Meghan McCarthy

Meghan McCarthy is an American screenwriter, lyricist, film and television producer, and creative executive best known as the showrunner of the animated television show My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. She is also known for her work on Class of 3000 and Fish Hooks. In 2011, Faust left the show after the two-part season two premiere, and McCarthy was promoted to co-executive producer for its third season onward; she also served as the show's story editor. In early June 2015, Hasbro promoted McCarthy to become the company's new "Head of Storytelling" for their brands, My Little Pony and Littlest Pet Shop; her role will be to help "create expansive worlds and characters" across these brands, according to Hasbro's executive vice president Stephen Davis.

On November 3, 2017, Hasbro Studios and Paramount extended their relationship with an exclusive five year production deal for Allspark Pictures and Allspark Animation for original and toy based films. Both Allspark units are newly formed (Allspark Pictures formerly was a financing label) with the film unit head by Greg Mooradian and the animation unit head by Meghan McCarthy. Paramount and Hasbro would also work together on TV series. Following Hasbro’s purchase of Entertainment One in 2019, though, Allspark would later close down and be absorbed into the newly-acquired production company.

Filmography Television

Friendship Is Magic detailed writing credits Year Season Episode 2010 1 "Dragonshy" 2011 "Call of the Cutie" "Green Isn't Your Color" "Party of One" 2 "Lesson Zero" "Sweet and Elite" 2012 "Hearts and Hooves Day" "A Canterlot Wedding" (Part 1) "A Canterlot Wedding" (Part 2) 3 "The Crystal Empire" (Part 1) "The Crystal Empire" (Part 2) 2013 4 "Princess Twilight Sparkle" (Part 1) "Princess Twilight Sparkle" (Part 2) "Power Ponies" 2014 "Three's a Crowd" "Inspiration Manifestation" "Twilight's Kingdom" (Part 1) 'Twilight's Kingdom" (Part 2) 2015 5 "The Cutie Map" (Part 1) "The Cutie Map" (Part 2) "Rarity Investigates!" 2016 6 "Flutter Brutter" "28 Pranks Later" "The Fault in Our Cutie Marks" "Where the Apple Lies" "Top Bolt"

Film Year Title Writer Executiveproducer Lyricist Notes 2013 My Little Pony: Equestria Girls Wrote 3 songs 2014 My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rainbow Rocks Wrote 8 songs 2016 My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Legend of Everfree 2017 My Little Pony: The Movie Wrote the song "Open Up Your Eyes"2021My Little Pony: A New Generation

My Little Pony lyric credits Year Song Episode/film 2010 "Hop Skip and Jump" "Dragonshy"2011 "Cupcake Song" "Call of the Cutie" "Pinkie Pie's Singing Telegram" "Party of One" "Becoming Popular (The Pony Everypony Should Know)" "Sweet and Elite"2012 "The Perfect Stallion" "Hearts and Hooves Day" "B.B.B.F.F." "A Canterlot Wedding" "B.B.B.F.F. (Reprise)" "This Day Aria" "This Day Aria (Reprise)" "Love Is in Bloom" "The Failure Song""The Crystal Empire" "The Ballad of the Crystal Empire" "The Success Song"2013 "Equestria Girls"Equestria Girls "Time to Come Together" "This Is Our Big Night"2014 "You'll Play Your Part""Twilight's Kingdom" "Let the Rainbow Remind You" "Better Than Ever"Rainbow Rocks "Battle" "Bad Counter Spell" "Under Our Spell" "Tricks Up My Sleeve" "Awesome as I Wanna Be" "Welcome to the Show" 2017 "Open Up Your Eyes" My Little Pony: The Movie