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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Maya Forbes</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_Ayoade_(The_Double)_and_Maya_Forbes_(Infinitely_Polar_Bear)_(12026102673).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Richard_Ayoade_%28The_Double%29_and_Maya_Forbes_%28Infinitely_Polar_Bear%29_%2812026102673%29.jpg/220px-Richard_Ayoade_%28The_Double%29_and_Maya_Forbes_%28Infinitely_Polar_Bear%29_%2812026102673%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" 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Forbes</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1968-07-23</span>) </span>July 23, 1968<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 56)</span><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Cambridge,_Massachusetts" title="Cambridge, Massachusetts">Cambridge, Massachusetts</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Screenwriter, producer, director</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1995–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Wallace_Wolodarsky" title="Wallace Wolodarsky">Wallace Wolodarsky</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 2004)<wbr /></div><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/China_Forbes" title="China Forbes">China Forbes</a> (sister)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Maya Forbes</b> (born July 23, 1968) is an American screenwriter and television producer. She made her debut as a film director with <i><a href="/wiki/Infinitely_Polar_Bear" title="Infinitely Polar Bear">Infinitely Polar Bear</a></i> (2014).<sup id="cite_ref-LA-times_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LA-times-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Variety-10-directors_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Variety-10-directors-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her other writing credits include the screenplay of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Rocker_(film)" title="The Rocker (film)">The Rocker</a></i> (2008) and many episodes of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Larry_Sanders_Show" title="The Larry Sanders Show">The Larry Sanders Show</a></i>. She was a co-executive producer of <i>The Larry Sanders Show</i> in its later seasons and executive producer of the sitcom <i><a href="/wiki/The_Naked_Truth_(TV_series)" title="The Naked Truth (TV series)">The Naked Truth</a></i>. </p><p>Forbes received Emmy and WGA Award nominations for her work on <i>The Larry Sanders Show</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life_and_career">Life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maya_Forbes&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Forbes was born in <a href="/wiki/Cambridge,_Massachusetts" title="Cambridge, Massachusetts">Cambridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>, the daughter of Peggy (née Woodford) and Donald Cameron Forbes (1939–1998). Her father was of <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">French</a>/<a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scottish</a> descent, and her mother is <a href="/wiki/African_American" class="mw-redirect" title="African American">African American</a>. </p><p>Forbes is married to <a href="/wiki/Wallace_Wolodarsky" title="Wallace Wolodarsky">Wally Wolodarsky</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who was co-screenwriter of <i>The Rocker</i> and a producer of <i>Infinitely Polar Bear</i>. <a href="/wiki/China_Forbes" title="China Forbes">China Forbes</a> (lead singer of <a href="/wiki/Pink_Martini" title="Pink Martini">Pink Martini</a>) is Maya Forbes's sister.<sup id="cite_ref-LA-times_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LA-times-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both she and her sister attended <a href="/wiki/Phillips_Exeter_Academy" title="Phillips Exeter Academy">Phillips Exeter Academy</a>, as did their father, graduating in 1986, 1988, and 1957, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She attended Harvard, where she wrote for the <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Lampoon" class="mw-redirect" title="Harvard Lampoon">Harvard Lampoon</a>, graduating in 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both her sister and father also attended Harvard, graduating in 1992 and 1961, respectively. Part of the prominent <a href="/wiki/Boston_Brahmin" title="Boston Brahmin">Boston Brahmin</a> elite <a href="/wiki/Forbes_family" title="Forbes family">Forbes family</a> through her father's side, she is related to <a href="/wiki/U.S._Secretary_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Secretary of State">U.S. Secretary of State</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Forbes_Kerry" class="mw-redirect" title="John Forbes Kerry">John Forbes Kerry</a> and his brother acting <a href="/wiki/U.S._Secretary_of_Commerce" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Secretary of Commerce">U.S. Secretary of Commerce</a> <a href="/wiki/Cameron_Kerry" title="Cameron Kerry">Cameron Forbes Kerry</a>. </p><p>Forbes based <i>Infinitely Polar Bear</i> on her own experiences as a child in <a href="/wiki/Cambridge,_Massachusetts" title="Cambridge, Massachusetts">Cambridge, Massachusetts</a>, when her father—who had <a href="/wiki/Bipolar_disorder" title="Bipolar disorder">bipolar disorder</a>—was the primary caregiver for Forbes and her sister while their mother was studying for an <a href="/wiki/MBA" class="mw-redirect" title="MBA">MBA</a> at <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Business_School" title="Columbia Business School">Columbia Business School</a> in New York City.<sup id="cite_ref-LA-times_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LA-times-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her mother, upon graduating, went to work for <a href="/wiki/Wall_Street" title="Wall Street">Wall Street</a>, first in the <a href="/wiki/Futures_market" class="mw-redirect" title="Futures market">futures market</a> at <a href="/wiki/E._F._Hutton" class="mw-redirect" title="E. F. Hutton">E. F. Hutton</a>, and then for <a href="/wiki/Merrill_Lynch" class="mw-redirect" title="Merrill Lynch">Merrill Lynch</a>, where she remained for nearly a decade. Her mother was the first <a href="/wiki/African_American" class="mw-redirect" title="African American">African American</a> woman to start an <a href="/wiki/Investment_management" title="Investment management">investment management</a> firm in growth equity management in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Imogene Wolodarsky, Forbes's 12-year-old daughter, plays a fictionalized version of Forbes in <i>Infinitely Polar Bear</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (The character's name is Amelia Stuart, but the film is described as autobiographical.) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maya_Forbes&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFCallaghan" class="citation web cs1">Callaghan, Dylan. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141018234701/http://www.wga.org/subpage.aspx?id=2984">"Married to Their Work"</a>. <i>Writers Guild of America, West</i>. 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navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Good_House_(film)" title="The Good House (film)">The Good House</a></i> (2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Written only</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Rocker_(film)" title="The Rocker (film)">The Rocker</a></i> (2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monsters_vs._Aliens" title="Monsters vs. Aliens">Monsters vs. Aliens</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Diary_of_a_Wimpy_Kid:_Dog_Days_(film)" title="Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (film)">Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days</a></i> (2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Dog%27s_Purpose_(film)" title="A Dog's Purpose (film)">A Dog's Purpose</a></i> (2017)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Dog%27s_Journey_(film)" title="A Dog's Journey 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