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John Sloss

John Sloss

Producer, also actor · Born January 1, 1956 (70) · Detroit, Michigan, USA

Independent Spirit Award nominee

John Sloss is an entertainment lawyer, film sales agent, and manager, who has produced or executive produced over 50 films including the Academy Award-winning The Fog of War, Boys Don't Cry and Boyhood.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 1, 1956 (70)
From
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Works as
Producer, also actor
Titles
76 on MovieCove · 86 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 16% in 30 days

What are John Sloss' films like?

Across their 66 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Drama25 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 57th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy17 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 68th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Biography6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 77th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Documentary6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 74th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Animation3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 87th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Animation movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 44th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 62nd percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 61st percentile
: browse their Crime movies

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

share of theme weight
Self
30%
Bonds
22%
Morality
13%
Society
11%
Survival
10%
Ideas
8%
Power
5%
Purpose16 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love13 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds11 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity9 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age6 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma7 titles, browse their movies with this themeMemory8 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity9 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 64 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 25 · Serious 18 · Dark 21

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 38 · Stylized 16 · Heightened 10

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 26 · Charged 26 · Intense 12

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 33 · Shifting 23 · Whiplash 8

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 36 · Some laughs 23 · Funny 5

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 47 · Even-paced 17 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 20 · Engaged 32 · Full focus 12

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 23 · Affecting 18 · Heavy 23

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 25 · Open-ended 25 · Ambiguous 14

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative
37
Melancholic
32
Tense
28
Bittersweet
20
Warm
17
Other
44

How their films linger

Bittersweet30 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking26 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful23 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 7 with a twist

  • Happy8
  • Bittersweet31
  • Tragic6
  • Ambiguous20
  • Cyclical1

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 John Sloss' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 51 of their 76 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (21).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for John Sloss' 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

86 credits, 76 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Stop! That! Train!(2026)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • How To Not Have Sex (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Executive Producer

  • Blue Moon(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Nouvelle Vague(2025)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Confession (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Executive Producer

  • Seven Veils(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • 2073(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Tape (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Executive Producer

  • Hit Man(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • The Sympathizer(2024)

    Show 7 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows

  • White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Live to Lead(2022)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all shows

  • A Mouthful of Air(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • The Velvet Underground(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Land(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Green Book(2018)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Watergate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 6 episodes · Producer

  • Blaze(2018)

    Legal Services · Producer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Last Flag Flying(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Wonderstruck(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Obit.(2016)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Maggie's Plan(2015)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Everybody Wants Some!!(2016)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Boyhood(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Dealin' with Idiots(2013)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Before Midnight(2013)

    Executive Producer · as Airport Traveller in Opening Scene (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Up to Speed(2012)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows

  • Friends with Kids(2011)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Bernie(2011)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • The Way(2010)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Thanks

  • Me and Orson Welles(2008)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Inning by Inning: A Portrait of a Coach (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Executive Producer

  • Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?(2008)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Starting Out in the Evening(2007)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • I'm Not There(2007)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Flakes(2007)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Puccini for Beginners (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Executive Producer

  • A Scanner Darkly(2006)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Lonesome Jim(2005)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Sorry, Haters(2005)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Pizza(2005)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Land of Plenty(2004)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • A Home at the End of the World(2004)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Before Sunset(2004)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • November(2004)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • The Company(2003)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • The Fog of War(2003)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Pieces of April(2003)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Far from Heaven(2002)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Ten Tiny Love Stories(2002)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Tadpole(2002)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Happy Here and Now(2002)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Coastlines(2002)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Personal Velocity(2002)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Tape(2001)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Waking Life(2001)

    Executive Producer · Legal Services

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Chelsea Walls(2001)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Session 9(2001)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Super Troopers(2001)

    Legal Services

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Final(2001)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Hamlet(2000)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Happy Accidents(2000)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.(1999)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Whiteboyz(1999)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Boys Don't Cry(1999)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • The Last Days of Disco(1998)

    Executive Producer · Legal Services

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Men with Guns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Executive Producer

  • No Looking Back(1998)

    Co-Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • The Newton Boys(1998)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Ulee's Gold(1997)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • SubUrbia(1996)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Puddle Cruiser(1996)

    Legal Services

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • American Buffalo(1996)

    Executive Producer · Legal Services

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • She's the One(1996)

    Co-Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Lone Star(1996)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Before Sunrise(1995)

    Executive Producer · as Cafe Patron

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Barcelona(1994)

    Legal Services

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Secret of Roan Inish(1994)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Ballad of Little Jo(1993)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Passion Fish(1992)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • City of Hope(1991)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Matewan(1987)

    Legal Services

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • A Night at Claridge’s (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Executive Producer

  • Merrily We Roll Along (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Executive Producer

Career shape

A full career of 80 titles, 78 of them dated from 1987 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Boyhood (2014)

$48M worldwide

Highest rated

Before Sunrise (1995)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Blue Moon (2025)

Film career

  • 1995Screen debut· Before Sunrise

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 80: 0 only acting, 2 with another roleProducing73 of 80: 67 only producing, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score69thOther crew11 of 80: 7 only other crew, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score75th

80 titles, 6 with more than one role — producing and other crew overlap on 4 of them.

By decade

1980s1 · crew1990s19 · 1 acting · 19 crew2000s28 · crew2010s15 · 1 acting · 15 crew2020s15 · 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

2 major nominations and no wins, 2008–2015.

  1. 2015
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Feature
  2. 2008
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Feature

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 John Sloss' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 69th percentile, the median of all 73; across their 64 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 63rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

63rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 64

Approval · how many liked their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 64

Reach · how many have seen their films

85thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 64

Midcredits score across 76 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up33
  • 50th to 74th17
  • 25th to 49th22
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

34 of their 76 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved12
  • Divisive2
  • Cult Classic5
  • Crowd Pleaser34
  • Broadly Agreed5
  • Mixed18

Most divisive · producer

Live to Lead (2022)

99th percentile spread · 53% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Green Book (2018)

Midcredits 99th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the acting 77/100 in their films, across 61 reviewed titles; fans 83, detractors 50. 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.

Is John Sloss' work okay for kids?

Across up to 32 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore22 titles5–78 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity32 titles12–60 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity24 titles28–80 · median 60 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs23 titles30–67 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense21 titles6–80 · median 30 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian 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 John Sloss work with?

People who share at least 2 of John Sloss' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jonathan Sehring shares the most, 21.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles