---
name: "Kat Likkel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kat-likkel"
fi1m_id: "kat-likkel"
imdb_id: "nm0969581"
tmdb_id: 1212954
wikidata_id: "Q119983999"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T14:19:13.684209+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."
---

# Kat Likkel

## Identity

Kat Likkel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kat-likkel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kat-likkel
- **IMDb ID:** nm0969581
- **TMDB ID:** 1212954
- **Wikidata ID:** Q119983999
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q119983999, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0969581/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1212954

Writer. Born in USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 2005–present
- **Also known as:** Kathryn Likkel
- **Frequently works with:** [John Hoberg](https://film.one/person/john-hoberg.md), [Chris Koch](https://film.one/person/chris-koch.md), [Gail Mancuso](https://film.one/person/gail-mancuso.md), [Marc Buckland](https://film.one/person/marc-buckland.md), [Michael Fresco](https://film.one/person/michael-fresco.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 78 (2), 2020s 64 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Animation 1, Family 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $496m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q119983999, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0969581/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1212954

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*My Name Is Earl*](https://film.one/tv/my-name-is-earl.md) (77), [*Elemental*](https://film.one/film/elemental.md) (64)

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

## Biography

Kat Likkel is an American screenwriter and producer. She began her career writing for animated television series in the late 1990s, with credits including episodes of *Rugrats* (1991) and *Aaahh!!! Real Monsters* (1994). She co-created *Sabrina: The Animated Series* (1999).

Likkel has frequently collaborated with her husband, John Hoberg, since the early 2000s. Their joint television credits include writing and producing roles on *My Name Is Earl* (2005), *Better Off Ted* (2009), *Galavant* (2015), *Black-ish* (2015) and *American Housewife* (2016). Together with Brenda Hsueh, they wrote the screenplay and story for the Pixar film *Elemental* (2023), their first feature.

Likkel studied at Emporia State University before moving to Los Angeles to pursue writing. She and Hoberg live in Pasadena, California.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Elemental* (2023), Fi1m 64, Story, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/elemental.md)
- *Better Off Ted* (2009), Fi1m 80, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/better-off-ted.md)
- *My Name Is Earl* (2005), Fi1m 77, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/my-name-is-earl.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

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

- *The Feltbags* (2025), Writer
- *Elemental* (2023), Story, Screenplay — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/elemental.md)
- *American Housewife* (2016), series, Writer, Teleplay
- *Galavant* (2015), series, Executive Producer, Writer
- *The Neighbors* (2012), series, Writer
- *Man Up!* (2011), series, Writer
- *Better Off Ted* (2009), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/better-off-ted.md)
- *My Name Is Earl* (2005), series, Writer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/my-name-is-earl.md)
- *Life on a Stick* (2005), series, Writer
- *Pet Alien* (2005), series, Writer
- *Hope & Faith* (2003), series, Writer
- *Angela Anaconda* (1999), series, Writer
- *Sabrina: The Animated Series* (1999), series, Writer, Creator
- *The Famous Jett Jackson* (1998), series, Writer
- *Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show* (1997), series, Story, Writer
- *101 Dalmatians Series* (1997), series, Writer
- *The Angry Beavers* (1997), series, Writer
- *Street Fighter* (1995), series, Writer
- *DarkStalkers* (1995), series, Writer
- *Timon and Pumbaa* (1995), series, Writer
- *Aaahh!!! Real Monsters* (1994), series, Writer, Story
- *Rugrats* (1991), series, Writer
- *Christmas Forever*, Writer

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy Series 2006: Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy Series (nominated)
- Writers Guild of America Award for Television: New Series 2006: Writers Guild of America Award for Television: New Series (nominated)

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

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