Marco Ramirez is an American television producer, screenwriter, and playwright who is best known for his work on the

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shows '' Daredevil'' and '' The Defenders'', and for co-creating the revival of ''

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''.

Career

His writing credits include ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. Ramirez worked as both a writer and producer for the first two seasons of ''

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''. He began his work on the first season of the

show '' Daredevil'' as a writer and executive producer. Alongside Douglas Petrie, he took over as the series' showrunner for the second season, and April 2016, they were announced as the creators of the Marvel

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miniseries '' The Defenders''. Ramirez worked with

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and

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to create the third revival of the CBS science fiction anthology series ''

''. Outside television, Marco Ramirez wrote his debut Off Broadway play called ''The Royale'', which premiered at the Lincoln Center Theater in 2016. Since then, he has received

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and

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nominations, and won the Outer Critics Circle’s John Gassner Playwriting Award for the play. Ramierez also wrote the book for the musical ''

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'', based on the album of the same name, which premiered on Broadway in 2025. He was nominated for a

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for his work on the show. cite web , url=https://www.tonyawards.com/press/2025-tony-award-nominations/

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* American television writers American male television writers American television producers American male dramatists and playwrights Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-playwright-stub