Kay Cannon

Kay Cannon is an American screenwriter, producer, director, and actress. She is best known for writing and producing the Pitch Perfect film series. She made her directorial debut with the comedy film Blockers. Cannon was also a writer and producer for the NBC comedy series 30 Rock and the FOX comedy series New Girl.

Works

6.4

Cinderella

Cinderella, an orphaned girl with an evil stepmother, has big dreams and with the help of her Fabulous Godmother, she perseveres to make them come true.

Release Date:2021-09-03

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1408

6.1

Let It Snow

In a small town on Christmas Eve, a snowstorm brings together a group of young people. They soon find their friendships and love lives colliding, and come Christmas morning, nothing will be the same.

Release Date:2019-11-08

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:1165

6.3

Blockers

When three parents discover that each of their daughters have a pact to lose their virginity at prom, they launch a covert one-night operation to stop the teens from sealing the deal.

Release Date:2018-03-14

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:2000

6.5

Pitch Perfect 3

After the highs of winning the world championships, the Bellas find themselves split apart and discovering there aren't job prospects for making music with your mouth. But when they get the chance to reunite for an overseas USO tour, this group of awesome nerds will come together to make some music, and some questionable decisions, one last time.

Release Date:2017-12-20

Department:Production

Job:Co-Producer

Vote Count:3310

Girlboss
6.6

Girlboss

Sophia is a rebellious, broke anarchist who refuses to grow up. She stumbles upon her passion of selling vintage clothes online and becomes an unlikely businesswoman. As she builds her retail fashion empire, she realizes the value and the difficulty of being the boss of her own life.

Release Date:2017-04-21

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Episode Count:13

Vote Count:155

6.3

How to Be Single

New York City is full of lonely hearts seeking the right match, and what Alice, Robin, Lucy, Meg, Tom and David all have in common is the need to learn how to be single in a world filled with ever-evolving definitions of love.

Release Date:2016-02-08

Character:Woman Giving Birth

Vote Count:3218

6.9

Pitch Perfect 2

The Bellas are back, and they are better than ever. After being humiliated in front of none other than the President of the United States of America, the Bellas are taken out of the Aca-Circuit. In order to clear their name, and regain their status, the Bellas take on a seemingly impossible task: winning an international competition no American team has ever won. In order to accomplish this monumental task, they need to strengthen the bonds of friendship and sisterhood and blow away the competition with their amazing aca-magic! With all new friends and old rivals tagging along for the trip, the Bellas can hopefully accomplish their dreams.

Release Date:2015-05-07

Department:Production

Job:Co-Producer

Character:Newscaster Connie

Vote Count:5307

Cristela
6.6

Cristela

In her sixth year of law school, Cristela is finally on the brink of landing her first big (unpaid) internship at a prestigious law firm. The only problem is that her pursuit of success is more ambitious than her traditional Mexican-American family thinks is appropriate.

Release Date:2014-10-10

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:19

7.3

Pitch Perfect

College student Beca knows she does not want to be part of a clique, but that's exactly where she finds herself after arriving at her new school. Thrust in among mean gals, nice gals and just plain weird gals, Beca finds that the only thing they have in common is how well they sing together. She takes the women of the group out of their comfort zone of traditional arrangements and into a world of amazing harmonic combinations in a fight to the top of college music competitions.

Release Date:2012-09-28

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:6559

My Ex-Friend's Wedding

After receiving a drunken voicemail from a former BFF on the eve of her wedding day, confessing that she thinks she’s making a mistake, four childhood former best friends plan to stop her from getting married.

Department:Directing

Job:Director

79ers

A group of estranged friends are forced back together after 20 years to complete a treasure hunt they attempted as misfit teens, but never completed.

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Late Night with Seth Meyers
5.4

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live’s" longest serving anchor on the show’s wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as host of NBC’s "Late Night" — home to A-list celebrity guests, memorable comedy and the best in musical talent. As the Emmy Award-winning head writer for "SNL," Meyers has established a reputation for sharp wit and perfectly timed comedy, and has gained fame for his spot-on jokes and satire. Meyers takes his departure from "SNL" to his new post at "Late Night," as Jimmy Fallon moves to "The Tonight Show".

Release Date:2014-02-25

Character:Self

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:98

6.7

The Little Tin Man

Tired of being overlooked for bigger roles, a struggling dwarf actor sets out to be cast as the Tin Man in Martin Scorsese's remake of The Wizard of Oz.

Release Date:2013-06-01

Character:Miller

Vote Count:5

New Girl
7.4

New Girl

Jessica Day is an offbeat and adorable girl in her late 20s who, after a bad breakup, moves in with three single guys. Goofy, positive, vulnerable and honest to a fault, Jess has faith in people, even when she shouldn't. Although she's dorky and awkward, she's comfortable in her own skin. More prone to friendships with women, she's not used to hanging with the boys—especially at home.

Release Date:2011-09-20

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Character:Melissa

Episode Count:4

Vote Count:1456

6.2

Mystery Team

A group of former Encyclopedia Brown-style child-detectives struggle to solve an adult mystery.

Release Date:2009-08-28

Character:Destiny

Vote Count:144

30 Rock
7.4

30 Rock

Liz Lemon, the head writer for a late-night TV variety show in New York, tries to juggle all the egos around her while chasing her own dream.

Release Date:2006-10-11

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Character:Wife

Episode Count:12

Vote Count:697

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