Adriana Trigiani

Writer, director and producer, also actor · Big Stone Gap, Virginia, USA

Adriana Trigiani is the bestselling author of sixteen books, including the instant New York Times bestseller All the Stars in the Heavens, the blockbuster epic The Shoemaker's Wife; the Big Stone Gap series; Lucia, Lucia; the Valentine series; the Viola series for young adults and the bestselling memoir Don't Sing at the Table. She was an award-winning writer/producer of The Cosby Show (1984) and A Different World (1987) and show runner and executive producer of CityKids (1993). She is the award-winning filmmaker of the documentary Queens of the Big Time (1996). Trigiani wrote and directed the major motion picture Big Stone Gap (2014), based on her debut novel and filmed entirely on location in her Virginia hometown and released on October 9, 2015.

What are Adriana Trigiani's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.

Themes

share of theme weight

Self

35%

Society

30%

Bonds

25%

Survival

10%

Identity2 Community2

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Warm

3

Romantic

2

Hopeful

2

Contemplative

1

Joyful

1

Other

1

How their films linger

Feel-good3 Hopeful3

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 Adriana Trigiani's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Adriana Trigiani'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

9 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Then Came You(2020)
Director · Producer
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Very Valentine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Writer
Big Stone Gap(2014)
Director · Writer
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Green Chimneys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Co-Producer
Queens of the Big Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Director · Producer
Central Park West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Show 1 episode · Writer
Working It Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Show 2 episodes · Writer
A Different World(1987)
Show 3 episodes · Writer
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows
The Cosby Show(1984)
Show 5 episodes · Writer
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows