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Rebecca Addelman

Rebecca Addelman

Writer, director and producer

Rebecca Addelman (born 1981) is a Canadian comedian, writer, director and actress living in Los Angeles, California. She was a contributing staff writer on Fox's sitcom New Girl and is the creator of Guilty Party (TV series). Addelman is from Ottawa, Ontario. She was born in a Jewish family. She received a B.A. in literature at the University of Toronto (2004) and studied comedy writing and performance at Humber College (2005). After several years working as a copy-editor and performing stand-up comedy, Addelman moved to Los Angeles in 2008.

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Biography from TMDB.

Works as
Writer, director and producer
Titles
9 on MovieCove · 12 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 22% in 30 days

What are Rebecca Addelman's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
44%
Bonds
38%
Society
18%

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Absurd
2
Bittersweet
2
Manic
2
Melancholic
1
Contemplative
2
Other
1

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 Rebecca Addelman's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Hulu (3).

Subscription and free streaming for Rebecca Addelman'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

12 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.

  • Chad Powers(2025)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
  • Guilty Party(2021)

    Show 10 episodes · Director · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all shows
  • Dead to Me(2019)

    Show 1 episode · Co-Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
  • Paper Year(2018)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
  • Ghosted(2017)

    Show 1 episode · Supervising Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows
  • China, Il The Musical (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Writer

  • Brooklyn Nine-Nine(2013)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
  • Fugget About It(2012)

    Show Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows
  • China, IL(2008)

    Show 2 episodes · Writer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
  • New Girl(2011)

    Show 5 episodes · Story · Teleplay · Writer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
  • The Funeral (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Meredith

  • Fancy Dancing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Production Coordinator

Career shape

A full career of 11 titles from 2002 to 2025.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 11: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting3 of 11: 1 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting8 of 11: 4 only writing, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score43rdProducing3 of 11: 0 only producing, 3 with another roleOther crew2 of 11: 1 only other crew, 1 with another role

11 titles, 4 with more than one role — writing and directing overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

2000s2 · 1 acting · 1 crew2010s7 · crew2020s2 · crew

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.

Who does Rebecca Addelman work with?

People who share at least 2 of Rebecca Addelman's MovieCove titles; Linda Kash shares the most, 2.