Chip Gaines

Producer, also actor · Born November 14, 1974 (51) · Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Primetime Emmy nominee · 1 other major award body

Chip Gaines is both co-owner and co-founder of Magnolia, and was co-star of HGTV’s Fixer Upper with his wife Joanna. Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico and raised in Dallas, Chip graduated from Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business with a Marketing degree. An entrepreneur by nature, Chip has started more successful small businesses than you could count on both hands, including Green and Gold Wash and Fold (a local Waco laundry service geared toward college students), a fireworks stand, and multiple landscaping companies. If you’ve thought about it, Chip’s probably tried it. Having grown up spending time on his granddad’s ranch in North Texas, Chip is a true cowboy at heart: made for hard labor, and preferring digging ditches to academic pursuits. His design preference is “whatever Joanna likes,” and he can be counted on to come up with a “creative solution” that saves the day and helps make the impossible possible. Chip loves life with his five kiddos, and is head-over-heels for Joanna.

What are Chip Gaines' films like?

Across their 15 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.

Themes

share of theme weight

Self

37%

Society

35%

Bonds

21%

Ideas

4%

Survival

3%

Community10 Purpose5 Ambition6 Family bonds5 Friendship2 Self-worth2 Legacy3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Warm

11

Hopeful

12

Joyful

10

Contemplative

1

Tense

2

Other

4

How their films linger

Feel-good14 Hopeful11 Cozy3 Thought-provoking2

How their films end

Happy10
Bittersweet1
Ambiguous1
Cyclical3

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 Chip Gaines' films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (12).

Subscription and free streaming for Chip Gaines' 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, 13 with a MovieCove page; 13 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Back to the Frontier(2025)
Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all shows
The Last Wright: Building the Final Home Design of America's Greatest Architect(2025)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Fixer Upper: The Lakehouse(2024)
Show 6 episodes · Producer · as Self - Host
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows
Human vs Hamster(2024)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all shows
Roller Jam(2024)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all shows
Second Chance Stage(2024)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Fixer Upper: The Hotel(2023)
Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer · as Self - Host
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows
Mini Reni(2023)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
The Home Team with Britt & Annie(2022)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Fixer Upper: Welcome Home(2021)
Show 9 episodes · Creator · Producer · as Self - Host
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
First Time Fixer(2021)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Magnolia Table with Joanna Gaines(2021)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows
Fixer Upper: Behind the Design(2018)
Show 16 episodes · Creator · as Self
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

Career shape

A full career of 4 titles from 2017 to 2025.

By role

only this rolewith another role

Producing2 of 4Other crew2 of 4

By decade

2010s1 · crew2020s3 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

Awards

2 major nominations and no wins, 2018–2022.

2022
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Structured Reality Program
2018
- Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Reality Show Host

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.

Who does Chip Gaines work with?

People who share at least 2 of Chip Gaines' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Joanna Gaines shares the most, 14.