Jeff Melvoin

Jeff Melvoin
Born	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation	Screenwriter, producer, teacher, journalist
Alma mater	Harvard University
Years active	1983–present
Spouse	Martha Melvoin (2 children)

Jeff Melvoin is an American television writer, producer, and educator. He has written dozens and produced hundreds of one-hour episodes on over a dozen television series.

Melvoin is co-founder and chair of the Writers Guild of America's Showrunner Training Program and the Writers Education Committee. He is a past board member of the Mystery Writers of America (Southern California Chapter) and the Writers Guild of America, West. He also serves as a Trustee on the Board of Humanitas, which awards the annual Humanitas Prize in television and film.

Additionally, Melvoin has taught at Harvard, USC School of Cinematic Arts, UCLA, and the Sundance Institute.

In 2004, Melvoin co-authored a WGA booklet, Writing for Episodic TV, which is still in print.

Melvoin was born in Boston, MA and grew up in Highland Park, IL. He attended Highland Park High School, and has attributed the birth of his creative career to his drama teacher Barbara Paterson. In high school, his fellow actors included Jeff Perry and Gary Sinise, two of the founding members of the Steppenwolf Theater Company.

Melvoin attended Harvard University, graduating magna cum laude in 1975 with a degree in American history and literature. He wrote his senior thesis on the development of the American detective in fiction. While in college, he also directed six theatrical productions, including two on the mainstage of Harvard’s Loeb Theater.

After college, Melvoin took a mini-MBA program at Keller Graduate School of Business Management in Chicago and was subsequently hired by Fairchild Publications (Women's Wear Daily, W) as a reporter for Fairchild News Service (FNS) in Washington, D.C. Shortly after, he was made FNS bureau chief in Miami.

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