---
name: "Colleen McGuinness"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/colleen-mcguinness"
fi1m_id: "colleen-mcguinness"
imdb_id: "nm1269432"
tmdb_id: 1237541
wikidata_id: "Q24887879"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-25T01:19:12.387990+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."
---

# Colleen McGuinness

## Identity

Colleen McGuinness

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/colleen-mcguinness
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** colleen-mcguinness
- **IMDb ID:** nm1269432
- **TMDB ID:** 1237541
- **Wikidata ID:** Q24887879
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleen_McGuinness, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24887879, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1269432/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1237541

Writer and producer. Born in Killeen, Texas, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Active:** 2006–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Ken Whittingham](https://film.one/person/ken-whittingham.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 86 (1), 2010s 63 (1), 2020s 75 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Drama 2, Crime 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleen_McGuinness, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24887879, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1269432/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1237541

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*30 Rock*](https://film.one/tv/30-rock.md) (86)
- **Disney+:** [*Furious*](https://film.one/tv/furious.md) (75)
- **Peacock:** [*About a Boy*](https://film.one/tv/about-a-boy-2014.md) (63)

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

## Biography

Colleen McGuinness is an American writer, director and producer. She graduated cum laude in English from Harvard University and began her television writing career on *Miss Match* (2003). She has written episodes of series including *Mercy* (2009–2010), *Love Bites* (2011), *30 Rock* (2012), *About a Boy* (2014), *Friends from College* (2017), *Forever* (2018), *Ramy* (2020), *DC's Stargirl* (2020) and *Life & Beth* (2022).

McGuinness joined the writing staff of *30 Rock* in 2011 and shared in the series' Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series in 2013, as well as Writers Guild of America and Producers Guild of America nominations. She has also worked as a producer on several of these programmes. In 2024 she directed the short film *Loser*, which is being adapted into a feature film produced by Radio Silence. She is credited as a writer on the series *Furious* (2026).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, directories.wga.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Furious* (2026), Fi1m 75, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/furious.md)
- *About a Boy* (2014), Fi1m 63, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/about-a-boy-2014.md)
- *30 Rock* (2006), Fi1m 86, Co-Producer, Writer, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/30-rock.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *Furious* (2026), series, Co-Executive Producer, Writer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/furious.md)
- *Loser (short film)* (2024), Director, Producer, Writer
- *DC's Stargirl* (2020), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer, Consulting Producer
- *Forever* (2018), series, Consulting Producer
- *Friends from College* (2017), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer
- *About a Boy* (2014), series, Writer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/about-a-boy-2014.md)
- *Love Bites* (2011), series, Co-Producer, Writer
- *30 Rock* (2006), series, Writer, Producer, Co-Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/30-rock.md)
- *I'll Be the One*, Writer
- *Loser*, Writer, Director, Producer

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