Malcolm Spellman

Malcolm Spellman is an American screenwriter and producer best known for his work on Empire, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021), Bel-Air (2022–23), and Captain America: Brave New World (2025).

Career In March 2010, Spellman started his career by writing the screenplay for the film Our Family Wedding (2010). In October 2015, Spellman and Carlito Rodriguez were hired by Warner Bros. to write the script for a Sylvia Robinson film biopic. In October 2018, it was announced that Warner Bros. was still moving forward with the film and Spellman and Rodriguez had been joined by Tracy Oliver in completing the script. In July 2017, Spellman was producing the HBO series Confederate.

In December 2019, he served as a producer on the Apple TV+ series Truth Be Told (2019). In December 2021, he served as writer and executive producer on the 2022 revival series Bel-Air. In October 2022, it was revealed that Spellman would write the upcoming film King Spawn alongside Scott Silver and Matthew Mixon. In November 2025, he was set as lead writer and executive producer on The Drop: A Snowfall Saga which is a spinoff of Snowfall, after it was ordered to series and is set to premiere in late 2026.

Filmography Film YearTitleCredited asNotes / Ref(s) Writer Producer 2010 Our Family Wedding 2019 His, Hers and the Truth 2025 Captain America: Brave New World Also story writer

Television

2015–17 Empire Wrote 7 episodes 2019–20 Truth Be Told

Hip Hop Uncovered The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Wrote 2 episodes 2022–23 Bel-Air Wrote 2 episodes 2026 For his work on Bel-Air, he was nominated at the Black Reel Awards of 2022 for "Outstanding Writing, Drama Series".