Cory Finley

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Cory Finley is an American film director and screenwriter. He wrote and directed Thoroughbreds, a dark comedy that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2017. He also directed Bad Education, a true-crime dramedy starring Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney; it premiered on HBO and won the 2020 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Television Movie.

Finley was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and grew up there. He attended Glenridge Elementary School in Clayton and John Burroughs School, where his mother worked as a teacher and administrator. He studied at Yale College. He has an older sister, Lynn, and a younger brother, Thom. His mother, Macon Finley, is the head of The Ellis School in Pittsburgh, and his father is Peter Finley. Active 2017–present.