Brett Melnick is a
Writer -- Producer -- Director
Brett Melnick is a television comedy writer, producer and director. Placing on the 2020 Blacklist for his comedy adventure feature, Yom Kippur, Brett currently works as the Script Coordinator on ABC’s reimagining of The Wonder Years.
Brett began his career in the writer's room of The Last O.G., the TBS comedy starring Tracy Morgan and Tiffany Haddish. As the show's Writers Assistant, Brett wrote digital promos for the series, which later aired on TBS and the TBS digital app. His previous experience also includes work in the writer’s room on the first and second seasons of the FX comedy, DAVE.
Most recently, Brett received his first network writing credit for the season one episode of The Wonder Years entitled, “The Valentine’s Day Dance,” which aired in February of 2022.
Brett placed on the 2020 Blacklist for his comedy script, Yom Kippur, the story of three distant cousins who come together on the holiest Jewish holiday, only to find themselves in the middle of an underground drug-trafficking ring.
In the digital space, Brett co-created and served as the executive producer on the political satire Instagram series, What's Up North with Trevor Tordjman, created in partnership with Instagram and BuzzFeed. The digital series, focused on informing and empowering a Gen Z audience to make a positive social and environmental impact, opened to 100,000 views within a week.
A graduate of Chapman University's Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, Brett studied as a mentee to director/producer Rob Cohen (The Fast And The Furious, xXx). While a student, Brett’s breadth of work ranged from directing a 30-minute television pilot that was recognized at the New York Film and Television Festival; to writing and producing a Spongebob Squarepants short film that premiered at Nickelodeon's San Diego Comic-Con booth.
Writer -- Producer -- Director
Brett Melnick is a television comedy writer, producer and director. Placing on the 2020 Blacklist for his comedy adventure feature, Yom Kippur, Brett currently works as the Script Coordinator on ABC’s reimagining of The Wonder Years.
Brett began his career in the writer's room of The Last O.G., the TBS comedy starring Tracy Morgan and Tiffany Haddish. As the show's Writers Assistant, Brett wrote digital promos for the series, which later aired on TBS and the TBS digital app. His previous experience also includes work in the writer’s room on the first and second seasons of the FX comedy, DAVE.
Most recently, Brett received his first network writing credit for the season one episode of The Wonder Years entitled, “The Valentine’s Day Dance,” which aired in February of 2022.
Brett placed on the 2020 Blacklist for his comedy script, Yom Kippur, the story of three distant cousins who come together on the holiest Jewish holiday, only to find themselves in the middle of an underground drug-trafficking ring.
In the digital space, Brett co-created and served as the executive producer on the political satire Instagram series, What's Up North with Trevor Tordjman, created in partnership with Instagram and BuzzFeed. The digital series, focused on informing and empowering a Gen Z audience to make a positive social and environmental impact, opened to 100,000 views within a week.
A graduate of Chapman University's Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, Brett studied as a mentee to director/producer Rob Cohen (The Fast And The Furious, xXx). While a student, Brett’s breadth of work ranged from directing a 30-minute television pilot that was recognized at the New York Film and Television Festival; to writing and producing a Spongebob Squarepants short film that premiered at Nickelodeon's San Diego Comic-Con booth.
