Sarah Boyd is a director best known for her work on critically-acclaimed television shows, such as The Boys, This Is Us, 9-1-1, Apple TV's For All Mankind, and Marvel's Jessica Jones. Before becoming a director, Boyd was nominated for two Emmys and an ACE Eddie for editing the hit television show LOST. She attended Yale University and got her masters at USC School of Cinematic Arts. She began her career as a child actor, with the lead role in the feature film "Old Enough."
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Biography from TMDB.
- Director, editor and actor
- 30 on MovieCove · 35 credits in all
What are Sarah Boyd's films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality 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 0 · Earnest 5
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 0 · Dark 4
Grounded 5 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 2 · Intense 2
A split, not a type: Steady 3 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 3
Resolved 1 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Heroas Lonnie in Old Enough (1984)
- Allyas Lonnie in Old Enough (1984)
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet5
- Ambiguous2
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 Sarah Boyd's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 28 of their 30 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Sarah Boyd'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
35 credits, 30 with a MovieCove page.
Ballard(2025)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
Pulse(2025)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows
Let the Right One In (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
My Parents, The Zombies! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Love, Victor(2020)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
Upload(2020)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
For All Mankind(2019)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
The Boys(2019)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
The Code(2019)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all shows
Lost in Space(2018)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
9-1-1(2018)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
This Is Us(2016)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Colony(2016)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
Jessica Jones(2015)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Fear the Walking Dead(2015)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows
The Returned(2015)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows
The Flash(2014)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
The Strain(2014)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.(2013)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
Pawn Shop Chronicles(2013)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
The Frozen Ground(2013)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Bates Motel(2013)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Straw Dogs(2011)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Nothing But the Truth(2008)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
Resurrecting the Champ(2007)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Commander in Chief(2005)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows
Hard Pill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Lost(2004)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Tru Calling (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Cinema Combat: Hollywood Goes to War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Law & Order(1990)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Old Enough(1984)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 34 titles from 1984 to 2025.
Biggest box office
Straw Dogs (2011)
Highest rated
Love, Victor (2020)
Most popular right now
Ballard (2025)
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
Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys in 2006, Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series.
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 Sarah Boyd's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 51st percentile, the median of all 7; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 51st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up12
- 50th to 74th10
- 25th to 49th8
Shape of the crowd
19 of their 30 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved3
- Crowd Pleaser19
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed7
Reviewers score the atmosphere 64/100 and the pacing 49/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
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 Sarah Boyd's work okay for kids?
Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier 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 Sarah Boyd work with?
People who share at least 2 of Sarah Boyd's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Rod Lurie shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Rod LurieShared titles: Straw Dogs (2011), Nothing But the Truth (2008), Resurrecting the Champ (2007)See all 3 shared titles with Rod Lurie
Actors
- Alan AldaShared titles: Nothing But the Truth (2008), Resurrecting the Champ (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Alan Alda
Composers and cinematographers
- Larry GroupéShared titles: Straw Dogs (2011), Nothing But the Truth (2008), Resurrecting the Champ (2007)See all 3 shared titles with Larry Groupé
- Alik SakharovShared titles: Straw Dogs (2011), Nothing But the Truth (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Alik Sakharov
Producers
- Marc FrydmanShared titles: Straw Dogs (2011), Nothing But the Truth (2008), Resurrecting the Champ (2007)See all 3 shared titles with Marc Frydman
- Bob YariShared titles: Nothing But the Truth (2008), Resurrecting the Champ (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Bob Yari
- James SpiesShared titles: Nothing But the Truth (2008), Resurrecting the Champ (2007)See all 2 shared titles with James Spies