Abby Kohn is an American screenwriter and director. She is best known for writing popular romantic comedy films such as ''

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'', '' He's Just Not That Into You'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. She also co-wrote the romantic drama film '' The Vow''. She also co-created the short-lived series Opposite Sex in 2000. Kohn's first co-writing and directing feature film was the 2018 comedy, ''

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'', starring

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and

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. Kohn and her frequent collaborator Marc Silverstein met in the MFA program at the

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in Los Angeles, California. According to the website

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, their films have grossed over $900 million. In May 2019,

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acquired film rights to the television series ''

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'' with Kohn and Silverstein to write the screenplay. Robert Cort and Don Taffner Jr. will produce the film and plan to have it set in mid-1970s Santa Monica.

Personal life

Kohn is a graduate of

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. In 2006, she married music producer Jason Linn with whom she has two children.

Filmography

With Marc Silverstein

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kohn, Abby Living people American women screenwriters American Jews American television producers American women television producers Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) American women film directors Northwestern University alumni USC School of Cinematic Arts alumni 20th-century American screenwriters 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American screenwriters 21st-century American women writers