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Eli Lehrer

Eli Lehrer

Producer

Primetime Emmy nominee

Eli Lehrer is Executive Vice President and Head of Programming of The HISTORY® Channel, a role he assumed in 2017. He oversees the development, creation and execution of scripted and unscripted programming for The HISTORY® Channel. Lehrer joined The HISTORY® Channel from MTV2 where he was Executive Vice President and headed up creative and business operations at the channel. Prior to that, Lehrer was Senior Vice President and Head of Non-Fiction Programming at Lifetime® since 2013. In that role, he executive produced and developed hit series including The Rap GameTM, Bring It!, True Tori and the Little Women® franchise, and oversaw Project Runway® and assorted spin-offs. Prior to joining Lifetime, Lehrer was Head of Development at Bravo, where he developed hits including Vanderpump Rules,Below Deck, Southern Charm, The Real Housewives of New Jersey, The Shahs of Sunset, The Millionaire Matchmaker and Watch What Happens: Live. Lehrer also worked at Artists Management Group as assistant to Michael Ovitz and at ABC News as assistant to George Stephanopoulos. Lehrer earned a BA in American history from Columbia University. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and their three children.

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Works as
Producer
Titles
38 on MovieCove · 41 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 8% in 30 days

What are Eli Lehrer's films like?

Across their 34 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
24%
Society
22%
Power
17%
Survival
16%
Morality
10%
Bonds
8%
Ideas
4%
Ambition9 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity9 titles, browse their movies with this themePower7 titles, browse their movies with this themeWar5 titles, browse their movies with this themePrejudice5 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice5 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 8 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 1 · Serious 3 · Dark 4

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

Grounded 8 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 1 · Charged 5 · Intense 2

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

Steady 6 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

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

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 3 · 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 2 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 2

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 2 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 4

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 7 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative
16
Tense
17
Hopeful
13
Melancholic
9
Warm
6
Other
25

How their films linger

Thought-provoking19 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy6
  • Bittersweet14
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous11
  • 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 Eli Lehrer's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 33 of their 38 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Eli Lehrer'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

41 credits, 38 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire(2026)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • World War II with Tom Hanks(2026)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

  • The Warfighters: Battle Stories (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Executive Producer

  • Jim Thorpe: Lit by Lightning(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Kevin Costner's the West(2025)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows

  • Secrets Declassified with David Duchovny(2025)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows

  • Sitting Bull(2025)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • Gangland Chronicles(2024)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Great War(2024)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows

  • The Harlem Hellfighters(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Kennedy(2023)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • 761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • FDR(2023)

    Show 3 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

  • Beyond the Battlefield(2023)

    Show Producer

  • History's Greatest Heists(2023)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • Colosseum(2022)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows

  • After Jackie(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • The American Presidency with Bill Clinton(2022)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Theodore Roosevelt(2022)

    Show 2 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Abraham Lincoln(2022)

    Show 3 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • I Was There(2022)

    Show 12 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Pawn Stars Do America(2022)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Assembly Required(2021)

    Show 10 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows

  • Fight the Power: The Protests That Changed America(2021)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Titans That Built America(2021)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Grant(2020)

    Show 3 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Washington(2020)

    Show 3 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Desert One(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Evel Live 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Executive Producer

  • Little Women: Atlanta(2016)

    Show 97 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows

  • Little Women: Terra's Little Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 39 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Atlanta Plastic(2015)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Little Women: NY(2015)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows

  • Project Runway Junior(2015)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows

  • Smile(2015)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Little Women: LA(2014)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows

  • True Tori(2014)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all shows

  • Kim of Queens(2013)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • Project Runway(2004)

    Show 28 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows

Career shape

A full career of 19 titles from 2004 to 2025.

Highest rated

Grant (2020)

Midcredits 95th

Most popular right now

World War II with Tom Hanks (2026)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Producing19 of 19: 19 only producing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score83rd

By decade

2000s1 · crew2010s4 · crew2020s14 · 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, 2015–2016.

  1. 2016
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Reality Competition Program
  2. 2015
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Reality-Competition Program

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 Eli Lehrer's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 82nd percentile, the median of all 8; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 85th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

85thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Approval · how many liked their films

73rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Reach · how many have seen their films

26thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Midcredits score across 37 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up17
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th9
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

16 of their 37 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Divisive4
  • Cult Classic4
  • Crowd Pleaser10
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed16

Most divisive · producer

Smile (2015)

96th percentile spread · 40% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers (2023)

Midcredits 98th · 89% liked

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 Eli Lehrer work with?

People who share at least 2 of Eli Lehrer's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Mary Donahue shares the most, 22.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

  • Mary Donahue22 titles    See newest 12 of 22 shared titles with Mary Donahue
  • Chet Fenster11 titles    See all 11 shared titles with Chet Fenster
  • Jennifer Wagman9 titles    See all 9 shared titles with Jennifer Wagman
  • Jon Kamen6 titles    See all 6 shared titles with Jon Kamen

Mixed roles