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Randy Barbato

Randy Barbato

Producer and director, also writer

5 Primetime Emmys · 4 other major award bodies

Writer, director, and producer Randy Barbato has a soft spot for making films about public figures ostracized or misunderstood by the media and, by extension, society at large. Along with his life and creative partner, Fenton Bailey, Barbato has created some of the more groundbreaking and sometimes controversial documentaries and made-for-TV specials. A native of New Jersey, Barbato attended graduate film school at New York University, where he met Fenton Bailey, originally from Great Britain. Both dropped out after a year to form a pop band, The Pop Tarts. In 1990, the duo created their own company, World of Wonder Productions, with the intention of recording Pop Tarts music, but only after established companies rejected them.

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Works as
Producer and director, also writer
Titles
76 on MovieCove · 148 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 33% in 30 days

What are Randy Barbato's films like?

Across their 64 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.

Genres

Documentary25 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 78th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 29th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 49th percentile
: browse their Biography movies

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

share of theme weight
Self
34%
Society
31%
Survival
10%
Bonds
9%
Ideas
7%
Power
7%
Morality
3%
Community32 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity18 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition16 titles, browse their movies with this themeFame10 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds9 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose6 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth4 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt6 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 35 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 20 · Serious 6 · Dark 9

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

Grounded 23 · Stylized 8 · Heightened 4

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

Gentle 15 · Charged 15 · Intense 5

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

Steady 24 · Shifting 10 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 17 · Some laughs 12 · Funny 6

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

Slow burn 26 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 0

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

Casual 21 · Engaged 13 · Full focus 1

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

Resolved 28 · Open-ended 7 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
28
Warm
24
Contemplative
26
Hopeful
18
Melancholic
17
Other
47

How their films linger

Feel-good24 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful27 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking21 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun20 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteInfuriating8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy16
  • Bittersweet20
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous18
  • Cyclical5
  • Other1

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 Randy Barbato's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 45 of their 76 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (9).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Randy Barbato'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

148 credits, 76 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • RuPaul's Drag Race UK: Rewind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Executive Producer

  • Drag Race México: Latina Royale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show Creator

  • Drag Race Down Under vs The World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show Creator

  • Canada's Drag Race: All Stars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show Creator

  • Stop! That! Train!(2026)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Heals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Executive Producer

  • Club Cumming (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Manhood(2026)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Murder in Glitterball City(2026)

    Show 2 episodes · Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all shows

  • Dear Viv (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Executive Producer

  • Drag Race Philippines: Slaysian Royale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show Creator

  • Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Ginger's House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

  • RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars(2024)

    Show Creator · Producer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows

  • Owning Manhattan(2024)

    Show 16 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • The Little Pageant That Could(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Drag Me to the Movies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer

  • RuPaul's Drag Race Live Untucked (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show Creator

  • Drag Race España All Stars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 7 episodes · Creator · Production Executive

  • Frybread Face and Me(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Chill with Phil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

  • True Crime Story: Citizen Detective(2023)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows

  • Drag Race Germany (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 12 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer

  • Drag Race Brasil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show Creator

  • Drag Race Mexico (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show Creator

  • Yes I Am: The Ric Weiland Story(2021)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Restaurants at the End of the World(2023)

    Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows

  • Drag Race Sweden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show Creator

  • Drag Race Sverige: Untucked! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show Creator

  • Drag Race Belgium (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show Creator

  • Big Freedia Means Business(2023)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs The World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show Creator

  • Bring Back My Girls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 7 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Raising A Fucking Star(2022)

    Show 1 episode · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Drag Race Philippines Untucked! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show Creator

  • Drag Race Philippines (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show Creator

  • It's CompliPlated (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 1 episode · Executive Producer

  • Drag Race France (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show Creator

  • RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 8 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer

  • Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness(2022)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows

  • Leave It to Geege(2022)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Queen of the Universe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 6 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer

  • The Bitch Who Stole Christmas(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Painted with Raven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Drag Race Italia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 6 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer

  • Jimbo vs. Peas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Executive Producer

  • The Eyes of Tammy Faye(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Small Town News: KPVM Pahrump(2021)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all shows

  • Catch and Kill: The Podcast Tapes(2021)

    Show 6 episodes · Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows

  • Million Dollar Listing: Ryan's Renovation(2021)

    Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Drag Race España (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show Creator

  • Drag Race Down Under (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show Creator

  • Going to Pot: The High & Low of It(2021)

    Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Dragging the Classics: The Brady Bunch(2021)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Explant(2021)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • The Ts Madison Experience(2021)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • Highway to Heel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

  • RuPaul's Drag Race: Bring Back My Ghouls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Executive Producer

  • Drag Race Holland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show Creator

  • RuPaul's Drag Race: Vegas Revue(2020)

    Show 1 episode · Producer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows

  • Canada's Drag Race(2020)

    Show 56 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows

  • Freedia Got a Gun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Producer

  • RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race(2020)

    Show Creator

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows

  • Wojnarowicz(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • The Vivienne Takes On Hollywood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 2 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Whirlybird(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • 30/30 Vision: 3 Decades of Strand Releasing(2019)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Liberty: Mother of Exiles(2019)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • RuPaul's Drag Race UK(2019)

    Show 48 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Can You Keep a Secret?(2019)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Stonewall Outloud (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Director · Producer

  • Werq the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 10 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Backyard Envy(2019)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows

  • Ministry of Evil: The Twisted Cult of Tony Alamo(2019)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows

  • Nazis on Drugs: Hitler and the Blitzkrieg(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • RuPaul's Drag Race Holi-Slay Spectacular(2018)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Follow Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer

  • When the Beat Drops(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Drag Race Thailand (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show Creator

  • Dancing Queen(2018)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows

  • Sell It Like Serhant(2018)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Trixie & Katya Show(2017)

    Show 14 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Menendez: Blood Brothers(2017)

    Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Gender Revolution(2017)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Susanne Bartsch: On Top(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Every Brilliant Thing(2016)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures(2016)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Out of Iraq: A Love Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Producer

  • All My Gay Friends Are Getting Married (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 5 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Gay for Play Game Show Starring RuPaul(2016)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all shows

  • Not Today Bianca(2016)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows

  • Million Dollar Listing San Francisco(2015)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows

  • Transcendent(2015)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Dressed as a Girl(2015)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Candidly Nicole(2014)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows

  • Million Dollar Listing Miami(2014)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows

  • I Am Britney Jean (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Director

  • Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce(2013)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows

  • Island Hunters(2013)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows

  • In Vogue: The Editor's Eye (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director

  • RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars(2012)

    Show Creator

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • The Strange History of Don't Ask, Don't Tell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director

  • Becoming Chaz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director

  • Grab(2011)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Tori & Dean: Storibook Weddings(2011)

    Show Producer

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

  • Carrie Fisher: Wishful Drinking(2010)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • RuPaul's Drag U (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show Creator

  • RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked!(2009)

    Show 14 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows

  • The Arrangement(2010)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • When I Knew (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Director

  • RuPaul's Drag Race(2009)

    Show 255 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Under the Hood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show Creator

  • The Last Beekeeper(2009)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Reverend Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Executive Producer

  • Heidi Fleiss: The Would-Be Madam of Crystal(2008)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Pete's PA (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 10 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Sex Change Hospital (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Miss Navajo(2007)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Children of God: Lost and Found(2007)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • One Punk Under God(2006)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Tammy Faye Death Defying (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Executive Producer

  • Inside Deep Throat(2005)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Power Lesbians(2005)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • TransGeneration(2005)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows

  • Linklater: St. Richard of Austin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Executive Producer

  • The Hidden Führer: Debating the Enigma of Hitler's Sexuality (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director · Executive Producer

  • Vivid Valley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 13 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Party Monster(2003)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • The Truth About Gay Sex (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Executive Producer

  • Monica in Black and White (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director

  • Out of the Closet, Off the Screen: The Life of William Haines (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Director · Producer

  • The Secret Rulers of the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 5 episodes · Producer

  • Lesbians Go Mad In Lesbos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Executive Producer

  • 101 Rent Boys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Director · Producer

  • The Eyes of Tammy Faye(2000)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Pornography: The Secret History Of Civilization (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Party Monster: The Shockumentary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Director

  • Shantay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Director

  • Drop Dead Gorgeous (A Tragicomedy): The Power of HIV Positive Thinking (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Director

  • The Real Ellen Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Director

  • Nelson Sullivan's World of Wonder(1994)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • RuPaul's Christmas Ball(1993)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Videos, Vigilantes and Voyeurism (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Director · Producer

  • Drag Race Japan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show Creator

  • Drag Race South Africa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show Creator

  • RuPaul's Drag Race UK All Stars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show Creator

Career shape

A full career of 117 titles, 114 of them dated from 1993 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Stop! That! Train! (2026)

$4.3M worldwide

Highest rated

Every Brilliant Thing (2016)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Stop! That! Train! (2026)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing30 of 117: 14 only directing, 16 with another role · typical Midcredits score56thWriting2 of 117: 0 only writing, 2 with another roleProducing75 of 117: 52 only producing, 23 with another role · typical Midcredits score57thOther crew35 of 117: 28 only other crew, 7 with another role · typical Midcredits score56th

117 titles, 23 with more than one role — producing and other crew overlap on 7 of them.

By decade

1990s8 · crew2000s21 · crew2010s27 · crew2020s58 · 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

5 Primetime Emmys and 5 other major awards from 31 major nominations, 2000–2026.

WinNomination
  1. 2026
    • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television
  2. 2024
    • Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television
  3. 2023
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television
  4. 2022
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Competition Program
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program
    • +1 other major body · 1 win
      • Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television
  5. 2021
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Competition Program
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program
    • +1 other major body · 1 win
      • Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television
  6. 2020
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Competition Program
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program
    • +1 other major body · 1 win
      • Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television
  7. 2019
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program
    • +1 other major body · 1 win
      • Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Competition Television
  8. 2018
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program
Show 9 earlier years
  1. 2017
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Reality Competition Program
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program
  2. 2016
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Berlinale award, nominated · Best Documentary Film
  3. 2015
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program
  4. 2014
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program
  5. 2011
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Nonfiction Special
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special
  6. 2005
    • Berlinale award, nominated · Best Documentary Film
  7. 2003
    • Sundance award, nominated · Dramatic
  8. 2001
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Documentary
  9. 2000
    • 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 Randy Barbato's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 72nd percentile, the median of all 39; across their 35 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 71st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 35

Approval · how many liked their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 35

Reach · how many have seen their films

36thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 35

Midcredits score across 76 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up23
  • 50th to 74th18
  • 25th to 49th22
  • Below 25th13

Shape of the crowd

33 of their 76 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Divisive15
  • Cult Classic10
  • Crowd Pleaser12
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed33

Most divisive · producer

Big Freedia Means Business (2023)

99th percentile spread · 44% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director, producer

Every Brilliant Thing (2016)

Midcredits 99th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 66/100 and the pacing 48/100 in their films, across 19 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 Randy Barbato work with?

People who share at least 2 of Randy Barbato's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Fenton Bailey shares the most, 64.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

  • Tom Campbell24 titles    See newest 12 of 24 shared titles with Tom Campbell
  • Thairin Smothers9 titles    See all 9 shared titles with Thairin Smothers
  • Mona Card8 titles    See all 8 shared titles with Mona Card
  • Sheila Nevins8 titles    See all 8 shared titles with Sheila Nevins

Mixed roles