husband, Paul Dooley) and the full-length drama, Choice. Description above from the Wikipedia article Winnie Holzman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

Wicked: For Good

With the Wizard and the entirety of Oz framing her as wicked, Elphaba’s righteous crusade comes into conflict with Glinda’s struggle for power. As a mysterious cyclone brings in an unwitting young outsider, the former friends will soon discover how much their actions have changed each other, and all of Oz, for good. The second part of a two-part feature film adaptation of the Broadway musical phenomenon.

Release Date: 2025-11-19

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Wicked

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.

Release Date: 2024-11-20

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Character: Wiz-O-Mania Audience Member (uncredited)

Vote Count: 1783

Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked

A behind-the-scenes look at the highly-anticipated two-part film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical, featuring interviews with the cast and crew.

Release Date: 2024-11-16

Character: Self

Vote Count: 11

You People

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

Release Date: 2023-01-20

Character: Mrs. Greenbaum

Vote Count: 715

Roadies

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.

Release Date: 2016-06-26

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 3

Vote Count: 52

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.

Release Date: 2005-08-19

Episode Count: 8

Vote Count: 2

The Comeback

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.

Release Date: 2005-06-05

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 48

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.

Release Date: 2000-10-15

Character: Dr. Salvin

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 777

Roswell

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.

Release Date: 1999-10-06

Character: Madame Vivian

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 447

'Til There Was You

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.

Release Date: 1997-05-30

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 33

Jerry Maguire

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.

Release Date: 1996-12-13

Character: Women's Group Member

Vote Count: 3335

My So-Called Life

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.

Release Date: 1994-08-25

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Character: Cathy Krzyzanowski

Episode Count: 6

Vote Count: 140

thirtysomething

Thirtysomething is an American television drama about a group of baby boomers in their late thirties. It was created by Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick for MGM/UA Television Group and The Bedford Falls Company, and aired on ABC. It premiered in the U.S. on September 29, 1987. It lasted four seasons, with the last of its 85 episodes airing on May 28, 1991. The title of the show was designed as thirtysomething by Kathie Broyles, who combined the words of the original title, Thirty Something. In 1997, "The Go Between" and "Samurai Ad Man" were ranked #22 on TV Guide′s 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time. In 2002, Thirtysomething was ranked #19 on TV Guide′s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time, and in 2013 TV Guide ranked it #10 in its list of The 60 Greatest Dramas of All Time.

Release Date: 1987-09-29

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 24