---
name: "Claire Cowperthwaite"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/claire-cowperthwaite"
fi1m_id: "claire-cowperthwaite"
imdb_id: "nm0184873"
tmdb_id: 1468015
wikidata_id: "Q118126282"
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T13:53:40.044948+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Claire Cowperthwaite

## Identity

Claire Cowperthwaite

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/claire-cowperthwaite
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** claire-cowperthwaite
- **IMDb ID:** nm0184873
- **TMDB ID:** 1468015
- **Wikidata ID:** Q118126282
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118126282, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0184873/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1468015

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Active:** 1999–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 6: 2 directing, 4 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Beth McCarthy-Miller](https://film.one/person/beth-mccarthy-miller.md), [Don Scardino](https://film.one/person/don-scardino.md), [Dylan Morgan](https://film.one/person/dylan-morgan.md), [Gail Mancuso](https://film.one/person/gail-mancuso.md), [Jack Burditt](https://film.one/person/jack-burditt.md), [Jane Krakowski](https://film.one/person/jane-krakowski.md), [Jeff Richmond](https://film.one/person/jeff-richmond.md), [Jerry Kupfer](https://film.one/person/jerry-kupfer.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as director, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 84 (1), 2000s 86 (1), 2010s 75 (3), 2020s 64 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118126282, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0184873/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1468015

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*30 Rock*](https://film.one/tv/30-rock.md) (86)
- **Netflix:** [*Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt*](https://film.one/tv/unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt.md) (76)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Claire Cowperthwaite is a director and script supervisor. She worked as script supervisor on the television series *30 Rock* (2006–2013) for 138 episodes and directed two episodes of the series in 2012 and 2013. She also directed one episode of *Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt* in 2018 and the short film *A Theory for Tangled Wires* (2016), which she produced.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

### Directed (2) — the average rests on these

- *Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt* (2015), Fi1m 76, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt.md)
- *30 Rock* (2006), Fi1m 86, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/30-rock.md)

### Crew (4)

- *Dumb Money* (2023), Fi1m 64, Script Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/dumb-money.md)
- *The Leftovers* (2014), Fi1m 87, Script Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-leftovers.md)
- *The Blacklist* (2013), Fi1m 63, Script Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-blacklist.md)
- *The Sixth Sense* (1999), Fi1m 84, Script Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-sixth-sense.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Dumb Money* (2023), Script Supervisor — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/dumb-money.md)
- *Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt* (2015), series, Director — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt.md)
- *The Leftovers* (2014), series, Script Supervisor — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-leftovers.md)
- *The Blacklist* (2013), series, Script Supervisor — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-blacklist.md)
- *30 Rock* (2006), series, Director — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/30-rock.md)
- *The Sixth Sense* (1999), Script Supervisor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-sixth-sense.md)

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