Kat Coiro is an American filmmaker best known for her film Marry Me, a romantic comedy starring Jennifer Lopez, Owen Wilson, and Maluma, which opened number one at the box office on Valentine's Day in 2022 for Universal Pictures.
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Kat Coiro directed and executive produced She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, co-executive produced and directed the pilot episodes of the television series Girls5Eva, Florida Girls, and many other television shows.
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The family moved to Miami Beach, Florida when Kat Coiro was in elementary school to open up a Haitian restaurant called Tap Tap, above which the family lived in an upstairs apartment.
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In ninth grade, Kat Coiro enrolled in boarding school at Interlochen Arts Academy.
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Kat Coiro 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.
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Kat Coiro began her 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.
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Kat Coiro later transitioned into television, directing episodes of shows including Dead To Me, Modern Family, Shameless and It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia.
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Kat Coiro directed the pilot episodes of the television series Girls5Eva, Florida Girls, and She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, and directed and executive produced the majority of episodes for the latter series.
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Kat Coiro's film Marry Me, a romantic comedy starring Jennifer Lopez, Owen Wilson, and Maluma, was released to theaters and streaming in 2022 by Universal Pictures.
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Kat Coiro is married to actor Rhys Kat Coiro, whom she directed in Life Happens and She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
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