Kat Coiro is an American film and television director known for directing Marry Me (2022), a romantic comedy starring Jennifer Lopez, Owen Wilson, and Maluma for Universal Pictures as well as directing and producing CBS' hit show Matlock (2024) starring Kathy Bates. Other shows include Roku's The Spiderwick Chronicles, Marvel's She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Girls5Eva, Florida Girls, and many others.
Kat Coiro | |
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| Born | New York City, U.S. |
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| Spouse | Rhys Coiro |
| Children | 3 |
Early life
editCoiro was born in Manhattan to parents Peter Eves and Gina Cunningham-Eves, who are of English and Italian American descent.[1][2] Her sister, Emmy Eves, later became a production designer and worked as an art director on Coiro's first movie, Life Happens.[1] Her godmother, Katharine Kean, co-directed the 1992 documentary Haiti: Killing the Dream with Rudi Stern and starring Jean-Bertrand Aristide.[2] The family moved to Miami Beach, Florida when Coiro was in elementary school to open up a Haitian restaurant called Tap Tap, above which the family lived in an upstairs apartment.[1][2]
In ninth grade, Coiro enrolled in boarding school at Interlochen Arts Academy.[2] She taught theater at the University of Miami summer arts camp and studied theater and Russian history at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, and later studied directing at the Moscow Art Theatre in Russia before moving to Los Angeles to pursue filmmaking.[2]
Career
editKat Coiro briefly worked as an actress. She appeared in an episode of Charmed (season 5, episode 18) in 2003, in which she starred as a wood nymph. She also appeared on Judging Amy, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Criminal Intent as well as many other shows.
Coiro began her directing career writing, directing and producing micro-budget independent films, including her 2011 debut Life Happens with Krysten Ritter and 2013 festival favorite And While We Were Here, which she shot in Italy in 11 days for $150,000 while pregnant. She later transitioned into television, directing episodes of shows including Dead to Me, Modern Family, Shameless and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. She produced and directed the pilot and multiple episodes of the television series Matlock, Girls5eva, Florida Girls, and She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, and directed and executive produced the majority of episodes for the latter series. Her film Marry Me, a romantic comedy starring Jennifer Lopez, Owen Wilson, and Maluma, was released to theaters and streaming in 2022 by Universal Pictures and opened at number one in theaters on Valentine's Day.
Personal life
editCoiro is married to actor Rhys Coiro, whom she directed in Life Happens and She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. They have three children and a rescue chihuahua.[1] Coiro lives with her family in Los Angeles.[3]
Credits
editTelevision
edit| Year | Title | Notes | Reference(s) |
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| 2014 | Slouching Towards Adulthood | Pilot for NBC based on Sally Koslow's book. | [4][5] |
| 2015 | Splitting the Difference | Pilot for ABC based on Tre Miller Rodriguez's memoir. | [6] |
| 2016 | Untitled Kat Coiro | Pilot for ABC based on growing up above a Haitian Restaurant in Miami Beach. | [7][8] |
| 2017 | Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce | [9] | |
| 2017 | Alone Together | ABC Freeform | |
| 2017 | The Mick | [10] | |
| 2017 | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | ||
| 2017 | Mozart in the Jungle | ||
| 2018 | Sideswiped | 2 episodes | |
| 2018 | Florida Girls | Pilot | |
| 2018 | Daddy Issues | Pilot | |
| 2018 | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | ||
| 2018 | Shameless | ||
| 2018 | Modern Family | ||
| 2018 | The Kids Are Alright | ||
| 2018–2019 | Single Parents | ||
| 2019 | Dead to Me | ||
| 2021 | Girls5eva | ||
| 2022 | She-Hulk: Attorney at Law | 6 episodes; also executive producer. | [11] |
| 2024–present | The Spiderwick Chronicles | 2 episodes; also executive producer | [12] |
| 2024 | Matlock | 3 episodes |
Films
edit| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer |
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| 2011 | L!fe Happens | Yes | Yes | Co-producer |
| 2012 | And While We Were Here | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2013 | A Case of You | Yes | No | No |
| 2022 | Marry Me | Yes | No | No |
| TBA | The Husband's Secret[13] | Yes | No | No |
| TBA | Foreign Relations | Yes | No | No |
References
edit- ^ a b c d Staff (February 7, 2019). "Life Happens director Kat Coiro a Miami girl". Miami Herald. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e Guzman, Camille Lamb (April 12, 2012). "L!fe Happens director Kat Coiro grew up at South Beach's Tap Tap". Miami New Times. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
- ^ "Kat Coiro". Free The Bid. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
- ^ Nellie Andreeva (November 6, 2012). "NBC Buys Family Comedies From Writers Jeff Lowell And Kat Coiro". Deadline.
- ^ "NBC Adapting Sally Koslow's 'Slouching Toward Adulthood'". The Hollywood Reporter. November 5, 2012.
- ^ Nellie Andreeva (October 9, 2014). "ABC Buys Mother-Daughter Comedy From Kat Coiro & Eva Longoria". Deadline.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (September 11, 2015). "ABC Buys Autobiographical Kat Coiro Family Comedy Set In South Beach". Deadline. Archived from the original on October 24, 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
- ^ "Untitled Kat Coiro Comedy - Production & Contact Info | IMDbPro".
- ^ "NBC Adapting Sally Koslow's 'Slouching Toward Adulthood'". The Hollywood Reporter. November 5, 2012.
- ^ "The Mick" The Fire (TV Episode 2017), retrieved January 12, 2017
- ^ Kroll, Justin (September 15, 2020). "Marvel's 'She-Hulk' Series at Disney Plus Lands Kat Coiro As Director And EP". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on September 15, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
- ^ Adreeva, Nellie (May 11, 2022). "'The Spiderwick Chronicles': Kat Coiro To Direct First Two Episodes Of Disney+ Series". Variety. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
- ^ "Kat Coiro". IMDb. Retrieved May 5, 2023.