Maria Melnik

Biography

Career Overview

Maria Melnik has 10 screen credits in a career dating back to 2014. Their work spans 3 cinematic universes — most prominently Escape Room with 2 titles. Signature works include Counterpart, Escape Room, Escape Room: Tournament of Champions. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Writing

Gender

female

Known Credits

10

Known For

• 

  Counterpart
• 

  Escape Room
• 

  Escape Room: Tournament of Champions
• 

  Magic

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 3 universes

• Escape Room (2 titles)
• Alien (1 titles)
• MonsterVerse (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Taylor Russell (2 collaborations)
• Logan Miller (2 collaborations)
• Deborah Ann Woll (2 collaborations)
• Tyler Labine (2 collaborations)
• Jamie-Lee Money (2 collaborations)
• J.K. Simmons (1 collaborations)
• Nazanin Boniadi (1 collaborations)
• Harry Lloyd (1 collaborations)
• Olivia Williams (1 collaborations)
• Sara Serraiocco (1 collaborations)

Credits

• writing (8 credits)

  • Magic

    writer

    writing
    2026
  • Alien: Earth

    - Emergence (2025) ... writer writing
    2025
  • Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

    - Requiem (2026) ... writer writing
    2023
  • Escape Room: Tournament of Champions

    writer

    writing
    2021
  • Escape Room

    screenplay

    writing
    2019
  • Counterpart

    executive story editor

    writing

    - Better Angels (2019) ... executive story editor writing

    - Shadow Puppets (2019) ... writer writing

    - Inside Out (2018) ... executive story editor writing
    2017
  • American Gods

    - Come to Jesus (2017) ... staff writer writing

    - A Prayer for Mad Sweeney (2017) ... staff writer writing

    - A Murder of Gods (2017) ... staff writer writing

    - Lemon Scented You (2017) ... staff writer writing

    - Git Gone (2017) ... staff writer writing
    2017
  • Black Sails

    - XVI. (2015) ... story writing
    2014

• production (2 credits)

  • Alien: Earth

    producer

    production

    - The Real Monsters (2025) ... producer production

    - Emergence (2025) ... producer production

    - The Fly (2025) ... producer production

    - In Space, No One... (2025) ... producer production

    - Observation (2025) ... producer production
    2025
  • Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

    consulting producer

    production

    - Where We Belong (2026) ... consulting producer production

    - Ends of the Earth (2026) ... consulting producer production

    - Separate Ways (2026) ... consulting producer production

    - String Theory (2026) ... consulting producer production

    - Requiem (2026) ... consulting producer production
    2023