Ms Breiman was born in San Francisco in 1964, youngest of five, to an architect father and mother who made children's television shows. When she was nine the parents split and she was brought up by her mother, who introduced her to her love of cinema. Acting and modelling in her teens she enrolled at the San Francisco State University to read journalism but dropped out and returned to acting, taking small parts in films before turning to directing television shows. Her big screen directorial debut was in 'Going Overboard,' Adam Sandler's film debut and she continued to direct throughout the 1990s before returning to infrequent screen roles in the twenty-first century. She is also an accomplished poker player.
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Biography from IMDb.
- January 1, 1964 (62)
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Actor, director and writer
- 15 on MovieCove · 18 credits in all
What are Valerie Breiman's films like?
Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
A split, not a type: Ironic 4 · Wry 1 · Earnest 3
Light 6 · Serious 1 · Dark 1
A split, not a type: Grounded 4 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1
Gentle 3 · Charged 3 · Intense 2
A split, not a type: Steady 4 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 3
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 4
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 1
Casual 5 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 6 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 2
Resolved 7 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
- Allyas Phil in Tale of Two Sisters (1989)
Moods and endings
- Happy5
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous2
- 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 Valerie Breiman's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Valerie Breiman'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, 15 with a MovieCove page.
Hamster & Gretel(2022)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows
Fancy Nancy(2018)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows
Milo Murphy's Law(2016)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
Shooting the Warwicks(2015)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Overnight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Friends with Benefits(2011)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows
Love & Sex(2000)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all shows
Bone Chillers: Frankenturkey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Bone Chillers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Bikini Squad(1993)
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
The Invisible Maniac(1990)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Going Overboard(1989)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Tale of Two Sisters(1989)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Dangerous Curves(1988)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Casual Sex?(1988)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
She's Having a Baby(1988)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
Career shape
Star power in the 62nd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 17 titles from 1986 to 2022.
Biggest box office
Casual Sex? (1988)
Highest rated
Love & Sex (2000)
Most popular right now
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show (1997)
Film career
- 1988Screen debut· She's Having a Baby
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 Valerie Breiman's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 7th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 9th percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th5
- Below 25th8
Shape of the crowd
7 of their 15 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Panned1
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed7
Reviewers score the acting 47/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles; fans 62, detractors 33. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
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 Valerie Breiman's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Valerie Breiman work with?
People who share at least 2 of Valerie Breiman's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Adam Rifkin shares the most, 5.
Directors
- Adam RifkinShared titles: Shooting the Warwicks (2015), Bikini Squad (1993), The Invisible Maniac (1990), Going Overboard (1989), Tale of Two Sisters (1989)See all 5 shared titles with Adam Rifkin
Actors
- Danielle von ZerneckShared titles: Tale of Two Sisters (1989), Dangerous Curves (1988)See all 2 shared titles with Danielle von Zerneck
- Peter BergShared titles: Going Overboard (1989), Tale of Two Sisters (1989)See all 2 shared titles with Peter Berg
- Tom HodgesShared titles: Going Overboard (1989), Tale of Two Sisters (1989)See all 2 shared titles with Tom Hodges
Composers
- Marc David DeckerShared titles: Bikini Squad (1993), The Invisible Maniac (1990), Tale of Two Sisters (1989)See all 3 shared titles with Marc David Decker
Producers
- Brad WymanShared titles: Love & Sex (2000), Bikini Squad (1993)See all 2 shared titles with Brad Wyman
- Mark Daniel JonesShared titles: Going Overboard (1989), Tale of Two Sisters (1989)See all 2 shared titles with Mark Daniel Jones
- Randolf TurrowShared titles: Going Overboard (1989), Tale of Two Sisters (1989)See all 2 shared titles with Randolf Turrow
