About

M.M. Kagan is a comedy writer and filmmaker who creates quick-witted and smart ensemble stories that push back against societal norms.

Kagan is a New Yorker of 20+ years, having grown up in Florida by way of South African, Japan, and Israel. Because of course.

Top credits include CBS Diversity Sketch Comedy Showcase, Whoopi Goldberg and Mana Contemporary’s mini-writers’ room fellowship, 2x Semi-Finalist for Screencraft’s Comedy Script Competition, and Semi-Finalist for Universal’s Animation Writing Fellowship. Kagan was also the creator and writer of Submitting Like A Man, a lively challenge of gender bias in the entertainment industry, with a hearty dose of badassery. It went a wee bit viral and was read 25K times in 59 countries. Having started out as a playwright, Kagan has had over two dozen stageplays and comedy shows seen from NYC to LA.

When not writing, Kagan enjoys community supported agriculture, bike riding, and taking her irresistibly cute dog on walks to meet other irresistibly cute dogs. A wearer of many hats over the years, Kagan now works as a media studies professor and teaching artist for film, where she’s edited over 200 bird documentaries made by second graders. Kagan speaks French, Hebrew, American Sign Language, and Zulu (really) and knows a lot about bears (not really).