Maya Forbes (born July 23, 1968) is an American screenwriter and
television producer. She made her debut as a film director with
Infinitely Polar Bear (2014). Her other writing credits include the
screenplay of The Rocker (2008) and many episodes of The Larry Sanders
Show. She was a co-executive producer of The Larry Sanders Show in its
later seasons and executive producer of the sitcom The Naked
Truth.Forbes received Emmy and WGA Award nominations for her work on
The Larry Sanders Show.Forbes was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts,
the daughter of Peggy (née Woodford) and Donald Cameron Forbes
(1939-1998). Her father was of French/Scottish descent, and her mother
is African American.Forbes is married to Wally Wolodarsky, who was
co-screenwriter of The Rocker and a producer of Infinitely Polar Bear.
China Forbes (lead singer of Pink Martini) is Maya Forbes's sister.
Both she and her sister attended Phillips Exeter Academy, as did their
father, graduating in 1986, 1988, and 1957, respectively. She attended
Harvard, where she wrote for the Harvard Lampoon, graduating in 1990.
Both her sister and father also attended Harvard, graduating in 1992
and 1961, respectively. Part of the prominent Boston Brahmin elite
Forbes family through her father's side, she is related to U.S.
Secretary of State John Forbes Kerry and his brother U.S. Secretary of
Commerce Cameron Forbes Kerry.
television producer. She made her debut as a film director with
Infinitely Polar Bear (2014). Her other writing credits include the
screenplay of The Rocker (2008) and many episodes of The Larry Sanders
Show. She was a co-executive producer of The Larry Sanders Show in its
later seasons and executive producer of the sitcom The Naked
Truth.Forbes received Emmy and WGA Award nominations for her work on
The Larry Sanders Show.Forbes was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts,
the daughter of Peggy (née Woodford) and Donald Cameron Forbes
(1939-1998). Her father was of French/Scottish descent, and her mother
is African American.Forbes is married to Wally Wolodarsky, who was
co-screenwriter of The Rocker and a producer of Infinitely Polar Bear.
China Forbes (lead singer of Pink Martini) is Maya Forbes's sister.
Both she and her sister attended Phillips Exeter Academy, as did their
father, graduating in 1986, 1988, and 1957, respectively. She attended
Harvard, where she wrote for the Harvard Lampoon, graduating in 1990.
Both her sister and father also attended Harvard, graduating in 1992
and 1961, respectively. Part of the prominent Boston Brahmin elite
Forbes family through her father's side, she is related to U.S.
Secretary of State John Forbes Kerry and his brother U.S. Secretary of
Commerce Cameron Forbes Kerry.
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