{{Short description|American filmmaker}} {{Infobox person | name = Dara Resnik | image =Dara Resnik at Wondercon 2025.jpg | caption = Resnik in 2025 | birth_date = {{birth date and age |1978|09|29}} | birth_place = New York, New York, U.S. | alma_mater = Tufts University <br />University of Southern California | occupation = Screenwriter | years_active = 1996–present | children = 1 }}
'''Dara Resnik''' (born September 29, 1978) is an American screenwriter, producer, and award-winning director involved in the writing and producing of television series ''I Love Dick'', ''Marvel's Daredevil'', and ''Shooter''.<ref name=Esme>{{cite web | title=One Degree from Kevin Bacon | url=https://esme.com/single-mom-showcase/short-film/producer-dara-resnik-single-mom-with-a-hollywood-career | publisher=ESME | accessdate=June 16, 2019 | date=2 April 2017}}</ref><ref name=Variety1>{{cite web | title=What We Know About 'Amazing Stories' and Other Shows Coming to Apple TV+ | url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/apple-tv-plus-amazing-stories-morning-show-1203171782/ | work=Variety | accessdate=June 16, 2019 | date=March 15, 2019}}</ref><ref name=MacRumors1>{{cite web | title=Apple's Upcoming Drama Based on Child Journalist Hilde Lysiak Gains Lead Actress | url= https://www.macrumors.com/2018/08/17/apple-child-journalist-drama-lead-actress/ | publisher=MacRumors | accessdate=June 16, 2019 | date=August 17, 2018}}</ref> She is the co-creator and showrunner of Apple TV+’s ''Home Before Dark''.<ref name=MacRumors1 /><ref name=Deadline1>{{cite web | title=Apple Reveals Titles For Several Of Its Original Series | url= https://deadline.com/2019/03/apple-new-series-titles-mythic-quest-truth-be-told-home-after-dark-for-all-mankind-more-1202582416/ | publisher=Deadline | accessdate=June 16, 2019 | date=March 25, 2019}}</ref>
==Early life== Resnik was born and raised in New York, New York. She is the daughter of Richard and Elise Resnik. Her father is a corporate and real estate attorney and her paternal grandfather was a Jewish immigrant from Russia who sold pianos including the prop pianos featured in the 1967 film ''The Producers''.
Resnik attended The Dalton School and later earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Communications from Tufts University and a Master of Fine Arts in Motion Picture Producing from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts’ Peter Stark Producing Program .<ref name=WritingPad1>{{cite web | title=Dara Resnik Creasey | url=https://writingpad.com/teachers/dara-resnik-creasey/ | publisher=WritingPad | accessdate=June 16, 2019 | date=}}</ref>
==Career== Following a feature career as a writer for ''Legally Blondes'' and a co-producer on Sydney White, Resnik was a writer for Aaron Sorkin’s ''Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip'' in 2007 and the comedy series ''Pushing Daisies'', which was nominated in 2008 for a Writers Guild of America Award for Best New Series.
Resnik later wrote and produced ''Mistresses'' and ''Castle'' for ABC Studios, ''Jane the Virgin'' for The CW, and USA Network’s ''Shooter''. She was a co-executive producer for Marvel’s ''Daredevil'' series, which was released on Netflix in 2015, and Amazon’s series ''I Love Dick''.
Resnik was the creator, showrunner, and executive producer, along with writer and producer Dana Fox, of ''Home Before Dark'', a Paramount series for Apple TV+ inspired by real-life 12-year-old crime reporter Hilde Lysiak. The mystery drama series focuses on the experiences of a young woman returning to "the small lakeside town her father left behind." <ref name=Deadline1 /> <ref name=Variety2>{{cite web | title=Paramount TV and Anonymous Content Sign Dana Fox to Overall Deal | url= https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/paramount-tv-anonymous-content-dana-fox-overall-deal-1203174993/ | work=Variety | accessdate=June 16, 2019 | date=March 28, 2019}}</ref><ref name=Variety3>{{cite web | title='Florida Project' Star Cast in Lead Role of Apple's Hilde Lysiak Series | url= https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/florida-project-brooklynn-prince-apple-hilde-lysiak-1202909009/ | work=Variety | accessdate=June 16, 2019 | date=August 17, 2018}}</ref> <ref name=Variety4>{{cite web | title=Apple Orders Hilde Lysiak Series From Dana Fox, Dara Resnik | url= https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/hilde-lysiak-apple-series-1202844451/ | work=Variety | accessdate=June 16, 2019 | date=June 13, 2018}}</ref><ref name=WomenHollywood1>{{cite web | title=Hilde Lysiak-Inspired Mystery Gets Series Order at Apple | url= https://womenandhollywood.com/hilde-lysiak-inspired-mystery-gets-series-order-at-apple/ | publisher=WomenAndHollywood.com | accessdate=June 16, 2019 | date=June 15, 2018}}</ref> <ref name=THR1>{{cite web | title=Apple Orders Hilde Lysiak Mystery Series | url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/apple-orders-hilde-lysiak-mystery-series-1119788 | work=The Hollywood Reporter | accessdate=June 16, 2019 | date=June 13, 2018}}</ref>
Resnik is currently showrunning The Horror of Dolores Roach for Amazon.
Resnik is a faculty member of the Peter Stark Producing Program and the John Wells Division of Writing for Screen & Television at the University of Southern California and also teaches at the Sundance Institute Labs program.<ref name=Sundance1>{{cite web | title=Inaugural Sundance Institute, YouTube New Voices Lab Incubates Next Generation of Digital Creativity | url=https://www.sundance.org/blogs/news/sundance-institute-youtube-new-voices-lab | publisher=Sundance Institute | accessdate=June 16, 2019 | date=November 4, 2016}}</ref>
==Awards== In 2004, Resnik's short film ''Great Lengths'' won two Gold awards at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival in the short film and short film director categories. Resnik was a writer for the comedy series ''Pushing Daisies'', which was nominated in 2008 for a Writers Guild of America Award for Best New Series.<ref name=IMDB1>{{cite web | title=Dara Resnik - Awards | url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1551542/awards?ref_=nm_awd | publisher=IMDB | accessdate=June 16, 2019 | date=}}</ref>
==Personal life== Resnik is a single mom. She lives in Los Angeles with her daughter. Resnik participated in the LA Marathon and is involved at IKAR, a Los Angeles-based progressive Jewish congregation.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Miller |first=Gerri |date=April 20, 2020 |title=A fourth grader solves a murder in ''Home Before Dark'' |work=The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles |url=https://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/television/314397/a-fourth-grader-a-murder-in-home-before-dark/ |access-date=December 3, 2023}}</ref>
==Filmography== ===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year !! TV Series !! Credit/Role !! Notes || Ref. |- | 2007 || ''Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip'' || Writer || || <ref>{{IMDb title|0485842|Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip}}</ref> |- | 2007-2009 || ''Pushing Daisies'' || Writer ||Nominated – Writers Guild of America Award for Best New Series||<ref>{{IMDb title|0925266|Pushing Daisies}}</ref> |- | 2007 || ''Sydney White'' || Co-producer || ||<ref>{{IMDb title|0815244|Sydney White}}</ref> |- | 2013 || ''Mistresses'' || Writer, producer || ||<ref>{{IMDb title|0969007|Mistresses (TV Series 2008 - 2010)}}</ref> |- | 2013-2015 || ''Castle'' || Producer || ||<ref>{{IMDb title|1219024|Castle (TV Series 2009 - 2016)}}</ref> |- | 2015 || ''Jane the Virgin'' || Writer, producer || ||<ref>{{IMDb title|3566726|Jane the Virgin (TV Series 2014 -)}}</ref> |- | 2016-2017 || ''Shooter'' || Writer, producer || ||<ref>{{IMDb title|4181172|Shooter (TV Series 2016 -)}}</ref> |- | 2017 || ''I Love Dick'' || Writer, producer || ||<ref>{{IMDb title|5478730|I Love Dick (TV Series 2016 - 2017)}}</ref> |- | 2018 || ''Daredevil'' || Writer, producer || ||<ref>{{IMDb title|3322312|Daredevil (TV Series 2015 - 2018)}}</ref> |- | 2019 || ''Home Before Dark'' || Creator, writer, producer || ||<ref>{{IMDb title|6053512|Home Before Dark (TV Series 2019 -)}}</ref> |}
===Films=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year !! Films !! Credit/Role !! Notes || Ref. |- | 2009 || ''Legally Blondes'' || Writer || ||<ref>{{IMDb title|1015999|Legally Blondes (2009)}}</ref> |- | 2026 || ''California Scenario'' || Writer || || |}
===Short films=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year !! Short Films !! Credit/Role !! Notes || Ref. |- | 2004 || ''Great Lengths'' || Director || WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival Gold Award for Short Subject Film and Video<br /> WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival Gold Award for Independent Short Subject - Films & Video - Directing - Shorts ||<ref>{{IMDb title|0398086|Great Lengths (2004)}}</ref> |}
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