Michael Angelo Covino | |
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 Covino at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival | |
| Born | 1984 [1] |
| Occupation(s) | Director, screenwriter, producer, actor. |
| Years active | 2007–present |
Michael Angelo Covino (born 1984) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. He has produced, written, directed, and starred in The Climb (2019) and Splitsville (2025).
Covino graduated from Occidental College. [2]
Covino is a frequent collaborator with friend Kyle Marvin, with the two serving as producers on Kicks by Justin Tipping and Hunter Gatherer by Josh Locy, and working on commercials and music videos. [3] [4] [5] The two run the production company Watch This Ready. [6]
In 2018, Covino directed, starred, and co-wrote alongside Marvin, The Climb a short film, focusing on a friendship between two lifelong friends, which premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. [7] The short was later expanded into a feature-length film film of the same name, financed by Topic Studios. [8]
The Climb had its world premiere at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section, where it was acquired by Sony Pictures Classics. [9] It subsequently screened at the Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, and Sundance Film Festival. [10] It was released in November 2020, following delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [11]
In 2025, Covino's second film Splitsville in which he co-wrote with Marvin and stars opposite Dakota Johnson and Adria Arjona will have its world premiere at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival to be released by Neon. [12] [13]
As an actor, Covino has starred in News of the World by Paul Greengrass. [14] and Riff Raff by Dito Montiel. [15]
| Year | Title | Director | Producer | Writer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | The Climb | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2025 | Splitsville | Yes | Yes | Yes |
