Emily V Gordon started out as a masters-level couples and family therapist, practicing for about six years before changing careers. She moved on to booking stand up comedy for live audiences and TV, which led to a career as a writer and producer. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Kumail Nanjiani.
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Biography from IMDb.
- May 3, 1979 (47)
- Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
- Producer and writer
- 7 on MovieCove · 14 credits in all
What are Emily V. Gordon's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 0
Steady 3 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 2
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 1
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
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 Emily V. Gordon's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Emily V. Gordon'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
14 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
See You When I See You(2026)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Is / Was \ Will (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Welcome to Chippendales(2022)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
Diabolical(2022)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows
Little America(2020)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all shows
The Big Sick(2017)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
The Carmichael Show(2015)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all showsCompulsive Liar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Howl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Play-Doh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Sex Criminals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Sidekicks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Your Name (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 14 titles, 8 of them dated from 2015 to 2026.
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
1 major award from 6 major nominations, 2018–2021.
- BAFTA Award, nominated · International
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best New Scripted Series
- Oscar, nominated · Best Original Screenplay
+3 other major bodies · 1 win and 2 nominations
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Original Screenplay
- Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Original Screenplay
- Independent Spirit Award, won · Best First Screenplay
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 Emily V. Gordon's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 82nd percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 87th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th1
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 7 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the dialogue 72/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 33. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
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.
Who does Emily V. Gordon work with?
People who share at least 2 of Emily V. Gordon's MovieCove titles; Kumail Nanjiani shares the most, 3.
- Kumail NanjianiShared titles: See You When I See You (2026), Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts (2025), The Big Sick (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Kumail Nanjiani
