Writers Pen - Next up for Mara Brock Akil is a new gig at Warner Brothers, after breathing some respectable energy into the BET network . Skill first began her career in 1994 writing for the critically acclaimed but short-lived Fox series South Central. In 1999, she served as supervising producer and writer on The Jamie Foxx Show after writing for Moesha for four seasons. In 2000, Brock Akil created and executive produced (along with Kelsey Grammer) another UPN series Girlfriends. She also created and executive produced the spin-off series The Game.
In June 2007, Brock Akil and her husband signed to The Weinstein Co. Their first project under the new pact will be a film about a woman who starts a business to investigate the mates of high-powered women after she herself is left at the altar. Mara Brock Akil will write the screenplay and Salim Akil will direct, reports Variety. The pair’s Happy Camper Productions banner will produce.
In 2009, Brock Akil became a consulting producer and writer for the ABC suburban sitcom Cougar Town.
She is the creator of BET's Being Mary Jane, which premiered in 2013.
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