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 theaters 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 favorite "and while we were here", which she shot in Italy in 11 days for 150k, while 8 months pregnant. Kat trained in the theater at Moscow Arts Theater 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.