---
name: "Kate Herron"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kate-herron"
fi1m_id: "kate-herron"
imdb_id: "nm3513341"
tmdb_id: 1425339
wikidata_id: "Q106975347"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "28 October 1987"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "director"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-22T21:31:15.658834+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."
---

# Kate Herron

## Identity

Kate Herron

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kate-herron
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kate-herron
- **IMDb ID:** nm3513341
- **TMDB ID:** 1425339
- **Wikidata ID:** Q106975347
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Herron, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106975347, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3513341/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1425339

Director. Born 28 October 1987 in London, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 28 October 1987, London, England
- **Active:** 2019–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Alice Seabright](https://film.one/person/alice-seabright.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as director, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 78 (1), 2020s 79 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 78 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 2, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Herron, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106975347, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3513341/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1425339

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Last of Us*](https://film.one/tv/the-last-of-us.md) (85)
- **Apple TV:** [*Margo's Got Money Troubles*](https://film.one/tv/margos-got-money-troubles.md) (80)
- **Netflix:** [*Sex Education*](https://film.one/tv/sex-education.md) (78)
- **Disney+:** [*Loki*](https://film.one/tv/loki.md) (71)

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

## Fi1m on Kate Herron

> Kate Herron makes complicated lives approachable and gives comedy room to breathe. We value that warmth, especially in *Margo's Got Money Troubles*, though her instinct to put us at ease can leave hardship feeling a little too comfortable.

In *Margo's Got Money Troubles* (2026), sex work is allowed into the family comedy without becoming an excuse for the direction to leer. We were relieved by that plain, unembarrassed treatment of the material; it leaves us free to care about the family complications. Herron is good at making difficult material approachable, without treating the subject as a provocation in itself. The comedy benefits from giving the actors space to make those complications matter.

Herron's early work includes the short *Rest Stop* (2014), followed by four episodes of the comedy-drama *Sex Education* (2019). Directing the whole first season of *Loki* (2021) took her into a larger genre production, but character remained central to her approach. Her background in improvisation helps explain the emphasis on collaboration and spontaneity. Those are useful habits for a director working within established fictional worlds, where actors still need something to do beyond explaining the rules. Her episode of *The Last of Us* (2025) continued the work of balancing drama with comedy and genre.

The warmth of *Margo's Got Money Troubles* is a shared achievement. Herron directed two episodes; Dearbhla Walsh and Alice Seabright also direct, so assigning the programme's tone to her alone would be careless. Tari Segal and Carl Herse's cinematography keeps the presentation lively, and Richard Bloom's production design supports the welcoming feel. Nathan Micay's music helps sustain that buoyancy, while Elle Fanning gives the family comedy its strongest reason to keep watching. Herron's contribution fits a programme that gives its actors space rather than letting its subject matter do all the work.

Our reservation is that the financial pressures feel more comfortable than they should, and the heavier drama sometimes asks for too much attention. That is a meaningful limitation in a programme which needs us to feel that money matters. We would welcome more discomfort alongside Herron's generosity towards her characters, without losing the humour that makes their company worthwhile. Start with *Margo's Got Money Troubles* for Fanning and the comedy, rather than for a bruising account of making ends meet.

## Biography

Kate Herron (born 28 October 1987) is an English director, writer and producer. She studied Film Production at the University for the Creative Arts and began her career directing short films before moving into television.

She directed all six episodes of the first season of the Disney+ series *Loki* (2021), on which she also served as executive producer. Her other directing credits include four episodes of the Netflix series *Sex Education* (2019) and episodes of *The Last of Us* (2025) and *Margo's Got Money Troubles* (2026). She co-wrote the *Doctor Who* episode "Rogue" (2024) with Briony Redman.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Margo's Got Money Troubles* (2026), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/margos-got-money-troubles.md)
- *The Last of Us* (2023), Fi1m 85, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-of-us.md)
- *Loki* (2021), Fi1m 71, Director, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/loki.md)
- *Sex Education* (2019), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/sex-education.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *Margo's Got Money Troubles* (2026), series, Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/margos-got-money-troubles.md)
- *Doctor Who* (2024), series, Writer
- *The Last of Us* (2023), series, Director — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-of-us.md)
- *Loki* (2021), series, Executive Producer, Director — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/loki.md)
- *Sex Education* (2019), series, Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/sex-education.md)
- *Smear* (2017), Director
- *five by five* (2017), series, Director
- *Fan Girl* (2016), Producer, Director
- *Rest Stop* (2014), Director, Writer
- *Healey's House* (2014), Screenplay
- *Valentine* (2014), Director, Writer
- *Open House* (2013), Director, Writer
- *Kill List: The Musical* (2012), Director, Writer
- *Run Toward Them* (2012), Director, Co-Writer
- *Frank* (2010), Director, Story
- *The Sims*, Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
- *Gaston*, Writer

## Gallery

- ![Kate Herron](https://film.one/media/person/22368/gallery-984919e9e02f.jpg) Kate Herron — Crayon Gris, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Kate_Herron_-_GC_2022.jpg/1280px-Kate_Herron_-_GC_2022.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Kate Herron](https://film.one/media/person/22368/gallery-20b9070613f4.jpg) Kate Herron — Image via TMDB

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