Michael Jones was born in San Antonio, Texas and graduated from New York University. In New York, he was the former Managing Editor of Filmmaker Magazine and later became the Executive Editor of indieWIRE. Jones is a MacDowell Colony fellow, attending the artist colony in 2000 and 2003. After leaving Filmmaker Magazine he was later chosen as one of the magazine's 25 New Faces of Independent Film. During the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike Jones became the Managing Editor of Film Festivals for Variety and later promoted to the independent film beat. At Variety he also maintained blog called The Circuit and served as a festival correspondent for Sunday Morning Shootout on AMC TV.
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Biography from IMDb.
- June 1, 1971 (55)
- San Antonio, Texas, USA
- Writer, producer and director
- 7 on MovieCove · 8 credits in all
Known for
What are Mike Jones' films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 3 · Serious 0 · Dark 1
Grounded 2 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 2 · Intense 0
Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 1
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet4
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 Mike Jones' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Mike Jones' 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
8 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page.
Elio(2025)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Dream Productions(2024)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
Christmas Ransom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Luca(2021)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Soul(2020)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Finding Dory(2016)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
EvenHand(2002)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
The Blair Witch Project(1999)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 8 titles from 1999 to 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.
How do Mike Jones' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 86th percentile, the median of all 6; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 86th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th2
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 7 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser5
Reviewers score the dialogue 62/100 and the plot and story 49/100 in their films, across 4 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 Mike Jones' work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Mike Jones work with?
People who share at least 2 of Mike Jones' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Pete Docter shares the most, 4.
Writers
- Jesse AndrewsShared titles: Elio (2025), Luca (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Jesse Andrews
Actors
- Maya RudolphShared titles: Dream Productions (2024), Luca (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Maya Rudolph
- Richard AyoadeShared titles: Dream Productions (2024), Soul (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Richard Ayoade
Producers
- Pete DocterShared titles: Elio (2025), Dream Productions (2024), Luca (2021), Soul (2020)See all 4 shared titles with Pete Docter
- Dan ScanlonShared titles: Dream Productions (2024), Soul (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Dan Scanlon
- Jonas RiveraShared titles: Dream Productions (2024), Soul (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Jonas Rivera
- Kiri HartShared titles: Luca (2021), Soul (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Kiri Hart
Mixed roles
- Valerie LaPointeShared titles: Dream Productions (2024), Soul (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Valerie LaPointe
