Gravy Films’ Kat Coiro on Character, Comedy, and Cinematic Potential

Kat Coiro is an award-winning director, producer and EP. She recently directed the first two episodes of “The Spiderwick Chronicles” for Disney+. Her 2022 Universal Pictures film “Marry Me” starring Jennifer Lopez, Owen Wilson and Maluma, is certified fresh with a 92% audience score. ‘Marry Me’ was simultaneously #1 in theatres and #1 on streaming.

She directed and EP’d Marvel’s “She-Hulk,” Tina Fey’s “Girls5Eva” (co-executive producer) and “Florida Girls.” Before becoming a pilot and studio-film director, Kat worked on many episodic shows, including ‘Dead To Me’, ‘Shameless’ and ‘It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia’. She got her start writing, directing and producing micro-budget indies, including 2013 festival favourite ‘and while we were here’, which she shot in Italy in 11 days for 150k, while eight months pregnant.

Kat trained in the theatre at Moscow Arts Theatre 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 and works toward a more sustainable future.

LBB> What elements of a script sets one apart from the other and what sort of scripts get you excited to shoot them?
Kat> I’m drawn to the three C’s: character, comedy, and cinematic potential. I know they’re not all hard C’s, but I think it still works!

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