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Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

Director, producer and cinematographer · Born November 6, 1972 (53) · Laredo, Texas, USA

Alfonso Gomez-Rejon (sometimes Alfonso Gómez-Rejón; born November 6, 1972, in Laredo, Texas) is an American film and television director. He made his directorial film debut with the slasher film The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014). He has since directed the coming-of-age film Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015) and the historical drama The Current War (2017).  His television program credits include the FOX teen musical series Glee (2010-2012), the FX horror series American Horror Story (2011-2014), and the Amazon Prime limited series Hunters (2020). He received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or Movie for American Horror Story: Coven. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
November 6, 1972 (53)
From
Laredo, Texas, USA
Works as
Director, producer and cinematographer
Titles
16 on MovieCove · 18 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 64 days to Oct 27

What are Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
32%
Society
17%
Survival
16%
Morality
13%
Power
9%
Ideas
9%
Bonds
5%
Community2 titles, browse their movies with this themeMortality2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

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

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

A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 3

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

Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1

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

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 1

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

Casual 1 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1

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

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
3
Warm
3
Contemplative
3
Melancholic
3
Dread
2
Other
2

How their films linger

Thought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet4
  • Ambiguous1

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 Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 16 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Alfonso Gomez-Rejon'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

18 credits, 16 with a MovieCove page.

  • Aldeas: A New Story(2026)

    Producer

  • Hunters(2020)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • Chambers(2019)

    Show 10 episodes · Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows

  • The Current War(2017)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Me and Earl and the Dying Girl(2015)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Town That Dreaded Sundown(2014)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Red Band Society(2014)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows

  • American Horror Story(2011)

    Show 14 episodes · Director · Co-Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Eat Pray Love(2010)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Glee(2009)

    Show 8 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows

  • Common Ground: Under Construction Notes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Camera Operator · Editorial Consultant

  • Spanglish(2004)

    Script Consultant

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • 21 Grams: In Fragments(2004)

    Cinematographer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Lucky Numbers(2000)

    as Reporter

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • My Voyage to Italy(1999)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • You've Got Mail(1998)

    as Party Guest (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • In the Soup(1992)

    Intern

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Newsflash (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

Career shape

A full career of 18 titles, 17 of them dated from 1992 to 2026.

Biggest box office

The Current War (2017)

$12M worldwide

Highest rated

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015)

Midcredits 97th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 18: 2 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting9 of 18: 7 only directing, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score61stWriting1 of 18: 1 only writing, 0 with another roleProducing4 of 18: 1 only producing, 3 with another roleCinematography1 of 18: 0 only cinematography, 1 with another roleOther crew4 of 18: 4 only other crew, 0 with another role

18 titles, 3 with more than one role.

By decade

1990s3 · 1 acting · 2 crew2000s5 · 1 acting · 4 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.

How do Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 64th percentile, the median of the 10 of 11 with a score; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 68th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

68thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

93rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 15 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

6 of their 15 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser6
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed4

Most divisive · producer, cinematographer

21 Grams: In Fragments (2004)

81st percentile spread · 20% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015)

Midcredits 97th · 87% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 70/100 and the pacing 52/100 in their films, across 3 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.

Is Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 49 · moderateMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 46 · moderateMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 42 · moderateMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 37 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 50 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Alfonso Gomez-Rejon work with?

People who share at least 2 of Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's MovieCove titles; Chung Chung-hoon shares the most, 2.