---
name: "Nicole Holofcener"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nicole-holofcener"
fi1m_id: "nicole-holofcener"
imdb_id: "nm0392237"
tmdb_id: 56539
wikidata_id: "Q1987021"
roles: ["Director","Writer"]
born: "22 March 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "director"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-09-24T21:47:55.556045+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."
---

# Nicole Holofcener

## Identity

Nicole Holofcener

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nicole-holofcener
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nicole-holofcener
- **IMDb ID:** nm0392237
- **TMDB ID:** 56539
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1987021
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Holofcener, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1987021, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0392237/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56539

Director and writer. Born 22 March 1960 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Writer
- **Born:** 22 March 1960, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2000–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 9: 7 directing, 2 writing
- **Frequently works with:** [Ken Whittingham](https://film.one/person/ken-whittingham.md), [Tristram Shapeero](https://film.one/person/tristram-shapeero.md), [Adam Bernstein](https://film.one/person/adam-bernstein.md), [Alan Taylor](https://film.one/person/alan-taylor.md), [Beth McCarthy-Miller](https://film.one/person/beth-mccarthy-miller.md), [Donick Cary](https://film.one/person/donick-cary.md), [Gail Mancuso](https://film.one/person/gail-mancuso.md), [Jenji Kohan](https://film.one/person/jenji-kohan.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as director, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 75 (4), 2010s 81 (4), 2020s 65 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 73 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 6, Drama 5, Crime 2, Mystery 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Holofcener, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1987021, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0392237/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56539

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Six Feet Under*](https://film.one/tv/six-feet-under.md) (86), [*Enlightened*](https://film.one/tv/enlightened.md) (84), [*Bored to Death*](https://film.one/tv/bored-to-death.md) (50)
- **Netflix:** [*Orange Is the New Black*](https://film.one/tv/orange-is-the-new-black.md) (79), [*Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt*](https://film.one/tv/unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt.md) (76)
- **Peacock:** [*Parks and Recreation*](https://film.one/tv/parks-and-recreation.md) (83)
- **Disney+:** [*Gilmore Girls*](https://film.one/tv/gilmore-girls.md) (81)

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

## Biography

Nicole Holofcener is an American film and television director and screenwriter. Born on 22 March 1960 in New York City, she studied film at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and at Columbia University.

She made her feature directorial debut with *Walking and Talking* (1996) and went on to direct *Lovely & Amazing* (2001), *Friends with Money* (2006), *Please Give* (2010) and *Enough Said* (2013). She co-wrote the screenplay for *Can You Ever Forgive Me?* (2018), earning an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay, a BAFTA nomination and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Holofcener has directed episodes of series including *Sex and the City* (1998), *Six Feet Under* (2001), *Gilmore Girls* (2000), *Parks and Recreation* (2009) and *Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt* (2015). Her stepfather was producer Charles H. Joffe.

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

## On Fi1m (9)

### Directed (7) — the average rests on these

- *Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt* (2015), Fi1m 76, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt.md)
- *Orange Is the New Black* (2013), Fi1m 79, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/orange-is-the-new-black.md)
- *Enlightened* (2011), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/enlightened.md)
- *Bored to Death* (2009), Fi1m 50, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/bored-to-death.md)
- *Parks and Recreation* (2009), Fi1m 83, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/parks-and-recreation.md)
- *Six Feet Under* (2001), Fi1m 86, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/six-feet-under.md)
- *Gilmore Girls* (2000), Fi1m 81, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/gilmore-girls.md)

### Wrote (2)

- *The Last Duel* (2021), Fi1m 65, Screenplay, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-duel.md)
- *Can You Ever Forgive Me?* (2018), Fi1m 84, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/can-you-ever-forgive-me.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

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

- *Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken* (2023), Thanks
- *You Hurt My Feelings* (2023), Writer, Director, Producer
- *Lucky Hank* (2023), series, Director
- *Extrapolations* (2023), series, Director
- *The Last Duel* (2021), Screenplay, Producer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-duel.md)
- *Sophie Jones* (2021), Executive Producer
- *Mrs. Fletcher* (2019), series, Executive Producer, Director, Consulting Producer
- *Can You Ever Forgive Me?* (2018), Screenplay — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/can-you-ever-forgive-me.md)
- *The Land of Steady Habits* (2018), Director, Producer, Writer
- *One Mississippi* (2016), series, Producer, Director
- *Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt* (2015), series, Director — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt.md)
- *BoJack Horseman* (2014), series, as Indie Filmmaker Nicole Holofcener (voice) — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/bojack-horseman.md)
- *Every Secret Thing* (2014), Screenplay
- *Enough Said* (2013), Writer, Director
- *Orange Is the New Black* (2013), series, Director — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/orange-is-the-new-black.md)
- *Enlightened* (2011), series, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/enlightened.md)
- *Please Give* (2010), Director, Writer
- *Where the Wild Things Are* (2009), Thanks — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/where-the-wild-things-are.md)
- *Bored to Death* (2009), series, Director — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/tv/bored-to-death.md)
- *Parks and Recreation* (2009), series, Director — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/parks-and-recreation.md)
- *Friends with Money* (2006), Director, Writer
- *Lovely & Amazing* (2002), Director, Writer
- *Leap of Faith* (2002), series, Director
- *Six Feet Under* (2001), series, Director — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/six-feet-under.md)
- *Gilmore Girls* (2000), series, Director — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/gilmore-girls.md)
- *L.A. Doctors* (1998), series, Director
- *Sex and the City* (1998), series, Director
- *Walking and Talking* (1996), Director, Writer
- *Mi Vida Loca* (1994), Actor
- *Ready or Not* (1993), series, Writer
- *Angry* (1991), as Daughter · Director, Writer
- *It's Richard I Love* (1988), Director, Writer
- *Not Just Any Flower* (1988), Thanks
- *Rollercoaster to Hell* (1982), as Vera
- *A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy* (1982), Production Assistant
- *The Wedding People*, Screenplay

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2019: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Can You Ever Forgive Me?*

### Other awards — 1 won

- Dorothy Arzner Directors Award 2006: Dorothy Arzner Directors Award (won)

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

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