Cory Finley
Cory Finley is an American film director and screenwriter. He wrote and directed the black comedy film Thoroughbreds, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2017. He also directed the true crime dramedy film Bad Education starring Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney, which premiered on HBO and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie in 2020.
Cory Finley
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- Name
- Cory Finley
- Birthplace
- St.
- Occupation
- Director, screenwriter
- Born
- 1990 · St. Louis.
- Nationality
- United States
- Education
- Yale College
- Known for
- Bad Education · Landscape with Invisible Hand
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Cory Finley is an American film director and screenwriter. He wrote and directed the black comedy film Thoroughbreds, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2017. He also directed the true crime dramedy film Bad Education starring Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney, which premiered on HBO and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie in 2020.
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Cory Finley (born 1990) is a film director, filmmaker and playwright, among other activities, of American nationality. The film director was educated at Yale College. Among the works are Bad Education and Landscape with Invisible Hand.
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Finley was raised in St. Louis where he attended Glenridge Elementary School in Clayton and later John Burroughs School, where his mother was a teacher and administrator. He attended Yale College. He has an older sister, Lynn and younger brother, Thom. His mother, Macon Finley, is currently the Head of The Ellis School in Pittsburgh. His father is Peter Finley.
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• Name — Cory Finley • Birthplace — St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. • Occupation — Director, screenwriter • Years Active — 2017–present
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Director — Writer — Notes • 2022 — WeCrashed — Episodes "4.4" and "Hustle Harder" • 2026 — Furious — Episode "Some Days It Don't Come Easy" • TBA — A Cool Breeze on the Underground
Film
• Year — Title — Director — Writer • 2017 — Thoroughbreds • 2019 — Bad Education • 2023 — Landscape with Invisible Hand
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- 1.Focus Features. Corey Finley – Writer/Director.
- 2.Ehrlich, David. 'Thoroughbreds': How a 28-Year-Old Playwright Who Had Never Been on a Film Set Directed the Best Debut of the Year. Indiewire. March 8, 2018.
- 3.Lemire, Christy. Bad Education movie review. Roger Ebert.
- 4.Bad Education. Television Academy.
- 5.Mike Fleming Jr. MRC Television, Rian Johnson & Ram Bergman Option Don Winslow's 'A Cool Breeze On The Underground' For 'Bad Education's Cory Finley To Write/Direct. Deadline Hollywood. April 27, 2021.
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