Kat Coiro is an American filmmaker known for directing ''Marry Me'', a romantic comedy starring

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, and

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a box-office success for

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in 2022. She directed and executive produced '' She-Hulk: Attorney at Law'', co-executive produced and directed the pilot episodes of the television series ''

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'', '' Florida Girls,'' and many other television shows.

Early life

Coiro was born in Manhattan to parents Peter Eves and Gina Cunningham-Eves, who are of English and Italian American descent. Her sister, Emmy Eves, later became a production designer and worked as an

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on Coiro's first movie, ''

Life Happens ''Life Happens'' (stylized as ''L!fe Happens'') is a 2011 American comedy film directed by Kat Coiro and written by Coiro and Krysten Ritter. The film stars Ritter, Kate Bosworth, Kristen Johnston, Geoff Stults, Jason Biggs, and Rachel Bilson. ...

''. Her godmother, Katharine Kean, co-directed the 1992 documentary ''Haiti: Killing the Dream'' with Rudi Stern and starring

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. The family moved to

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when Coiro was in elementary school to open up a Haitian restaurant called Tap Tap, above which the family lived in an upstairs apartment. In ninth grade, Coiro enrolled in boarding school at

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. She taught theater at the

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summer arts camp and studied theater and Russian history at

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, and later studied directing at the

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in Russia before moving to Los Angeles to pursue filmmaking.

Career

Coiro began her career writing, directing and producing micro-budget independent films, including her 2011 debut ''

'' with

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and 2013 festival favorite ''

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'', 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'', ''

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'', '' Shameless'' and ''

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''. She directed the pilot episodes of the television series ''

'', '' 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

, and

, was released to theaters and streaming in 2022 by

Personal life

Coiro is married to actor

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, whom she directed in ''Life Happens'' and ''She-Hulk: Attorney at Law''. They have three children.

Credits

Television

Films

References

External links

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