nonfiction films for over a decade, including 8 feature documentaries. Some of these titles are HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT, CONFESSIONS OF A GOOD SAMARITAN, LISTENING TO KENNY G, HAIL SATAN?, NUTS! and OUR NIXON. Her films have premiered at Sundance, Toronto, Tribeca, SXSW and Rotterdam, and have been financed and/or distributed by partners like HBO, Hulu, Magnolia Pictures, Netflix, Anonymous Content, Fremantle, Impact Partners, Sandbox Films, Concordia and Jigsaw.
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Biography from TMDB.
- March 6, 1978 (48)
- Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
- Director, writer, editor and producer, also actor and cinematographer
- 9 on MovieCove · 30 credits in all
What are Penny Lane's films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Morality.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 3 · Earnest 6
Light 6 · Serious 2 · Dark 1
Grounded 6 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1
Gentle 5 · Charged 4 · Intense 0
Steady 6 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 1
Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 6 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 1
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet4
- Ambiguous4
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 Penny Lane's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Penny Lane'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
30 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.
Wild Inside(2026)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Manhood(2026)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Happy and You Know It(2025)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Dis-Ease (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Time Bomb Y2K(2023)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Listening to Kenny G (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Hail Satan?(2019)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Watching the Pain of Others (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
The Pleasure Principle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Normal Appearances (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Nellie Bly Makes the News (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
The Pain of Others(2018)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Just Add Water: The Story of the Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Nuts!(2016)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Our Nixon(2013)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
The Silent Majority (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
How to Write an Autobiogaphy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
The Voyagers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
The Commoners (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Nobody listens to a hysterical woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Sometimes I get lossy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
The Wren (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Sittin' on a Million (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Men Seeking Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
She Used to See Him Most Weekends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
The Abortion Diaries (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
We Are the Littletons: A True Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Connect (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Mrs. America (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 30 titles, 29 of them dated from 2002 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Hail Satan? (2019)
Highest rated
Hail Satan? (2019)
Most popular right now
Manhood (2026)
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
1 major award from 3 major nominations, 2016–2019.
- Sundance award, nominated · Documentary
- Sundance award, won · Documentary
- Sundance award, nominated · Documentary
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 Penny Lane's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 83rd percentile, the median of all 9; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 83rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 9 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the atmosphere 74/100 and the pacing 58/100 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.
Who does Penny Lane work with?
People who share at least 2 of Penny Lane's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Gabriel Sedgwick shares the most, 7.
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Naiti GámezShared titles: Wild Inside (2026), Happy and You Know It (2025), Confessions of a Good Samaritan (2023), Hail Satan? (2019)See all 4 shared titles with Naiti Gámez
- Brian McOmberShared titles: Hail Satan? (2019), The Pain of Others (2018), Nuts! (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Brian McOmber
- Carolina EyckShared titles: Wild Inside (2026), Confessions of a Good Samaritan (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Carolina Eyck
- Hannah BuckShared titles: Wild Inside (2026), Confessions of a Good Samaritan (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Hannah Buck
Producers
- Gabriel SedgwickShared titles: Manhood (2026), Wild Inside (2026), Happy and You Know It (2025), Confessions of a Good Samaritan (2023), Time Bomb Y2K (2023), Hail Satan? (2019), The Pain of Others (2018)See all 7 shared titles with Gabriel Sedgwick
- Nickolas HasseShared titles: Wild Inside (2026), Happy and You Know It (2025), Confessions of a Good Samaritan (2023), Hail Satan? (2019)See all 4 shared titles with Nickolas Hasse
- David ArmilleiShared titles: Confessions of a Good Samaritan (2023), The Pain of Others (2018), Nuts! (2016), Our Nixon (2013)See all 4 shared titles with David Armillei
- Lisa HellerShared titles: Wild Inside (2026), Happy and You Know It (2025), Time Bomb Y2K (2023)See all 3 shared titles with Lisa Heller
