Cathryn Michon is a screenwriter-along with her husband, author W. Bruce Cameron-on all the films made from Cameron's novels, including Amblin/Universal's films A Dog's Purpose and A Dog's Journey; Sony Pictures' A Dog's Way Home and the upcoming A Dog's Promise for Amblin/Universal. She is also a film director: she produced, directed, and co-wrote the Lionsgate film Cook Off!, in which she also stars alongside Melissa McCarthy, Ben Falcone, and Wendy McLendon-Covey, and co-wrote and directed the film Muffin Top: A Love Story, in which she stars with David Arquette, Marissa Jaret Winokur, and Retta. Cathryn is a former member of Chicago's Second City, a stand-up comic, and the author of the nationally-bestselling feminist memoir, The Grrl Genius Guide To Life. She hosted for three years the AMC series, Grrl Genius at the movies which celebrated the greatest chick flicks of all time. She's also a veteran network television writer and producer, having worked on both hour and half hour series such as South Park and Diagnosis Murder, among many others.
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Biography from IMDb.
- July 3, 1961 (65)
- Santa Monica, California, USA
- Writer, director, actor, producer and editor
- 6 on MovieCove · 10 credits in all
What are Cathryn Michon's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 5 · Serious 0 · Dark 0
Grounded 3 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 3 · Charged 2 · Intense 0
Steady 3 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 2
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 4 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 0
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Heroas Suzanne Nicholson in Muffin Top: A Love Story (2014)
Moods and endings
- Happy4
- Bittersweet1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Cathryn Michon's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Cathryn Michon's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
10 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page.
A Dog’s Perfect Christmas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
I’m Still Here: A Dog’s Purpose Forever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
A Dog's Journey(2019)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
A Dog's Way Home(2019)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Cook Off!(2007)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
A Dog's Purpose(2017)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Muffin Top: A Love Story(2014)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Side Order of Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Livin' It Up with the Bratz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Diagnosis Murder(1993)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows
Career shape
A full career of 10 titles, 9 of them dated from 1993 to 2025.
Film career
- 2017Screen debut· Cook-Off!
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Cathryn Michon's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 70th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 68th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 6 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the dialogue 49/100 and the plot and story 38/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Cathryn Michon's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Cathryn Michon work with?
People who share at least 2 of Cathryn Michon's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; W. Bruce Cameron shares the most, 5.
Writers
- W. Bruce CameronShared titles: A Dog's Journey (2019), A Dog's Way Home (2019), A Dog's Purpose (2017), Muffin Top: A Love Story (2014), Cook Off! (2007)See all 5 shared titles with W. Bruce Cameron
- Maya ForbesShared titles: A Dog's Journey (2019), A Dog's Purpose (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Maya Forbes
- Wallace WolodarskyShared titles: A Dog's Journey (2019), A Dog's Purpose (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Wallace Wolodarsky
Actors
- Dennis QuaidShared titles: A Dog's Journey (2019), A Dog's Purpose (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Dennis Quaid
- Josh GadShared titles: A Dog's Journey (2019), A Dog's Purpose (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Josh Gad
- Diedrich BaderShared titles: Muffin Top: A Love Story (2014), Cook Off! (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Diedrich Bader
- Melissa PetermanShared titles: Muffin Top: A Love Story (2014), Cook Off! (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Melissa Peterman
Producers
- Gavin PoloneShared titles: A Dog's Journey (2019), A Dog's Way Home (2019), A Dog's Purpose (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Gavin Polone
- Holly BarioShared titles: A Dog's Journey (2019), A Dog's Purpose (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Holly Bario
- Randy MendelsohnShared titles: Muffin Top: A Love Story (2014), Cook Off! (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Randy Mendelsohn
- Sheri KeltonShared titles: Muffin Top: A Love Story (2014), Cook Off! (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Sheri Kelton
Mixed roles
- Lasse HallströmShared titles: A Dog's Journey (2019), A Dog's Purpose (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Lasse Hallström
