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Paul T. Scheuring

Paul T. Scheuring

Writer, producer and director · Born November 20, 1968 (57) · Aurora, Illinois, USA

Writers Guild Award nominee

Paul T. Scheuring (born 20 November 1968 in Aurora, IL) is an American screenwriter and director for films and television shows. His work includes the 2003 film A Man Apart and, more notably, the creation of the television drama Prison Break, for which he is also credited as an executive producer and Head Writer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Scheuring, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
November 20, 1968 (57)
From
Aurora, Illinois, USA
Works as
Writer, producer and director
Titles
7 on MovieCove · 13 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 63 days to Oct 26Down 33% in 30 days

What are Paul T. Scheuring's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

What they feel like to watch

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

Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 4

A split, not a type: Grounded 3 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1

Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 4

Steady 1 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

A split, not a type: Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 2

Casual 0 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 1

A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2

Resolved 4 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
5
Thrilling
3
Dread
3
Bittersweet
1
Elegiac
1

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Bittersweet3
  • 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 Paul T. Scheuring's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).

Subscription and free streaming for Paul T. Scheuring'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, 7 with a MovieCove page.

  • Den of Thieves: Pantera(2025)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
  • A Long Way From Nowhere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Director

  • Den of Thieves(2018)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
  • Halo: Nightfall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 1 episode · Creator · Writer

  • Halo: Nightfall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Executive Producer · Screenplay

  • Klondike (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 3 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer

  • Zero Hour(2013)

    Show 13 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all shows
  • Escape (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 22 episodes · Original Series Creator

  • The Experiment(2010)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
  • Prison Break: The Final Break(2009)

    Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
  • Prison Break(2005)

    Show 88 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Story · Writer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
  • A Man Apart(2003)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
  • Prison Break (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Executive Producer

Career shape

A full career of 13 titles, 12 of them dated from 2003 to 2025.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing2 of 13: 1 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting10 of 13: 4 only writing, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score55thProducing7 of 13: 2 only producing, 5 with another roleOther crew4 of 13: 0 only other crew, 4 with another role

13 titles, 6 with more than one role — writing and producing overlap on 5 of them.

By decade

2000s3 · crew2010s7 · crew2020s2 · 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 a Writers Guild Award in 2015, Adapted Long Form.

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 Paul T. Scheuring's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 58th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 56th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

94thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 7 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th2

Reviewers score the dialogue 43/100 and the plot and story 36/100 in their films, across 5 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 Paul T. Scheuring's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and sex & nudity run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles47–87 · median 69 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity5 titles25–68 · median 50 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 83 · severeMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 62 · intenseMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 71 · intenseMedian 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 Paul T. Scheuring work with?

People who share at least 2 of Paul T. Scheuring's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Christian Gudegast shares the most, 3.

Directors

Actors

Cinematographers

Producers

Mixed roles