---
name: "Karey Dornetto"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/karey-dornetto"
fi1m_id: "karey-dornetto"
imdb_id: "nm1058228"
tmdb_id: 1229794
wikidata_id: "Q23761740"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "1 January 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-01T00:36:10.473771+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."
---

# Karey Dornetto

## Identity

Karey Dornetto

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/karey-dornetto
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** karey-dornetto
- **IMDb ID:** nm1058228
- **TMDB ID:** 1229794
- **Wikidata ID:** Q23761740
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karey_Dornetto, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23761740, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1058228/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1229794

Writer and producer. Born 1 January 1953 in Charleston, South Carolina, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1953, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
- **Active:** 1997–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Anthony Russo](https://film.one/person/anthony-russo.md), [Jay Chandrasekhar](https://film.one/person/jay-chandrasekhar.md), [Jeff Melman](https://film.one/person/jeff-melman.md), [Joe Russo](https://film.one/person/joe-russo.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 85 (2), 2020s 80 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 83 to 73 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Drama 2, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2, Action & Adventure 1, Animation 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karey_Dornetto, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23761740, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1058228/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1229794

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Arrested Development*](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md) (87)
- **Hulu:** [*Community*](https://film.one/tv/community.md) (83)
- **HBO Max:** [*Common Side Effects*](https://film.one/tv/common-side-effects.md) (80)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Fallout*](https://film.one/tv/fallout.md) (80)

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

## Biography

Karey Dornetto is an American screenwriter. She was born and raised in Charleston, South Carolina, and studied finance at the University of South Carolina. After working at Bank of America and with the comedy group The Perch, she moved to Los Angeles and began her television writing career on *South Park* in 2002.

Dornetto has written for *Arrested Development* (2005–2006), *Community* (2010–2011), *Portlandia* (2012–2018) and *Fallout* (2024), on which she also served as co-executive producer. She wrote the screenplay for the feature film *Addicted to Fresno* (2015). She has received multiple Emmy nominations, including for Outstanding Drama Series for *Fallout*.

Dornetto is married to director Jamie Babbit.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, fallout.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Common Side Effects* (2025), Fi1m 80, Writer, Consulting Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/common-side-effects.md)
- *Fallout* (2024), Fi1m 80, Co-Executive Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/fallout.md)
- *Community* (2009), Fi1m 83, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/community.md)
- *Arrested Development* (2003), Fi1m 87, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *Adults* (2025), series, Executive Producer
- *Common Side Effects* (2025), series, Consulting Producer, Writer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/common-side-effects.md)
- *Fallout* (2024), series, Co-Executive Producer, Writer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/fallout.md)
- *Little Demon* (2022), series, Writer
- *Hacks* (2021), series, as Britta — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/hacks.md)
- *Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens* (2020), series, Executive Producer, Writer
- *Addicted to Fresno* (2015), Writer
- *Another Period* (2015), series, Consulting Producer
- *Mulaney* (2014), series, as Mom (voice), Brenda
- *Red Oaks* (2014), series, Consulting Producer, Teleplay
- *Made in Cleveland* (2013), as Streaker · Writer
- *Brunch Village* (2012), Writer
- *Inside Portlandia* (2011), Writer
- *Portlandia* (2011), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer, Executive Producer
- *Community* (2009), series, Writer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/community.md)
- *iCarly* (2007), series, Writer
- *Arrested Development* (2003), series, Writer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md)
- *The Jamie Kennedy Experiment* (2002), series, Writer
- *South Park* (1997), series, Writer

## Gallery

- ![Karey Dornetto](https://film.one/media/person/23455/gallery-b08671687725.png) Karey Dornetto — Tacopopcorn123, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Karey_Dornetto.PNG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Karey Dornetto](https://film.one/media/person/23455/gallery-90b6917dcebd.jpg) Karey Dornetto — Image via TMDB

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