Marcus Gardley

Biography

Marcus Gardley (born 1977/1978) is an American poet, playwright and screenwriter from West Oakland, California. He is an ensemble member playwright at Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago and an assistant professor of Theater and Performance Studies at Brown University.

Career Overview

Marcus Gardley has 13 screen credits in a career dating back to 2017. Signature works include MINDHUNTER, The Color Purple, What's Going On. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Writing

Gender

male

Known Credits

13

Birth Date

1978-01-01 00:00:00

Birth Place

Oakland, California, USA

Known For

• 

  MINDHUNTER
• 

  The Color Purple
• What's Going On

Frequent Collaborators

• Jonathan Groff (1 collaborations)
• Holt McCallany (1 collaborations)
• Anna Torv (1 collaborations)
• Stacey Roca (1 collaborations)
• Fantasia Barrino (1 collaborations)
• Taraji P. Henson (1 collaborations)
• Danielle Brooks (1 collaborations)
• Colman Domingo (1 collaborations)
• Corey Hawkins (1 collaborations)
• Phylicia Pearl Mpasi (1 collaborations)

Credits

• writing (8 credits)

  • What's Going On

    writer

    writing
    2026
  • The Color Purple

    screenplay

    writing
    2023
  • Maid

    - Bear Hunt (2021) ... writer writing

    - Sea Glass (2021) ... writer writing
    2021
  • Foundation

    - Death and the Maiden (2021) ... writer writing
    2021
  • NOS4A2

    - The Gas Mask Man (2019) ... writer writing
    2019
  • Tales of the City

    - She Messy (2019) ... writer writing
    2019
  • The Chi

    - Today was a Good Day (2018) ... writer writing
    2018
  • MINDHUNTER

    other

    writing

    - Episode 9 (2019) ... other writing

    - Episode 8 (2019) ... other writing

    - Episode 7 (2019) ... other writing

    - Episode 6 (2019) ... other writing

    - Episode 5 (2019) ... other writing
    2017

• production (4 credits)

  • American Solitaire

    consulting producer

    production
    2025
  • Maid

    co-executive producer

    production
    2021
  • Foundation

    - The Leap (2021) ... supervising producer production

    - The First Crisis (2021) ... supervising producer production

    - The Missing Piece (2021) ... supervising producer production

    - Mysteries and Martyrs (2021) ... supervising producer production

    - Death and the Maiden (2021) ... supervising producer production
    2021
  • NOS4A2

    - Gunbarrel (2019) ... co-producer production

    - Sleigh House (2019) ... co-producer production

    - Parnassus (2019) ... co-producer production

    - Scissors for the Drifter (2019) ... co-producer production

    - The Dark Tunnels (2019) ... co-producer production
    2019

• actors (1 credits)

  • Oprah & The Color Purple Journey

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2023