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Manny Coto

Highest Rated: 43% Star Kid (1997)

Lowest Rated: 23% Dr. Giggles (1992)

Birthday: Jun 10, 1961

Birthplace: Havana, Cuba

Writer and producer Manny Coto trained at the American Film Institute and right away began writing for science fiction and thriller shows such as "Tales from the Crypt" and "The Outer Limits." In 2003, Coto became a writer for the third season of the sci-fi series "Star Trek: Enterprises," starring Scott Bakula, writing such episodes as "Similitude" and "Chosen Realm," and he was primarily responsible for constructing the Xindi story arc. Coto was made co-executive producer later in that season and an executive producer of the show in its fourth season. Coto also contributed scripts to the outer-space show "Odyssey 5," and from 2006 to 2010 was a writer for the action series "24," for which he served as a co-executive and then an executive producer. In 2007, Coto co-created the short-lived show "The 1/2 Hour News Hour," and he has also been an executive producer for the Showtime serial-killer drama "Dexter." Manny Coto died on July 9, 2023 in Pasadena, CA at the age of 70.

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Highest rated movies

43% 36% Star Kid
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23% 42% Dr. Giggles
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45% The Other Me
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46% Zenon: The Zequel
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17% Cover-Up
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38% Schizo
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Playroom
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 46% Zenon: The Zequel Director - 2001
No Score Yet 45% The Other Me Director - 2000
43% 36% Star Kid Director,
Writer
$7.0M 1997
23% 42% Dr. Giggles Director $8.2M 1992
No Score Yet 17% Cover-Up Director - 1991
No Score Yet 38% Schizo Director - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Playroom Director - 1990

TV

Credit
66% 46% American Horror Stories Executive Producer,
Director,
Writer
2021-2024
77% 66% American Horror Story Writer 2018 2021-2022
64% 68% NEXT Executive Producer 2020
60% 52% 24: Legacy Executive Producer 2017
87% 87% 24 Executive Producer,
Writer
2006-2007 2009-2010 2014
71% 81% Dexter Executive Producer,
Writer
2010-2013
56% 79% Star Trek: Enterprise Executive Producer,
Writer
2003-2005
100% No Score Yet Odyssey 5 Writer 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Outer Limits Executive Producer,
Writer
1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alfred Hitchcock Presents Writer 1988