Kat Coiro is a film director, producer, and screenwriter. She directed the pilot episodes of the television series Girls5Eva, Florida Girls and She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, and directed and executive produced the majority of episodes for the latter series. She directed the 2022 film Marry Me for Universal Pictures. Before becoming a pilot and studio film director, Coiro worked on many episodic shows, including Dead To Me, Modern Family, Shameless and It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia. She began her career writing, directing and producing micro-budget independent films, including 2013 festival favorite And While We Were Here, which she shot in Italy in 11 days for $150,000 while pregnant. Coiro trained in theater at Moscow Arts Theater in Russia, Carnegie Mellon University, and briefly as a fellow in the MFA program at AFI. She was born in New York, lived in Miami and went to boarding school at Interlochen Arts Academy, where she runs a summer program. She has three children with her husband Rhys Coiro. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kat Coiro, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- September 17, 1979 (47)
- New York City, New York, USA
- Director, actor, producer and writer
- 25 on MovieCove · 30 credits in all
What are Kat Coiro's films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
Light 4 · Serious 0 · Dark 2
Grounded 4 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 4 · Charged 1 · Intense 1
Steady 4 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 2
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 5 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 4 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 1
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy4
- Bittersweet1
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous3
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Kat Coiro's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 20 of their 25 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Peacock (7).
Subscription and free streaming for Kat Coiro's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
30 credits, 25 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
You, Me & Tuscany(2026)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Matlock(2024)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all shows
Marry Me(2022)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Girls5eva(2021)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows
Florida Girls(2019)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows
Dead to Me(2019)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
Single Parents(2018)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
Alone Together(2018)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows
Wig Shop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
The Mick(2017)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
A Case of You(2013)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Brooklyn Nine-Nine(2013)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
And While We Were Here(2012)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Life Happens(2011)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Shameless(2011)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all showsPissing Vocal Gold (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Kidnapping Caitlynn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Sublime(2007)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Slingshot(2005)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
CSI: NY(2004)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Veronica Mars(2004)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
She Spies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Charmed(1998)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all showsHusband's Secret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 30 titles, 29 of them dated from 1998 to 2026.
Film career
- 2007Screen debut· Sublime
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
Nominated for a Directors Guild Award in 2025, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Kat Coiro's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 28th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 38th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up8
- 50th to 74th6
- 25th to 49th6
- Below 25th5
Shape of the crowd
9 of their 25 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved5
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser8
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed9
Reviewers score the atmosphere 59/100 and the pacing 39/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Kat Coiro's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Kat Coiro work with?
People who share at least 2 of Kat Coiro's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Adam Catino shares the most, 3.
Writers
- Harper DillShared titles: Marry Me (2022), Florida Girls (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Harper Dill
Actors
- Kate BosworthShared titles: And While We Were Here (2012), Life Happens (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Kate Bosworth
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Adam CatinoShared titles: A Case of You (2013), And While We Were Here (2012), Life Happens (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Adam Catino
- Doug ChamberlainShared titles: A Case of You (2013), And While We Were Here (2012), Life Happens (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Doug Chamberlain
- Mateo MessinaShared titles: A Case of You (2013), And While We Were Here (2012), Life Happens (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Mateo Messina
- John DebneyShared titles: You, Me & Tuscany (2026), Marry Me (2022)See all 2 shared titles with John Debney
Producers
- Lauren BratmanShared titles: And While We Were Here (2012), Life Happens (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Lauren Bratman
