Lewis Andrew Schoenbrun (born September 21, 1958) is an American filmmaker and editor. Schoenbrun became a fan of director Stanley Kubrick at age nine, when he watched the film 2001: A Space Odyssey. At eleven years old, Schoenbrun shot short films with his father's super 8 film camera, and received his own camera from his parents at the age of thirteen. In the 1970s, during his time at a university, he worked at a PBS station in Atlanta, Georgia, and later spent a year working with Tela Moving Images, a production company in Springfield, Massachusetts. During his time with the production company, he used a Moviola to edit a documentary film about a trip to Kenya, Africa that he went on with a group of aspiring astronomers. In the late 1980s, Schoenbrun acted as an assistant editor on the films Mystic Pizza and UHF. After directing several direct-to-video films in the 2000s, Schoenbrun and a producer wanted to make a horror adaptation of the comic book hero Spider-Man, starring a female protagonist. In the summer of 2010, having instead chosen to create a parody film of the character the Hulk, Schoenbrun financed and directed the film The Amazing Bulk in Los Angeles, California. He remained in Los Angeles to work on the film's post-production and to shoot the film Aliens vs. Avatars.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Plainfield, New Jersey, USA
- Editor and director, also producer
- 14 on MovieCove · 37 credits in all
What are Lewis Schoenbrun's films like?
Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.
Genres
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
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 1 · Earnest 9
Light 4 · Serious 5 · Dark 2
A split, not a type: Grounded 7 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1
Gentle 3 · Charged 4 · Intense 4
Steady 3 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 1
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 1
Casual 6 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 8 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2
Resolved 10 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet3
- Ambiguous5
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 Lewis Schoenbrun's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (7).
Subscription and free streaming for Lewis Schoenbrun'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
37 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page.
Alien Nemesis(2023)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Almost Paradise(2020)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
The Next Dance(2014)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Amazing Bulk(2012)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Aliens vs Avatars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
The Girl with No Number(2011)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
Queen Cobra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Surveillance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Axegrinder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Blood Ranch(2006)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Slaughterhouse Phi: Death Sisters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Blood Legend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Dr. Chopper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Tower of Blood(2005)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Corpses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Scarecrow Gone Wild (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
The Kids Who Saved Summer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
13 Dead Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Clubhouse Detectives in Scavenger Hunt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Clubhouse Detectives in Big Trouble (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Private Lies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Hijack(1998)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Powerplay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Evasive Action(1998)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Public Enemy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Dead Inn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
The Mark of Dracula (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
The Triggerman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Casa Hollywood(1996)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Vendetta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
The Golem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
UHF(1989)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Mystic Pizza(1988)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Maestro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Kung Fu Femmes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 34 titles, 33 of them dated from 1987 to 2023.
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 Lewis Schoenbrun's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 20th percentile, the median of all 13; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 6th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th8
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 14 titles are Divisive.
- Universally Loved1
- Universally Panned2
- Loved with Detractors1
- Divisive5
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the pacing 35/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 54, detractors 29. The element that speaks to their work as an editor.
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 Lewis Schoenbrun work with?
People who share at least 2 of Lewis Schoenbrun's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Corbin Timbrook shares the most, 2.
Directors
- Corbin TimbrookShared titles: Blood Ranch (2006), Tower of Blood (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Corbin Timbrook
- Worth KeeterShared titles: Ghost Dog: A Detective Tail (2003), Hijack (1998)See all 2 shared titles with Worth Keeter
Writers
- Jeremiah CampbellShared titles: The Amazing Bulk (2012), Tower of Blood (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Jeremiah Campbell
Actors
- Asad FarrShared titles: Blood Ranch (2006), Tower of Blood (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Asad Farr
Cinematographers
- David PalmieriShared titles: Blood Ranch (2006), Tower of Blood (2005)See all 2 shared titles with David Palmieri
Producers
- David S. SterlingShared titles: The Amazing Bulk (2012), Tower of Blood (2005)See all 2 shared titles with David S. Sterling
- Alan B. BursteenShared titles: Evasive Action (1998), Hijack (1998)See all 2 shared titles with Alan B. Bursteen
- Andrew StevensShared titles: Evasive Action (1998), Hijack (1998)See all 2 shared titles with Andrew Stevens
- Ashok AmritrajShared titles: Evasive Action (1998), Hijack (1998)See all 2 shared titles with Ashok Amritraj
