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name: "Emily Spivey"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/emily-spivey"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "29 September 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
updated: "2026-09-17T01:05:44.895325+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."
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# Emily Spivey

Writer. Born 29 September 1971 in Statesville.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 29 September 1971, Statesville
- **Active:** 1997–2009
- **Works often with:** Beth McCarthy-Miller, Brad Walsh, Christy Stratton, Greg Daniels, Jerry Collins, Ken Whittingham

## Biography

Emily Spivey is an American television writer and producer. Born in Statesville, North Carolina, she graduated from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and earned an MFA in screenwriting from Loyola Marymount University. She trained with The Groundlings in Los Angeles before beginning her career writing for MADtv.

Spivey wrote for King of the Hill in 2002 before joining the staff of Saturday Night Live from 2001 to 2010, where she won a Primetime Emmy Award in 2002 and a Writers Guild of America Award in 2008. She later wrote episodes of Parks and Recreation (2011) and Modern Family (2013). She created the series Up All Night (2011) and Bless the Harts (2019), and contributed to The Last Man on Earth (2015) and other programmes.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, emilyspivey.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Modern Family* (2009), Fi1m 77, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/modern-family.md)
- *King of the Hill* (1997), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/king-of-the-hill-1997.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Parks and Recreation* (2009), Writer

## Also known for

- *Masterminds* (2016), Writer
- *The Last Man on Earth* (2015), Writer
- *Wine Country* (2019), Writer
- *Loot* (2022), Writer
- *Up All Night* (2011), Writer
- *Bless the Harts* (2019), Writer, Teleplay

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