Katie Dippold (born January 10, 1980) is an American screenwriter, producer, actress, and comedian. Dippold was a writer on the NBC series Parks and Recreation and wrote The Heat starring Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy and the 2016 Ghostbusters reboot. Dippold was born and raised in Freehold Township, New Jersey, and graduated from Rutgers University with a degree in journalism.
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 10, 1980 (46)
- Freehold Township, New Jersey, USA
- Writer, actor and producer
- 11 on MovieCove
What are Katie Dippold's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Society.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 3 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
Grounded 1 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 4 · Intense 0
Steady 0 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 4
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 1
Casual 2 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 0
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy4
- Ambiguous1
- Cyclical3
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 Katie Dippold's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Katie Dippold'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
11 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Widow's Bay(2026)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Haunted Mansion(2023)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Snatched(2017)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Ghostbusters(2016)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Spy(2015)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Brooklyn Nine-Nine(2013)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
The Heat(2013)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Players(2010)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Parks and Recreation(2009)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Starveillance(2006)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows
The Big Gay Sketch Show(2006)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows
Career shape
A full career of 9 titles from 2007 to 2026.
Film career
- 2015Screen debut· Spy
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.
Awards
4 major nominations and no wins, 2012–2026.
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy Series
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy Series
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Katie Dippold's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 41st percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 31st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 11 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved3
- Divisive2
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the dialogue 49/100 and the plot and story 39/100 in their films, across 4 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 Katie Dippold's work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Katie Dippold work with?
People who share at least 2 of Katie Dippold's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Paul Feig shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Paul FeigShared titles: Snatched (2017), Ghostbusters (2016), The Heat (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Paul Feig
Actors
- Kate McKinnonShared titles: Ghostbusters (2016), The Big Gay Sketch Show (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Kate McKinnon
- Melissa McCarthyShared titles: Ghostbusters (2016), The Heat (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Melissa McCarthy
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Melissa BrethertonShared titles: Snatched (2017), Ghostbusters (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Melissa Bretherton
- Theodore ShapiroShared titles: Snatched (2017), Ghostbusters (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Theodore Shapiro
- Brent WhiteShared titles: Ghostbusters (2016), The Heat (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Brent White
- Robert D. YeomanShared titles: Ghostbusters (2016), The Heat (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Robert D. Yeoman
Producers
- Jenno ToppingShared titles: Snatched (2017), The Heat (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Jenno Topping
- Peter CherninShared titles: Snatched (2017), The Heat (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Peter Chernin
Mixed roles
- Jackie ClarkeShared titles: Starveillance (2006), The Big Gay Sketch Show (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Jackie Clarke
