Nancy Schafer is a film producer and consultant. Her most recent film Jockey premiered in Dramatic Competition at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival and will be distributed by Sony Pictures Classics. Her previous film, the documentary Running with Beto, premiered at SXSW 2019 and is distributed by HBO. Her last two narrative films, Barracuda and Transpecos, premiered in Competition at SXSW, with Transpecos winning the Audience Award. Nancy is Executive Producer of The Battered Bastards of Baseball (Sundance 2014), Producer of 7 Chinese Brothers (SXSW 2015) starring Jason Schwartzman, Executive Producer of Frame by Frame (SXSW 2015), and Come Down Molly (Tribeca 2015). She worked at and ran the Tribeca Film Festival from inception to July 2012, a period of 11 years, in which she was Executive Director of the festival and Executive Vice President of Tribeca Enterprises, and launched Tribeca Film, their film distribution company. Prior to Tribeca, she created and ran the SXSW Film Festival for eight years.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Producer
- 12 on MovieCove · 13 credits in all
What are Nancy Schafer's films like?
Across their 12 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 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 12
A split, not a type: Light 6 · Serious 3 · Dark 3
Grounded 11 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 4 · Charged 7 · Intense 1
Steady 9 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 0
Slow burn 11 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 5 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 7 · Heavy 2
A split, not a type: Resolved 6 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 2
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet11
- 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 Nancy Schafer's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Nancy Schafer'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, 12 with a MovieCove page.
Sing Sing(2023)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Jockey(2021)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Running with Beto(2019)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
1985(2018)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Barracuda(2017)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Transpecos(2016)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
7 Chinese Brothers(2015)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Come Down Molly(2015)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Frame by Frame(2015)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
We Could Be King(2014)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Sunshine State(2002)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Olympia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Career shape
A full career of 12 titles from 1998 to 2024.
Biggest box office
Sing Sing (2023)
Highest rated
The Battered Bastards of Baseball (2014)
Most popular right now
Sing Sing (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.
Awards
Nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in 2022.
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 Nancy Schafer's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 65th percentile, the median of all 12; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 66th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th4
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 12 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved2
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed4
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.
Who does Nancy Schafer work with?
People who share at least 2 of Nancy Schafer's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Greg Kwedar shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Greg KwedarShared titles: Sing Sing (2023), Jockey (2021), Running with Beto (2019), Transpecos (2016)See all 4 shared titles with Greg Kwedar
Writers
- Clint BentleyShared titles: Sing Sing (2023), Jockey (2021), Transpecos (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Clint Bentley
Actors
- Johnny SimmonsShared titles: Sing Sing (2023), Transpecos (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Johnny Simmons
- Clifton Collins Jr.Shared titles: Jockey (2021), Transpecos (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Clifton Collins Jr.
- Luis BordonadaShared titles: Barracuda (2017), Transpecos (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Luis Bordonada
Composers and editors
- Bryce DessnerShared titles: Sing Sing (2023), Jockey (2021), Transpecos (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Bryce Dessner
- Parker LaramieShared titles: Sing Sing (2023), Jockey (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Parker Laramie
- Aaron DessnerShared titles: Jockey (2021), Transpecos (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Aaron Dessner
Producers
- Linda HalbertShared titles: Sing Sing (2023), Jockey (2021), Running with Beto (2019), Transpecos (2016)See all 4 shared titles with Linda Halbert
- Larry KalasShared titles: Sing Sing (2023), Jockey (2021), Transpecos (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Larry Kalas
- Jon HalbertShared titles: Jockey (2021), Running with Beto (2019), Transpecos (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Jon Halbert
- Larry KellyShared titles: Sing Sing (2023), Jockey (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Larry Kelly
