---
name: "Emily V. Gordon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/emily-v-gordon"
fi1m_id: "emily-v-gordon"
imdb_id: "nm5077137"
tmdb_id: 1680840
wikidata_id: "Q27057681"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "3 May 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-10-07T18:59:13.731259+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."
---

# Emily V. Gordon

## Identity

Emily V. Gordon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/emily-v-gordon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** emily-v-gordon
- **IMDb ID:** nm5077137
- **TMDB ID:** 1680840
- **Wikidata ID:** Q27057681
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_V._Gordon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27057681, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5077137/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1680840

Producer. Born 3 May 1979 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 3 May 1979, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_V._Gordon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27057681, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5077137/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1680840

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Little America*](https://film.one/tv/little-america.md) (82)

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

## Biography

Emily V. Gordon is an American writer and producer. She began her career as a family and couples therapist before moving into comedy production and screenwriting.

Gordon co-wrote the 2017 romantic comedy *The Big Sick* with her husband and frequent collaborator Kumail Nanjiani; the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and won the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay. She has written for *The Carmichael Show* (2015) and co-created the anthology series *Little America* (2020), on which she also contributed teleplays.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, elle.com, screenrant.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Little America* (2020), Fi1m 82, Executive Producer, Teleplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/little-america.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *See You When I See You* (2026), Producer
- *Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Is / Was \ Will* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Welcome to Chippendales* (2022), series, Executive Producer
- *The Boys Presents: Diabolical* (2022), series, as Erin (voice)
- *Little America* (2020), series, Executive Producer, Teleplay — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/little-america.md)
- *The Big Sick* (2017), Executive Producer, Writer
- *The Carmichael Show* (2015), series, Writer
- *Howl*, Producer
- *Sex Criminals*, series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Sidekicks*, Screenplay
- *Your Name*, Writer
- *Play-Doh*, Writer, Executive Producer
- *Compulsive Liar*, Screenplay, Executive Producer

## Gallery

- !["The Big Sick" panel at Sundance 2017, Park City UT](https://film.one/media/person/6798684/gallery-057ae3dc4465.jpg) "The Big Sick" panel at Sundance 2017, Park City UT — PunkToad from oakland, us, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Emily_V._Gordon_in_2017.jpg/1280px-Emily_V._Gordon_in_2017.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Emily Gordon speaking at the 2012 WonderCon in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.](https://film.one/media/person/6798684/gallery-96af0dcc232d.jpg) Emily Gordon speaking at the 2012 WonderCon in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere. — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Emily_Gordon_in_2012.jpg/1280px-Emily_Gordon_in_2012.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Emily V. Gordon](https://film.one/media/person/6798684/gallery-7355c48e1c95.jpg) Emily V. Gordon — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Emily_Gordon_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Emily_Gordon_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Emily Gordon speaking at the 2012 WonderCon in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.](https://film.one/media/person/6798684/gallery-2f7babe69fec.jpg) Emily Gordon speaking at the 2012 WonderCon in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere. — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Emily_Gordon_in_2012_%281%29.jpg/1280px-Emily_Gordon_in_2012_%281%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Emily Gordon speaking at the 2012 WonderCon in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.](https://film.one/media/person/6798684/gallery-1dbbbedf6985.jpg) Emily Gordon speaking at the 2012 WonderCon in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere. — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Emily_Gordon_%286851542712%29.jpg/1280px-Emily_Gordon_%286851542712%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- !["The Big Sick" panel at Sundance 2017, Park City UT](https://film.one/media/person/6798684/gallery-931cc0ed8787.jpg) "The Big Sick" panel at Sundance 2017, Park City UT — PunkToad from oakland, us, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Judd_Apatow_and_Emily_V._Gordon_%2832360582960%29.jpg/1280px-Judd_Apatow_and_Emily_V._Gordon_%2832360582960%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2018: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *The Big Sick*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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