Ali LeRoi is the Emmy Award-winning executive producer/writer of the critically acclaimed comedy Everybody Hates Chris, a series inspired by the childhood experiences of comedian Chris Rock. He is a Golden Globe nominee, a 2007 NAACP Image Award winner for best writer in a comedy series, as well as a winner of the 2007 AFI TV Program of the Year Award. LeRoi served as a producer and writer on The Chris Rock Show, for which he won an Emmy, a Cable Ace Award, and received five Emmy Award nominations. He is an NAACP Awards Best Director nominee for his work on Everybody Hates Chris, and has directed segments for the 77th Annual Academy Awards, as well as for the Orlando Jones Show. Major motion picture credits include producing and co-writing Head of State and Down to Earth, as well as producing cult-favorite, Pootie Tang. Recent projects include producing, writing and directing, the television adaptation of Ice Cube’s hit film Are We There Yet? for TBS, as well as developing a project at HBO with music industry legend Irv Gotti, and producing a slate of animation and sitcom projects for television and cable with film star and business partner Orlando Jones, under their newly created F. Masse Media banner. Originally from Chicago, LeRoi currently lives in Los Angeles.
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Biography from TMDB.
- February 12, 1962 (64)
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Director, producer and writer
- 17 on MovieCove · 20 credits in all
What are Ali LeRoi's films like?
Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.
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 5
Light 6 · Serious 0 · Dark 2
A split, not a type: Grounded 4 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1
Gentle 3 · Charged 3 · Intense 2
Steady 3 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 5
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 0
Casual 6 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 5 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 3
Resolved 6 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy5
- Bittersweet4
- 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 Ali LeRoi's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 14 of their 17 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Ali LeRoi'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, 17 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows
Extended Family(2023)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows
American Refugee(2021)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
The Game(2021)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows
Turner & Hooch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Half Brothers(2020)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Are We There Yet?(2010)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Everybody Hates Chris(2005)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
Head of State(2003)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Pootie Tang(2001)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Down to Earth(2001)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Midnight Sun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
The Chris Rock Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows
Saturday Night Live(1975)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Career shape
A full career of 16 titles from 1975 to 2024.
Biggest box office
Down to Earth (2001)
Highest rated
Half Brothers (2020)
Most popular right now
Everybody Still Hates Chris (2024)
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
a Primetime Emmy from 6 major nominations, 1998–2006.
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · New Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program
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 Ali LeRoi's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 27th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 29th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th9
- Below 25th5
Shape of the crowd
7 of their 17 titles are Mixed.
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic6
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed7
Reviewers score the atmosphere 55/100 and the pacing 45/100 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 Ali LeRoi's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 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 Ali LeRoi work with?
People who share at least 2 of Ali LeRoi's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Chris Rock shares the most, 4.
Writers
- Chris RockShared titles: Everybody Still Hates Chris (2024), Head of State (2003), Down to Earth (2001), Pootie Tang (2001)See all 4 shared titles with Chris Rock
- Louis C.K.Shared titles: Down to Earth (2001), Pootie Tang (2001)See all 2 shared titles with Louis C.K.
Actors
- Greg GermannShared titles: Real Husbands of Hollywood (2022), Down to Earth (2001)See all 2 shared titles with Greg Germann
- Jennifer CoolidgeShared titles: Down to Earth (2001), Pootie Tang (2001)See all 2 shared titles with Jennifer Coolidge
- Wanda SykesShared titles: Down to Earth (2001), Pootie Tang (2001)See all 2 shared titles with Wanda Sykes
Producers
- Michael RotenbergShared titles: Everybody Still Hates Chris (2024), Head of State (2003), Down to Earth (2001), Pootie Tang (2001)See all 4 shared titles with Michael Rotenberg
- Dionne HarmonShared titles: Leslie Jones: Life Part 2 (2025), Lil Rel Howery: I Said It. Y'all Thinking It (2022), Real Husbands of Hollywood (2022)See all 3 shared titles with Dionne Harmon
- Jesse CollinsShared titles: Leslie Jones: Life Part 2 (2025), Lil Rel Howery: I Said It. Y'all Thinking It (2022), Real Husbands of Hollywood (2022)See all 3 shared titles with Jesse Collins
- Dave BeckyShared titles: Everybody Still Hates Chris (2024), Real Husbands of Hollywood (2022), Pootie Tang (2001)See all 3 shared titles with Dave Becky
Mixed roles
- Lance CroutherShared titles: Down to Earth (2001), Pootie Tang (2001)See all 2 shared titles with Lance Crouther
