---
name: "Erin O'Malley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/erin-omalley"
fi1m_id: "erin-omalley"
imdb_id: "nm0641721"
tmdb_id: 1236714
roles: ["Director","Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "director"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-22T01:36:24.629102+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."
---

# Erin O'Malley

## Identity

Erin O'Malley

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/erin-omalley
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** erin-omalley
- **IMDb ID:** nm0641721
- **TMDB ID:** 1236714
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0641721/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1236714

Director and producer. Born in Tucson, Arizona.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Producer
- **Active:** 2000–present
- **Also known as:** Erin O’Malley, Brenda D. Alvarado
- **Frequently works with:** [Alec Berg](https://film.one/person/alec-berg.md), [Alex Cuthbertson](https://film.one/person/alex-cuthbertson.md), [Brett Baer](https://film.one/person/brett-baer.md), [Dave Finkel](https://film.one/person/dave-finkel.md), [Jason Winer](https://film.one/person/jason-winer.md), [Larry Charles](https://film.one/person/larry-charles.md), [Matt Fusfeld](https://film.one/person/matt-fusfeld.md), [Trent O'Donnell](https://film.one/person/trent-odonnell.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as director, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 84 (1), 2010s 80 (1), 2020s 47 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 68 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0641721/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1236714

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Curb Your Enthusiasm*](https://film.one/tv/curb-your-enthusiasm.md) (84)
- **Disney+:** [*New Girl*](https://film.one/tv/new-girl.md) (80)
- **Apple TV:** [*Brothers*](https://film.one/tv/brothers.md) (47)

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

## Biography

Erin O'Malley is an American television director and producer. She began her career on the HBO series *Curb Your Enthusiasm*, serving as co-producer from its third season and rising to executive producer; she later directed an episode in the tenth season.

O'Malley has held producer and directing roles on *Da Ali G Show*, *The Sarah Silverman Program* and *New Girl*, where she advanced from producer to executive producer and directed ten episodes. Her subsequent credits include directing and producing on *Single Parents*, *Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.*, *American Born Chinese* and *Goosebumps*.

She trained at the University of Southern California and received multiple Emmy nominations for her work on *Curb Your Enthusiasm* and *Da Ali G Show*, as well as a Directors Guild of America nomination for directing.

*Sources: variety.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Brothers* (2026), Fi1m 47, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/brothers.md)
- *New Girl* (2011), Fi1m 80, Director, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/new-girl.md)
- *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2000), Fi1m 84, Director, Producer, Executive Producer, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/curb-your-enthusiasm.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *Brothers* (2026), series, Director — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/tv/brothers.md)
- *Goosebumps: The Vanishing* (2025), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *Goosebumps* (2023), series, Director
- *American Born Chinese* (2023), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *The Big Leap* (2021), series, Director
- *Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.* (2021), series, Executive Producer
- *Single Parents* (2018), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *Speechless* (2016), series, Associate Producer
- *One Mississippi* (2016), series, Co-Executive Producer, Unit Production Manager
- *Fresh Off the Boat* (2015), series, Director, Writer
- *Dealin' with Idiots* (2013), Producer
- *New Girl* (2011), series, Co-Executive Producer, Producer, Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/new-girl.md)
- *The Sarah Silverman Program* (2007), series, as Business Woman
- *I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With* (2006), Producer
- *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2000), series, Director, Co-Producer, Producer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/curb-your-enthusiasm.md)
- *100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd* (1999), series, Writer
- *The Lesser Evil* (1998), Production Coordinator

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