Occupation Screenwriter Spouse Jamie Babbit (m. 2014) Shows Portlandia, South Park | Years active 2002 - Present Movies Fresno, Made in Cleveland | |
Nominations Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety Series Awards WGA Award for Best Comedy/Variety - (Including Talk) Series - Television Similar Jamie Babbit, Fred Armisen, Jonathan Krisel, Graham Wagner, Carrie Brownstein Profiles | ||
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Karey Dornetto is an American screenwriter known for her work on television series such as Arrested Development, Community, Portlandia and South Park. She is also known for writing the script for the feature-length film Addicted to Fresno.
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- Early life
- Television
- Film
- Books
- Personal life
- References
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Early life
Karey Dornetto was born and raised in Charleston, South Carolina. Before becoming a writer Dornetto majored in finance at the University of South Carolina. After graduating, Dornetto worked for the Bank of America and also had a brief stint working with the comedy group The Perch. She relocated to New York City through her Bank of America job and quickly became immersed in comedic writing. In New York City, Dornetto began doing stand up comedy and tried her hand at writing for different publications which she found to be quite enjoyable. Following her interest in comedy Dornetto sent a selection of her work to agent Matt Rice who landed her a job in Los Angeles writing for South Park.
Television
Most of Dornetto's writing experience is for television shows. She has written for South Park (2002), The Jamie Kennedy Experiment (2003-2004), Arrested Development (2005-2006), Community (2010-2011), Kroll Show (2013), Portlandia (2012-present). Dornetto has also written for short lived television shows such as Dog Bites Man (2006) and The New Normal (2013).
Film
Addicted to Fresno was Karey Dornetto's first feature-length screenplay and was written with the intent of being directed by wife Jamie Babbit. The films original concept developed from Dornetto's experiences of having an older sister. The film, starring Judy Greer and Natasha Lyonne, premiered at South by Southwest in 2015 and was also shown at Toronto's LGBT Film Festival, L.A.'s Outfest, Edinburgh's International Film Festival and the Frameline Film Festival.
Books
Karey Dornetto is the author and illustrator of the book 101 Ways to Shave Your Ass.
Personal life
Karey Dornetto is the daughter of professor, Lou Dornetto and ex-nun, Kathy Dornetto. She also has one older sister, Kelly. Karey Dornetto came out to her parents as gay at the age of 24.
Dornetto currently lives in Los Angeles, CA with her wife Jamie Babbit and two step daughters Finley and Ryder. The couple has worked on several projects together including Addicted To Fresno which Karey wrote and Babbit directed.