Molyneux sisters
Wendy Molyneux and Lizzie Molyneux-Logelin, known collectively as the Molyneux sisters, are American screenwriters and television producers.
Career
They have written for Bob's Burgers since 2011, and won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program in 2017 and an Annie Award in 2017 for writing "The Hormone-iums".[1] Along with Minty Lewis, the pair co-created the animated sitcom The Great North, which premiered on January 3, 2021.[2][3] On November 20, 2020, it was announced that they would write the screenplay alongside returning screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick for Deadpool & Wolverine, set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).[4] However, their work was not credited in the film.
The Molyneuxs are originally from Indiana, but grew up in Southern California. Wendy is a 1997 graduate of Pomona College, and is married to writer Jeff Drake, with whom she has four children. Lizzie is married to writer Matthew Logelin, with whom she has 3 children.[5]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | |
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Writers | Producers | |||
2022 | The Bob's Burgers Movie | No | Executive | |
The People We Hate at the Wedding | Yes | No |
Uncredited writer
- Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) (additional literary material writer)[6]
Television
Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | |
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Writers | Executive producers | |||
2006–07 | The Megan Mullally Show | Yes | No | Wendy only |
2008 | Point View Terrace | No | Yes | Wendy only |
2011–present | Bob's Burgers | Yes | Yes | Wrote 29 episodes, also staff writers, story editors, and executive story editors Also co-producers, producers, supervising producers, and co-executive producers |
2015 | Nerd Herd | Yes | Yes | Television movie |
2017 | Nick Offerman & Megan Mullally: Summer of 69: No Apostrophe | Yes | No | Television special, Wendy only |
2021–present | The Great North | Yes | Yes | Co-creators, wrote 3 episodes |
References
- ^ Kroll, Justin (20 November 2020). "'Deadpool 3': Marvel Studios And Ryan Reynolds Tap The Molyneux Sisters To Pen The Sequel". Deadline.
- ^ "Fox Is Developing a New Animated Show Called The Great North From The Bob's Burgers Team". Vulture. 28 September 2018.
- ^ Holub, Christian (October 30, 2020). "Teaser: The Great North". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
- ^ Jackson, Angelique (20 November 2020). "'Deadpool 3' Taps 'Bob's Burgers' Writers The Molyneux Sisters". Variety.
- ^ Gurza, Agustin. "The World According to Bob's Burgers". Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- ^ "Deadpool & Wolverine". Writers Guild of America West. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
External links
- Lizzie Molyneux at IMDb
- Wendy Molyneux at IMDb
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- Ben Edlund and Richard Liebmann-Smith (1995)
- Jason Butler Rote and Paul Rudish (1997)
- Charles M. Howell IV, Earl Kress and John Ludin (1998)
- Tim Long, Larry Doyle and Matt Selman (1999)
- Steve Young (2000)
- Ron Weiner (2001)
- Norm Hiscock (2002)
- Matt Warburton (2003)
- Etan Cohen (2004)
- C. H. Greenblatt, Paul Tibbitt, Mike Bell and Tim Hill (2005)
- Ian Maxtone-Graham (2006)
- Ian Maxtone-Graham and Billy Kimball (2007)
- Tom Root, Doug Goldstein, Hugh Davidson, Mike Fasolo, Seth Green, Dan Milano, Matthew Senreich, Kevin Shinick, Zeb Wells and Breckin Meyer (2008)
- Daniel Chun (2009)
- Geoff Johns, Matthew Beans, Zeb Wells, Hugh Sterbakov, Matthew Senreich, Breckin Meyer, Seth Green, Mike Fasolo, Doug Goldstein, Tom Root, Dan Milano, Kevin Shinick and Hugh Davidson (2010)
- Carolyn Omine (2011)
- Trey Parker (2012)
- Lewis Morton (2013)
- Darrick Bachman (2014)
- Steven Davis and Kelvin Yu (2015)
- Lizzie Molyneux and Wendy Molyneux (2016)
- Ryan Ridley and Dan Guterman (2017)
- Stephanie Simpson (2018)
- Shauna McGarry (2019)
- Andrew Goldberg and Patti Harrison (2020)
- Christian Linke and Alex Yee (2021)
- Andrew Kevin Walker (2022)
- Amber Noizumi (2023)
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