Background and career
Katie Dippold is an American screenwriter, producer and actor. She was a writer on the Fox series Mad TV (2006–2009) and the NBC series Parks and Recreation (2009–2013). She is the creator, showrunner, executive producer and writer of Widow's Bay (2026–present), for which she won two Primetime Emmy Awards. She also wrote the films The Heat (2013), Snatched (2017), and Haunted Mansion (2023), co-wrote Ghostbusters (2016), and provided a revision of Spy (2015). She is a frequent collaborator with Paul Feig and Melissa McCarthy and specializes in the comedy and action comedy genres. She has had acting roles in all her Paul Feig-connected films, as well as made a number of guest appearances on series including Parks and Recreation and Fox's Brooklyn Nine-Nine. She played one of the main characters, Byte, in the web series Gemberling, a precursor to Adult Swim's Fat Guy Stuck in Internet.
Dippold was born and raised in Freehold Township, New Jersey, and graduated from Rutgers University with a degree in journalism.
After graduating, Dippold started a career in improvisational comedy at Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (UCB) in New York City. She still continues to perform improv in Los Angeles. Dippold has appeared as a sketch regular on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and was a cast member on the MTV comedic prank series Boiling Points. In 2006, she became a writer for the twelfth season of MADtv. In 2009, she joined the writing staff of Parks and Recreation where she worked for several seasons. Dippold wrote the screenplay for the comedic film The Heat (2013), starring Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy, and directed by Paul Feig. Dippold and director Feig later co-wrote the 2016 Ghostbusters. She also wrote the 2023 Disney re-worked adaptation Haunted Mansion. She was listed in 2012 under "10 Screenwriters to Watch" by Variety and "13 People to Look Out For in 2013" in Interview. Dippold created the television series Widow's Bay (2026), starring Matthew Rhys, Stephen Root and Kate O'Flynn. Some episodes of the series were directed by Hiro Murai.
Dippold is in a relationship with former film studio executive Drew Crevello. In 2016, she went viral for a tweet featuring a photo of herself at a Halloween party dressed as the Babadook while no one else was in costume.
The Heat (2013) Spy (2015) (Uncredited revision) Ghostbusters (2016) Snatched (2017) Haunted Mansion (2023) Acting credits
