Kat Coiro
Kat Coiro is an American film and television director. She directed Marry Me and directed and produced the CBS show Matlock. Her new Universal film You, Me & Tuscany comes out April 10,2026. Other pilots include Roku's The Spiderwick Chronicles, Marvel's She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Girls5eva, Florida Girls and others.
Early life
Coiro was born in Manhattan to parents Peter Eves and Gina Cunningham-Eves, who are of English and Italian descent. Her sister, Emmy Eves, became a production designer and worked as an art director on Coiro's first film.In ninth grade, Coiro enrolled in boarding school at Interlochen Arts Academy. 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.
Career
Coiro briefly worked as an actress. She appeared in an episode of Charmed in 2003, in which she starred as a wood nymph. She appeared on Judging Amy, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Criminal Intent as well as 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 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, was released in 2022 by Universal Pictures and opened at number one in theaters on Valentine's Day.