Marissa Jo Cerar

Marissa Jo Cerar is a writer and producer. Cerar is known for The Handmaid's Tale (2017), The Fosters (2013) and 13 Reasons Why (2017). She was nominated for a Primetime Emmy in 2020.

Works

Sweet Potato Pie

Determined to lose their virginities, three friends set off on a lust-fuelled road trip full of hilariously desperate bids to get laid.

Release Date2004-07-04

Charactersd Shawana

Vote Count1

Tamron Hall

Former news host and journalist Tamron Hall discusses all things topical and engages those she interviews in thorough meaningful and entertaining conversations.

Release Date2019-09-09

Charactersd Self - Guest

Episode Count1

Vote Count18

The Handmaid's Tale

Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship.

Release Date2017-04-26

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count3249

13 Reasons Why

High school student Clay Jensen lands in the center of a series of heartbreaking mysteries set in motion by a friend's tragic suicide.

Release Date2017-03-31

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

Vote Count4548

The Fosters

Stef Foster, a dedicated police officer, and her partner Lena Adams, a school vice principal, have built a close-knit, loving family with Stef's biological son from a previous marriage, Brandon, and their adopted twins, Mariana and Jesus. Their lives are disrupted in unexpected ways when Lena meets Callie, a hardened teen with an abusive past who has spent her life in and out of foster homes. Lena and Stef welcome Callie and her brother, Jude, into their home thinking it's just for a few weeks, until a more permanent placement can be found. But life has something else in store for the Fosters.

Release Date2013-06-03

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count3

Vote Count330

Black Cake

Two estranged siblings must set aside their differences to deal with their mother's death and her hidden past – a journey of discovery that takes them from the Caribbean to London to California and ends with her famous black cake.

Release Date2023-11-01

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count8

Vote Count50

Shots Fired

A media storm sets off when an African-American cop kills a white teenager in a small North Carolina town.

Release Date2017-03-22

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

Vote Count38

Women of the Movement

A limited series focusing on Mamie Till Mobley, who devoted her life to seeking justice for her son Emmett Till following his brutal murder in the Jim Crow South.

Release Date2022-01-06

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count13