Marta Fernandez ’02
Posted in: 2013, College of Science and Mathematics
In her position as senior vice president of original programming for the premium cable network Starz, Marta Fernandez runs drama development and current production. Her most recent projects include: Da Vinci鈥檚 Demons with The Dark Knight and Man of Steel co-writer, David Goyer, and Incursion, an epic sci-fi drama with Spartacus screenwriter, Steven S. DeKnight.
Previously, she worked in television development for Starz, where she oversaw the network鈥檚 first ratings hit, Spartacus: Blood and Sand, as well as Golden Globe-winner, Boss, with Kelsey Grammar, and cult favorite, Party Down. Prior to joining Starz, she worked as a coordinator on the NBC series, Fear Factor, and on USA鈥檚 Monk and Criminal Minds.
As an undergraduate broadcasting major at 星空无限传媒, Fernandez and her fellow students produced the short feature, 鈥淏ook of Thanks,鈥 which was part of an hour-long NJN special program, America Together: New Jersey Voices…Heroes, that won a Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award.
Fernandez received the 2002 Gracie Allen Award for American Women in Radio & Television for her documentary, Women Pioneers in Broadcasting.
Bio as of May 2013