HUMANITAS Prize, Pulitzer Prize, Tony, and WGA Award winner, three-time Emmy nominated writer. Films: Hacksaw Ridge and The Quiet American. TV: All the Way, The Pacific, The Andromeda Strain, Crazy Horse, Spartacus. Theater: Building the Wall, All the Way, The Great Society, Hanussen, Shadowplay, By the Waters of Babylon, Handler, A Single Shard, Devil and Daniel Webster, Lewis and Clark Reach the Euphrates, Final Passages, The Marriage of Miss Hollywood and King Neptune, Heaven on Earth, Tachinoki, The Dream Thief, The Kentucky Cycle and a musical, The Twelve. Robert is a New Dramatists alumnus, the Dramatists Guild Council, and a board member of The Lilly Awards and The Orchard Project.
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Biography from IMDb.
- March 19, 1953 (73)
- Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
- Actor, writer and producer
- 21 on MovieCove · 36 credits in all
What are Robert Schenkkan's films like?
Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality 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 9
Light 1 · Serious 2 · Dark 6
Grounded 8 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 4 · Intense 5
Steady 4 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 1
Casual 1 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 2
A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 4
Resolved 6 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet5
- Tragic1
- 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 Robert Schenkkan's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 21 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Robert Schenkkan'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
36 credits, 21 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Hacksaw Ridge(2016)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
All the Way(2016)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
The Pacific(2010)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
The Andromeda Strain(2008)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows
Spartacus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Spartacus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
The Quiet American(2002)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Crazy Horse(1996)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Keys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
In Broad Daylight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Son of the Morning Star (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Pump Up the Volume(1990)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Image (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Out Cold(1989)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)Police Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Beverly Hills Buntz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Amazing Grace and Chuck(1987)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
The Bedroom Window(1987)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
L.A. Law(1986)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows
Act of Vengeance(1986)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
The Manhattan Project(1986)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Sweet Liberty(1986)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Kane & Abel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
The Twilight Zone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Chain Letters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Places in the Heart(1984)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Murder in Coweta County(1983)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Newhart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
The Neighborhood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Sanctuary of Fear(1979)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all filmsFriday Night Lights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 81st percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 36 titles, 35 of them dated from 1979 to 2016; peak year 1986.
Film career
Peak 1986 · at the high point of their film career. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1984Screen debut· Places in the Heart
- 1990Career best· Pump Up the Volume
Billing
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. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
Awards
4 major nominations and no wins, 2010–2017.
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Screenplay (Adapted)
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Television Movie
- Primetime Emmy, nominated ×2 · Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special
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 Robert Schenkkan's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 54th percentile, the median of all 17; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 74th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up8
- 50th to 74th6
- 25th to 49th5
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
7 of their 21 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved4
- Crowd Pleaser7
- Broadly Agreed3
- Mixed7
Reviewers score the acting 71/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 46. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
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 Robert Schenkkan work with?
People who share at least 2 of Robert Schenkkan's MovieCove titles; Maury Chaykin shares the most, 2.
- Maury ChaykinShared titles: The Bedroom Window (1987), Act of Vengeance (1986)See all 2 shared titles with Maury Chaykin
- James Newton HowardShared titles: All the Way (2016), Revealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu Strangler (1990)See all 2 shared titles with James Newton Howard
