Rushmore DeNooyer is an award-winning filmmaker who has made documentaries for PBS, History, Discovery, National Geographic, Smithsonian, Turner Broadcasting, and others. He has written, produced, and directed numerous programs for the PBS science series Nova, including the 2-hour special "Black Hole Apocalypse," "Apollo's Daring Mission," the story of the first time humans left earth on Apollo 8, "Cold Case JFK," a new investigation of the physical evidence in the Kennedy assassination, "Universe or Multiverse?," the concluding episode of the "Fabric of the Cosmos" series, "Hubble's Amazing Rescue," which documented the final repair mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, and others. His work has been honored with the George F. Peabody Award, the Writers Guild of America Award, the International Documentary Association's Distinguished Achievement Award, and numerous Emmy nominations. His PBS Special "Black Hole Apocalypse" was selected by the American Institute of Physics for its Science Communication Award in the Broadcast category for its storytelling and communicating science to the public. Prior to becoming a documentary filmmaker, Rush spent twenty years as a musician and music producer. He still works in music, and has composed music scores for many films. He graduated from Brown University with an Honors degree in History and American Civilization.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Director, writer, producer and actor
- 12 on MovieCove · 27 credits in all
What are Rushmore DeNooyer's films like?
Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Ideas.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 2
Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 1 · Intense 0
Steady 3 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 0
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet5
- 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 Rushmore DeNooyer's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Rushmore DeNooyer'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
27 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
The War on Disco (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
The Lesson Is Murder(2023)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all shows
Lost Ships of WW2(2022)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Wild Crime(2021)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
Hindenburg: The Lost Evidence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
America's Hidden Stories(2019)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows
Hunt for Eagle 56(2019)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Black Hole Apocalypse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
The Bomb(2015)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
D-Day in HD(2014)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
NOVA: Cold Case JFK (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Titanic at 100: Mystery Solved (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
How Smart Are Animals? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Underwater Universe(2011)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
The Rivals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
What Darwin Never Knew (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Ce que Darwin ne savait pas encore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Titanic's Achilles Heel(2007)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Beyond the Moon: Failure Is Not an Option 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Hitler's Lost Sub (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
NOVA: To The Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Moon Shot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
American Experience(1988)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows
Nova(1974)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
La bomba atómica, 70 años - 2015 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Nova: Cold case JFK (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 20 titles, 18 of them dated from 1974 to 2023.
How do Rushmore DeNooyer's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 90th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 94th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up6
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 12 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Mixed5
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 Rushmore DeNooyer work with?
People who share at least 2 of Rushmore DeNooyer's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kirk Wolfinger shares the most, 9.
Directors
- Kirk WolfingerShared titles: Lost Ships of WW2 (2022), The Bermuda Triangle: Into Cursed (2022), America's Hidden Stories (2019), Hunt for Eagle 56 (2019), The Bomb (2015), D-Day in HD (2014), Underwater Universe (2011), Titanic's Achilles Heel (2007), Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces (2006)See all 9 shared titles with Kirk Wolfinger
Writers
- Jonathan WickhamShared titles: America's Hidden Stories (2019), D-Day in HD (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Jonathan Wickham
Actors
- Edward HerrmannShared titles: Titanic's Achilles Heel (2007), Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Edward Herrmann
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Ryan ShepheardShared titles: The Bermuda Triangle: Into Cursed (2022), Hunt for Eagle 56 (2019), The Bomb (2015), Titanic's Achilles Heel (2007)See all 4 shared titles with Ryan Shepheard
- Jed RauscherShared titles: The Bermuda Triangle: Into Cursed (2022), Underwater Universe (2011), Titanic's Achilles Heel (2007), Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces (2006)See all 4 shared titles with Jed Rauscher
- Joe BrunetteShared titles: The Bermuda Triangle: Into Cursed (2022), Titanic's Achilles Heel (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Joe Brunette
- Robert NeufeldShared titles: Titanic's Achilles Heel (2007), Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Robert Neufeld
Producers
- Owen PalmquistShared titles: The Bermuda Triangle: Into Cursed (2022), America's Hidden Stories (2019), Hunt for Eagle 56 (2019), D-Day in HD (2014)See all 4 shared titles with Owen Palmquist
- Lisa Quijano WolfingerShared titles: The Lesson Is Murder (2023), America's Hidden Stories (2019), Underwater Universe (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Lisa Quijano Wolfinger
- Heeth GranthamShared titles: The Bermuda Triangle: Into Cursed (2022), America's Hidden Stories (2019), Titanic's Achilles Heel (2007)See all 3 shared titles with Heeth Grantham
- Lisa GoodfellowShared titles: The Bermuda Triangle: Into Cursed (2022), America's Hidden Stories (2019), The Bomb (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Lisa Goodfellow