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Avi Arad

Avi Arad

Producer and writer, also actor · Born August 1, 1948 (78) · Givatayim, Israel

BAFTA Award nominee · 1 other major award body

Avi Arad (Hebrew: אבי ארד; born August 1, 1948) is an Israeli-American studio executive and producer of film, television and animation. He became the CEO of Toy Biz in the 1990s, was the chief creative officer of Marvel Entertainment and is the founder, former chairman and former CEO of the latter's successor, Marvel Studios. Since then, he has produced and sometimes written a wide array of live-action, animated, and television comic book adaptations. Description above from the Wikipedia article Avi Arad, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Born
August 1, 1948 (78)
From
Givatayim, Israel
Works as
Producer and writer, also actor
Titles
69 on MovieCove · 84 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 13% in 30 days

What are Avi Arad's films like?

Across their 62 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.

Genres

Action31 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 46th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Animation8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 66th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Animation movies
Documentary8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 70th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies

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.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
27%
Morality
25%
Bonds
22%
Ideas
9%
Society
7%
Survival
6%
Power
4%
Identity26 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds19 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt9 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice10 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty10 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship7 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival9 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption7 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 50 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 21 · Serious 18 · Dark 11

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 11 · Stylized 22 · Heightened 17

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 11 · Charged 11 · Intense 28

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 17 · Shifting 25 · Whiplash 8

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 23 · Some laughs 23 · Funny 4

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 10 · Even-paced 26 · Relentless 14

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 21 · Engaged 27 · Full focus 2

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 45 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Thrilling
39
Tense
32
Warm
13
Melancholic
16
Joyful
11
Other
51

How their films linger

Fun26 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good21 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing22 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful19 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 9 with a twist

  • Happy30
  • Bittersweet23
  • Ambiguous5
  • Cyclical3
  • Other1

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 Avi Arad's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 51 of their 69 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (37).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Avi Arad'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

84 credits, 69 with a MovieCove page; 41 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse(2027)

    Producer

  • The Legend of Zelda (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Producer

  • Spider-Man: Brand New Day(2026)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Kraven the Hunter(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Venom: The Last Dance(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Borderlands(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • X-Men '97(2024)

    Show 19 episodes · Consulting Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Morbius(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Uncharted(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Spider-Man: No Way Home(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Venom: Let There Be Carnage(2021)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Super Monsters Back to School (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Creator

  • Spider-Man: Far from Home(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Venom(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Super Monsters Monster Party (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show Creator

  • Super Monsters(2017)

    Show 1 episode · Creator · Executive Producer · Story Developer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows

  • Spider-Man: Homecoming(2017)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Ghost in the Shell(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Ghost in the Shell: Hard-Wired Humanity - Making Ghost in the Shell(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Tarzan and Jane(2017)

    Show Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all shows

  • Santa Pac's Merry Berry Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Executive Producer

  • Kong: King of the Apes(2016)

    Show 23 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Story

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows

  • Air Bound(2015)

    Executive Producer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • The Amazing Spider-Man 2(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures(2013)

    Show 17 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all shows

  • Cody the Robosapien(2013)

    Producer · Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • The Amazing Spider-Man(2012)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • The Avengers(2012)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance(2011)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • X-Men Origins: Wolverine(2009)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • The Incredible Hulk(2008)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Iron Man(2008)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Doctor Strange(2007)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Bratz(2007)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer(2007)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • The Grand(2007)

    as Abdul Shavit

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • The Killing Floor(2007)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Spider-Man 3(2007)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • The Invincible Iron Man(2007)

    Executive Producer · Story

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Ghost Rider(2007)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes(2006)

    Show 26 episodes · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • Ultimate Avengers II(2006)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Blade: The Series (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 12 episodes · Executive Producer

  • X-Men: The Last Stand(2006)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Ultimate Avengers: The Movie(2006)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Fantastic Four(2005)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Spider-Man: The Venom Saga (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Story

  • Man-Thing(2005)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Elektra(2005)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Blade: Trinity(2004)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Making the Amazing(2004)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Drawing Blood Bradstreet Style (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Actor

  • Spider-Man 2(2004)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • The Punisher(2004)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Hulk(2003)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • X2: X-Men United(2003)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Daredevil(2003)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Spider-Man: The New Animated Series(2003)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows

  • Spider-Man(2002)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Blade II(2002)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Mutant X(2001)

    Show 66 episodes · Executive Producer · Original Concept

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows

  • X-Men: Evolution(2000)

    Show 52 episodes · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • X-Men(2000)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • The Avengers: United They Stand(1999)

    Show 13 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all shows

  • Spider-Man Unlimited(1999)

    Show 13 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows

  • Blade(1998)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Nick Fury: Agent of Shield(1998)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Silver Surfer(1998)

    Show 13 episodes · Producer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows

  • HARDtalk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Incredible Hulk(1996)

    Show 21 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows

  • Generation X(1996)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Spider-Man: The Animated Series(1994)

    Show 52 episodes · Executive Producer · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • Fantastic Four: The Animated Series(1994)

    Show 26 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows

  • Iron Man(1994)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows

  • The Bots Master (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Show 40 episodes · Creator

  • The Magic Trolls and the Troll Warriors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Creator · Producer

  • X-Men(1992)

    Show 63 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • King Arthur & the Knights of Justice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 26 episodes · Producer

  • Hell Divers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Metal Gear Solid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Naruto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Untitled Venom Animated Film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

Career shape

A full career of 80 titles, 74 of them dated from 1992 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Spider-Man 3 (2007)

$887M worldwide

Highest rated

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting3 of 80: 3 only acting, 0 with another roleWriting8 of 80: 1 only writing, 7 with another role · typical Midcredits score37thProducing73 of 80: 63 only producing, 10 with another role · typical Midcredits score53rdOther crew8 of 80: 3 only other crew, 5 with another role

80 titles, 10 with more than one role — producing and other crew overlap on 5 of them.

By decade

1990s14 · 1 acting · 13 crew2000s33 · 2 acting · 31 crew2010s17 · crew2020s10 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

2 major awards from 3 major nominations, 2019–2024.

WinNomination
  1. 2024
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Animated Feature Film
    • +1 other major body · 1 win
      • Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
  2. 2019
    • Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures

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 Avi Arad's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 54th percentile, the median of the 51 of 52 with a score; across their 49 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 51st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 49

Approval · how many liked their films

54thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 49

Reach · how many have seen their films

90thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 49

Midcredits score across 68 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up19
  • 50th to 74th14
  • 25th to 49th17
  • Below 25th18

Shape of the crowd

22 of their 68 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved11
  • Universally Panned2
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic4
  • Crowd Pleaser22
  • Broadly Agreed7
  • Mixed21

Most divisive · producer

Bratz (2007)

93rd percentile spread · 63% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

Midcredits 99th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 43/100 and the plot and story 39/100 in their films, across 40 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

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.

Is Avi Arad's work okay for kids?

Across up to 33 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore32 titles43–88 · median 63 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity33 titles11–47 · median 28 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity31 titles29–83 · median 44 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs32 titles12–45 · median 31 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense31 titles38–81 · median 63 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Avi Arad work with?

People who share at least 2 of Avi Arad's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Stan Lee shares the most, 33.

Directors

Writers

  • Stan Lee33 titles · 13 as writer    See newest 12 of 33 shared titles with Stan Lee
  • Jack Kirby11 titles    See all 11 shared titles with Jack Kirby
  • Greg Johnson8 titles    See all 8 shared titles with Greg Johnson
  • Steve Ditko6 titles    See all 6 shared titles with Steve Ditko

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers

  • Matthew Edelman9 titles    See all 9 shared titles with Matthew Edelman
  • Ari Arad8 titles    See all 8 shared titles with Ari Arad
  • Eric S. Rollman8 titles    See all 8 shared titles with Eric S. Rollman
  • Amy Pascal8 titles · 7 as producer    See all 8 shared titles with Amy Pascal

Mixed roles