Cory Finley is an American screenwriter, playwright, and director.

[2] He also directed the true crime dramedy film Bad Education starring Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney, which premiered on HBO and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie in 2020.

[3][4] Finley was raised in St. Louis where he attended Glenridge Elementary School in Clayton and later John Burroughs School, where his mother was a teacher and administrator.

[2] He has an older sister, Lynn and younger brother, Thom.

His mother, Macon Finley, is currently the Head of The Ellis School in Pittsburgh.