Marissa Flaxbart is a writer, filmmaker, and creative thinker based in Los Angeles. After graduating from the University of Chicago with a Cinema and Media Studies concentration, Marissa self-produced and edited a feature-length documentary while leading a team of technology lecturers at one of the first flagship Apple Retail stores. As a freelance writer, she has covered everything from electric cars to WNBA games, but now focuses primarily on more narrative forms.

She holds an MFA in screenwriting from Chapman University.