---
name: "Kay Cannon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kay-cannon"
fi1m_id: "kay-cannon"
imdb_id: "nm0134224"
tmdb_id: 208664
wikidata_id: "Q4251124"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "27 August 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-24T02:44:20.157809+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."
---

# Kay Cannon

## Identity

Kay Cannon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kay-cannon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kay-cannon
- **IMDb ID:** nm0134224
- **TMDB ID:** 208664
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4251124
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Cannon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4251124, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0134224/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/208664

Writer. Born 27 August 1974 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 27 August 1974, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Active:** 2006–2012
- **Also known as:** Kay Bo,  Кэй Кэннон
- **Frequently works with:** [Brett Baer](https://film.one/person/brett-baer.md), [Dave Finkel](https://film.one/person/dave-finkel.md), [Nina Pedrad](https://film.one/person/nina-pedrad.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 86 (1), 2010s 78 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 74 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Music 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $116m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Cannon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4251124, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0134224/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/208664

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*30 Rock*](https://film.one/tv/30-rock.md) (86)
- **Disney+:** [*New Girl*](https://film.one/tv/new-girl.md) (80)
- **Pluto TV:** [*Pitch Perfect*](https://film.one/film/pitch-perfect.md) (77)

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

## Biography

Kay Cannon is an American screenwriter, producer and director. She trained in sketch and improv comedy at The Second City, ImprovOlympic and ComedySportz in Chicago. While performing there, she met Tina Fey and was hired as a writer on the NBC series *30 Rock* (2007–2012), where she rose to supervising producer.

Cannon wrote the screenplays for the *Pitch Perfect* film series (2012–2017). She made her directorial debut with *Blockers* (2018) and later directed and co-wrote *Cinderella* (2021). She also wrote for and produced *New Girl* (2012–2014) and created the Netflix series *Girlboss* (2017). She has received three Writers Guild of America Awards for her work on *30 Rock*, along with a Peabody Award and Emmy nominations.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Pitch Perfect* (2012), Fi1m 77, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/pitch-perfect.md)
- *New Girl* (2011), Fi1m 80, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/new-girl.md)
- *30 Rock* (2006), Fi1m 86, Writer, Producer, Supervising Producer, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/30-rock.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *Cinderella* (2021), Director, Writer
- *Let It Snow* (2019), Screenplay
- *Blockers* (2018), Director
- *Pitch Perfect 3* (2017), Co-Producer, Writer
- *Girlboss* (2017), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *How to Be Single* (2016), as Woman Giving Birth
- *Pitch Perfect 2* (2015), as Newscaster Connie · Co-Producer, Writer
- *Cristela* (2014), series, Writer
- *The Little Tin Man* (2013), as Miller
- *Pitch Perfect* (2012), Screenplay — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/pitch-perfect.md)
- *New Girl* (2011), series, as Melissa · Writer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/new-girl.md)
- *Mystery Team* (2009), as Destiny
- *30 Rock* (2006), series, as Wife, Human Table · Writer, Supervising Producer, Producer, Co-Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/30-rock.md)
- *79ers*, Director
- *My Ex-Friend's Wedding*, Director
- *One Attempt Remaining*, Director, Executive Producer, Writer
- *Bad Cop, Bad Cop*, Director

## Gallery

- ![American television writer and actress Kay Cannon. (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/101660/gallery-2460c287eefd.jpg) American television writer and actress Kay Cannon. (2009) — Rubenstein, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Kay_Cannon.jpg/1280px-Kay_Cannon.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Kay Cannon at SXSW Red Carpet premiere of BLOCKERS (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/101660/gallery-d09341c99a83.jpg) Kay Cannon at SXSW Red Carpet premiere of BLOCKERS (2018) — Daniel Benavides from Austin, TX, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Kay_Cannon_at_SXSW_Red_Carpet_premiere_of_BLOCKERS_%2826876904668%29.jpg/1280px-Kay_Cannon_at_SXSW_Red_Carpet_premiere_of_BLOCKERS_%2826876904668%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Kay Cannon](https://film.one/media/person/101660/gallery-7db0048e576c.jpg) Kay Cannon — Daniel Benavides from Austin, TX, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Kay_Cannon_at_SXSW_Red_Carpet_premiere_of_BLOCKERS_%2826876904668%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Kay_Cannon_at_SXSW_Red_Carpet_premiere_of_BLOCKERS_%2826876904668%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Suzi Barrett and Kay Cannon at Boom Chicago's 25th Reunion (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/101660/gallery-4f4cc6f61d8d.jpg) Suzi Barrett and Kay Cannon at Boom Chicago's 25th Reunion (2018) — AwesomeACM, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Suzi_Barrett_and_Kay_Cannon_at_Boom_Chicago_25th_Reunion.jpg/1280px-Suzi_Barrett_and_Kay_Cannon_at_Boom_Chicago_25th_Reunion.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Kay Cannon](https://film.one/media/person/101660/gallery-6b30c5d48c29.jpg) Kay Cannon — Image via TMDB

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