Biography
Colleen McGuinness is an American writer, director and producer. She graduated cum laude in English from Harvard University and began her television writing career on Miss Match (2003). She has written episodes of series including Mercy (2009–2010), Love Bites (2011), 30 Rock (2012), About a Boy (2014), Friends from College (2017), Forever (2018), Ramy (2020), DC's Stargirl (2020) and Life & Beth (2022).
McGuinness joined the writing staff of 30 Rock in 2011 and shared in the series' Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series in 2013, as well as Writers Guild of America and Producers Guild of America nominations. She has also worked as a producer on several of these programmes. In 2024 she directed the short film Loser, which is being adapted into a feature film produced by Radio Silence. She is credited as a writer on the series Furious (2026).
