Author, producer, literary manager, professor, and editor. He and his companies, Atchity Entertainment, Atchity Productions, Writers Lifeline, and Story Merchant, have developed books, screenplays, and films for television and theatrical. His clients' books include nearly 20 New York Times bestsellers, including Jerry Blaine and Lisa McCubbin's The Kennedy Detail (Emmy-nominated Discovery documentary), Clint Hill and Lisa McCubbin's Mrs. Kennedy and Me, Dacre Stoker's Dracula: The Un-Dead, Steve Alten's Meg (in production with Warner Brothers), James Michael Pratt's The Last Valentine (The Lost Valentine with Hallmark Hall of Fame), Jesse Ventura's I Ain't Got Time to Bleed. His own books include Brae Mackenzie: A Romance of Mythic Identity, The Messiah Matrix, A Writer's Time, Writing Treatments that Sell (with Chi-Li Wong), and Sell Your Story to Hollywood. He also co-owns and manages The Louisiana Wave Studio in Shreveport, LA, the only automatic wave-generating tank in North American. Georgetown B.A., Yale Ph.D. (winner of the Porter Prize, Yale's highest academic award), in his former career, he was tenured professor of comparative literature at Occidental College, distinguished instructor at UCLA Writers Program, and Fulbright Professor of American Studies at the University of Bologna. With Marsha Kinder, he co-founded and -edited Dreamworks: An interdisciplinary journal of dreams and the arts. He has given countless webinars on all aspects of entertainment, notably Master Class in Achieving Your Dreams. He's a member of the Television Academy of Arts & Sciences, and the PGA.
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Biography from IMDb.
- January 16, 1944 (82)
- Producer and actor, also writer
- 12 on MovieCove · 20 credits in all
What are Kenneth Atchity's films like?
Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Genres
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
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 1 · Earnest 10
Light 5 · Serious 5 · Dark 2
Grounded 9 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1
Gentle 4 · Charged 4 · Intense 4
Steady 6 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 2
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 2
A split, not a type: Casual 7 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 4 · Affecting 7 · Heavy 1
Resolved 11 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy6
- Bittersweet6
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 Kenneth Atchity's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Kenneth Atchity'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
20 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page.
Meg 2: The Trench(2023)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
The Meg(2018)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Angels in the Snow(2015)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Erased(2012)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Hysteria(2011)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
The Lost Valentine(2011)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
The Kennedy Detail(2010)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Gospel Hill(2008)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Joe Somebody(2001)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Shadow of Obsession (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all filmsShades of Love: The Emerald Tear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Shades of Love: Tangerine Taxi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Shades of Love: Sunset Court (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Shades of Love: Indigo Autumn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Shades of Love: Moonlight Flight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Shades of Love: Sincerely, Violet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
The Book of Leah (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 17 titles, 16 of them dated from 1987 to 2023.
Biggest box office
The Meg (2018)
Highest rated
The Lost Valentine (2011)
Most popular right now
Meg 2: The Trench (2023)
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.
How do Kenneth Atchity's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 34th percentile, the median of all 12; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 34th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th5
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 12 titles are Broadly Agreed.
- Universally Loved1
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Broadly Agreed4
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the acting 62/100 in their films, across 11 reviewed titles; fans 72, detractors 40. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
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 Kenneth Atchity's work okay for kids?
Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs lighter than most films.
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 Kenneth Atchity work with?
People who share at least 2 of Kenneth Atchity's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Chi-Li Wong shares the most, 8.
Writers
- Dean GeorgarisShared titles: Meg 2: The Trench (2023), The Meg (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Dean Georgaris
- Erich HoeberShared titles: Meg 2: The Trench (2023), The Meg (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Erich Hoeber
- Jon HoeberShared titles: Meg 2: The Trench (2023), The Meg (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Jon Hoeber
- Steve AltenShared titles: Meg 2: The Trench (2023), The Meg (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Steve Alten
Actors
- Cliff CurtisShared titles: Meg 2: The Trench (2023), The Meg (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Cliff Curtis
- Jason StathamShared titles: Meg 2: The Trench (2023), The Meg (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Jason Statham
- Page KennedyShared titles: Meg 2: The Trench (2023), The Meg (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Page Kennedy
- Shuya Sophia CaiShared titles: Meg 2: The Trench (2023), The Meg (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Shuya Sophia Cai
Composers
- Harry Gregson-WilliamsShared titles: Meg 2: The Trench (2023), The Meg (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Harry Gregson-Williams
Producers
- Chi-Li WongShared titles: Meg 2: The Trench (2023), The Meg (2018), Angels in the Snow (2015), The Lost Valentine (2011), The Kennedy Detail (2010), The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel (2004), Life or Something Like It (2002), Joe Somebody (2001)See all 8 shared titles with Chi-Li Wong
- Belle AveryShared titles: Meg 2: The Trench (2023), The Meg (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Belle Avery
- Catherine Xujun YingShared titles: Meg 2: The Trench (2023), The Meg (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Catherine Xujun Ying
- Gerald R. MolenShared titles: Meg 2: The Trench (2023), The Meg (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Gerald R. Molen
