Robin Schiff is an American screenwriter and producer best known for the film Romy and Michele's High School Reunion starring Lisa Kudrow and Mira Sorvino. Schiff was a member of the comedy troupe The Groundlings. She hosts an interview series once a year for the Writers Guild Foundation called Anatomy Of A Script, where she and Winnie Holzman (writer of the musical Wicked and creator of My So Called Life) discuss the craft with other well-known writers. Schiff also teaches a writing class with Wendy Goldman (whom she met at The Groundlings) called Improv For Writing. Schiff wrote the films Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997) and Loverboy (1989). Schiff began her television career as the story editor for Rags to Riches, NBC, 1987–88. She was the supervising producer for Working Girl, NBC, 1990. She was the creator and supervising producer for Princesses, CBS, 1991. She was the supervising producer and creative consultant for Delta, CBS, 1992–93. She was the consulting producer for Party of Five, Fox, 1994–2000. She was the creator and executive producer for Almost Perfect, CBS, 1995–96. She was the consulting producer for Thanks, CBS, 1999. She was the executive producer for Grosse Pointe, The WB, 2000–2001. She was the consulting producer for Coupling, NBC, 2003 and Miss Match, NBC, 2003. Schiff produced the Netflix series Emily in Paris and Uncoupled with Darren Star. She was an executive producer of the YouTube Red series Sideswiped in 2018. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robin Schiff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Writer and producer, also director
- 7 on MovieCove · 19 credits in all
What are Robin Schiff's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 3 · Serious 0 · Dark 0
Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 3 · Charged 0 · Intense 0
Steady 3 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 3
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 0
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
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 Robin Schiff's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Robin Schiff'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
19 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page.
Uncoupled (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Emily in Paris(2020)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows
Down Dog (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Super Fun Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Huge(2010)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows
Lipstick Jungle(2008)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows
Emily's Reasons Why Not (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all filmsThe Bad Girl's Guide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Grosse Pointe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Die Friseuse und der Millionär (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
Almost Perfect (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Princesses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Loverboy(1989)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Swimsuit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Aloha Paradise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Romy and Michele 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 18 titles, 17 of them dated from 1981 to 2022.
Biggest box office
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997)
Highest rated
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997)
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 Robin Schiff's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 44th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 45th percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 7 titles are Mixed.
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the dialogue 52/100 and the plot and story 40/100 in their films, across 3 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.
Who does Robin Schiff work with?
People who share at least 2 of Robin Schiff's MovieCove titles; Barry Kemp shares the most, 2.
- Barry KempShared titles: Romy and Michele: In the Beginning (2005), Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997)See all 2 shared titles with Barry Kemp