Kate Trefry is an American screenwriter, producer, and director. She is best known as a writer and co-executive producer on the Netflix television series Stranger Things, and as the writer of the stage play Stranger Things: The First Shadow. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Kate Trefry, licensed under CC-BY-SA; full list of contributors is on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Anchorage, Alaska, USA
- Writer and director, also actor
- 5 on MovieCove · 9 credits in all
Known for
What are Kate Trefry's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Ideas and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 2
Grounded 2 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 2
Steady 1 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
A split, not a type: Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 1
Casual 2 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Kate Trefry's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Kate Trefry's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
9 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Blood Covenant(2026)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
How to Be Alone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Souls of Totality (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Stranger Things(2016)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Let's Kill Ward's Wife(2014)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Revolver (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Stranger Things: The First Shadow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 9 titles, 7 of them dated from 2014 to 2026.
Awards
Nominated for a Primetime Emmy in 2022, Outstanding Drama Series.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Kate Trefry's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 18th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 76th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 5 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed2
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Kate Trefry work with?
People who share at least 2 of Kate Trefry's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Matt Duffer shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Matt DufferShared titles: One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 (2026), Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things - The First Shadow (2025)See all 2 shared titles with Matt Duffer
- Ross DufferShared titles: One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 (2026), Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things - The First Shadow (2025)See all 2 shared titles with Ross Duffer
Producers
- Angus WallShared titles: One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 (2026), Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things - The First Shadow (2025)See all 2 shared titles with Angus Wall
- Kent KubenaShared titles: One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 (2026), Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things - The First Shadow (2025)See all 2 shared titles with Kent Kubena
- Melissa JacobsonShared titles: One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 (2026), Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things - The First Shadow (2025)See all 2 shared titles with Melissa Jacobson
- Natalie GoldbergShared titles: One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 (2026), Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things - The First Shadow (2025)See all 2 shared titles with Natalie Goldberg