---
name: "Michael Costigan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-costigan"
fi1m_id: "michael-costigan"
imdb_id: "nm1545611"
tmdb_id: 40374
wikidata_id: "Q13499550"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-09-30T23:57:38.925894+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."
---

# Michael Costigan

## Identity

Michael Costigan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-costigan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-costigan
- **IMDb ID:** nm1545611
- **TMDB ID:** 40374
- **Wikidata ID:** Q13499550
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Costigan_(film_producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13499550, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1545611/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40374

Producer. Born 1 January 1950.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1950
- **Active:** 2005–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as producer, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 92 (1), 2010s 60 (1), 2020s 69 (5)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 70 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 6 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Crime 3, Comedy 2, Mystery 2, Romance 2, Horror 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $586m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Costigan_(film_producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13499550, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1545611/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40374

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Hit Man*](https://film.one/film/hit-man.md) (74)

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

## Biography

Michael Costigan is an American film and television producer. He graduated from Brown University in 1990 and spent nine years as a production executive at Columbia Pictures within Sony Pictures Entertainment, working on films including *Bottle Rocket* (1996), *The People vs. Larry Flynt* (1996), *Gattaca* (1997), *Girl, Interrupted* (1999) and *Charlie's Angels* (2000).

He founded Corduroy Films in 2002 and served as executive producer on *Brokeback Mountain* (2005). Costigan was president of Scott Free Productions from 2005 to 2012 before establishing COTA Films. Since 2018 he has partnered with Jason Bateman at Aggregate Films. His producing credits include *Prometheus* (2012), *Stoker* (2013), *Ghost in the Shell* (2017), *Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile* (2019) and *Hit Man* (2024).

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

## On Fi1m (7)

- *DTF St. Louis* (2026), Fi1m 78, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/dtf-st-louis.md)
- *Black Rabbit* (2025), Fi1m 63, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/black-rabbit.md)
- *Hit Man* (2024), Fi1m 74, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/hit-man.md)
- *Lessons in Chemistry* (2023), Fi1m 63, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/lessons-in-chemistry.md)
- *The Outsider* (2020), Fi1m 68, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-outsider.md)
- *Prometheus* (2012), Fi1m 60, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/prometheus.md)
- *Brokeback Mountain* (2005), Fi1m 92, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/brokeback-mountain.md)

## Complete filmography (49)

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

- *Evil Genius* (2026), Producer
- *DTF St. Louis* (2026), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/dtf-st-louis.md)
- *Black Rabbit* (2025), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-rabbit.md)
- *Hell of a Summer* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Hit Man* (2024), Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/hit-man.md)
- *Lessons in Chemistry* (2023), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/lessons-in-chemistry.md)
- *Based on a True Story* (2023), series, Executive Producer
- *Florida Man* (2023), series, Executive Producer
- *Your Place or Mine* (2023), Producer
- *Under the Banner of Heaven* (2022), series, Executive Producer
- *Uncle Frank* (2020), Producer
- *A Teacher* (2020), series, Executive Producer
- *The Outsider* (2020), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-outsider.md)
- *Lying and Stealing* (2019), Producer
- *Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile* (2019), Producer
- *Dumplin'* (2018), Producer
- *Woodshock* (2017), Producer
- *Ghost in the Shell* (2017), Producer
- *A Bigger Splash* (2015), Producer
- *A Rose Reborn* (2014), Executive Producer
- *Out of the Furnace* (2013), Producer
- *Walking Stories* (2013), Producer
- *The Counselor* (2013), Executive Producer
- *The East* (2013), Producer
- *Stoker* (2013), Producer
- *Prometheus* (2012), Executive Producer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/prometheus.md)
- *Being Flynn* (2012), Producer
- *Welcome to the Rileys* (2010), Producer
- *Cyrus* (2010), Producer
- *Robin Hood* (2010), Executive Producer
- *Cracks* (2009), Co-Producer
- *Tell-Tale* (2009), Producer
- *Body of Lies* (2008), Executive Producer
- *Smart People* (2008), Producer
- *American Gangster* (2007), Executive Producer
- *Deck the Halls* (2006), Producer
- *Brokeback Mountain* (2005), Executive Producer — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/brokeback-mountain.md)
- *Untitled Michael Werwie Project*, Producer
- *Amy and the Orphans*, Producer
- *The Partner*, Producer
- *Fangs*, Producer
- *The Cackling of the Dodos*, Producer
- *PREPPY*, Producer
- *The Rosie Project*, Producer
- *Hard-Wired Humanity*, Producer
- *The Marriage Plot*, series, Executive Producer
- *Hope*, Producer
- *Alexander*, series, Executive Producer
- *Superfans: Screaming. Crying. Throwing Up.*, Producer

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