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Josh Gordon

Josh Gordon

Director, producer and writer, also actor · Born March 13, 1970 (56) · Los Angeles, California, United States

Oscar nominee

American director Josh Gordon (born March 13, 1970) gained notoriety in the 1990s by directing notable short films such as Angry Boy and Culture.  His career really took off in 2007 when he was not only an executive producer for the TV show Caveman, he also co-directed Blades of Glory starring Will Ferrell.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 13, 1970 (56)
From
Los Angeles, California, United States
Works as
Director, producer and writer, also actor
Titles
8 on MovieCove · 13 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 16% in 30 days

What are Josh Gordon's films like?

Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 4 · Serious 1 · Dark 0

Grounded 2 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0

A split, not a type: Gentle 3 · Charged 1 · Intense 1

Steady 3 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 3

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1

Casual 3 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

Resolved 5 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
5
Warm
5
Absurd
2
Tense
2
Contemplative
2
Other
7

How their films end

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet2
  • Ambiguous1

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 Josh Gordon's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Josh Gordon'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

13 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Side Quest(2025)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all shows
  • Long Distance(2024)

    Director · Executive Producer · as Dead Body in Pod

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
  • Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile(2022)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
  • Hit-Monkey(2021)

    Show 20 episodes · Director · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
  • Office Christmas Party(2016)

    Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
  • The World's Biggest Asshole (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director

  • Flaked(2016)

    Show Director

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
  • The Switch(2010)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
  • Blades of Glory(2007)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
  • Culture (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Director · Writer

  • Angry Boy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Director

  • The Wedding People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Producer

  • Untitled Oregon Trail Film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Producer

Career shape

A full career of 12 titles, 10 of them dated from 1997 to 2025.

Film career

  • 2024Screen debut· Long Distance

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 12: 0 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting11 of 12: 5 only directing, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score41stWriting2 of 12: 0 only writing, 2 with another roleProducing6 of 12: 0 only producing, 6 with another roleOther crew1 of 12: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

12 titles, 7 with more than one role — directing and producing overlap on 5 of them.

By decade

1990s2 · crew2000s1 · crew2010s3 · crew2020s4 · 1 acting · 4 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

Nominated for an Oscar in 1999, Best Short Film, Live Action.

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 Josh Gordon's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 44th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 47th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

47thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

41stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

90thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 8 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

None of their 8 titles divides audiences: 4 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Crowd Pleaser4
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed2

Reviewers score the atmosphere 55/100 and the pacing 45/100 in their films, across 5 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 Josh Gordon's work okay for kids?

Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity and profanity run heavier than most films and frightening / intense lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore6 titles18–66 · median 36 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity7 titles13–63 · median 47 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity7 titles28–71 · median 51 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs7 titles15–61 · median 38 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense6 titles7–70 · median 25 · mildlighter 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 Josh Gordon work with?

People who share at least 2 of Josh Gordon's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Will Speck shares the most, 8.

Directors

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers