Michael Angelo Covino

Michael Angelo Covino is an American director, screenwriter, producer and actor who often works with his friend Kyle Marvin; the pair run the production company Watch This Ready and produced features such as Kicks and Hunter Gatherer. Covino, who grew up in Mount Kisco and graduated from Occidental College, made his name with The Climb (2020), which began as a 2018 Sundance short about two lifelong friends and became a feature that premiered at Cannes in the Un Certain Regard section, was picked up by Sony Pictures Classics, and reached theaters in November 2020 after pandemic delays. His second feature, Splitsville (2025), which he wrote with Marvin and stars in opposite Dakota Johnson and Adria Arjona, premiered at Cannes and was released by Neon. As an actor he appeared in News of the World (2020) for Paul Greengrass and Riff Raff (2025).