Elliott Halpern is an Emmy award-winning producer/director of feature length documentaries for television. He is the owner and creative director of yap films and has produced, written and directed many outstanding feature length films for television. Most recently, he was the Executive Producer on The Machine That Feels (2021), for ARTE and CBC's The Nature of Things. He was also an Executive Producer on the Emmy nominated film for PBS American Masters, How It Feels to Be Free (2021); A Day in the Life of Earth for CBC, BBC, and ZDFE; the CSA nominated series, Unabomber: In His Own Words for Netflix, REELZ and Discovery; the CSA nominated web series, My Trans Journey for OUTtv; the CSA winning film for best history documentary or series, Ice Bridge for CBC, Smithsonian Channel, France 5, UKTV and SBS; the 2018 Banff Rockie Award winner Mosquito for Discovery Channel US (2017); the CSA and Banff nominated Black Watch Snipers for HISTORY Canada (2016); the CSA nominated Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl for PBS/American Masters, BBC Four/Arena and Sony Music (2016); and the CSA nominated Building Star Trek - the highest rated documentary in the history of Smithsonian Channel (2016). Among his numerous awards are two Emmy Awards for Investigative Journalism, the Silver Nymph Award at Monte Carlo, and the Columbia-Dupont Award.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Producer, also writer
- 16 on MovieCove · 26 credits in all
Known for
What are Elliott Halpern's films like?
Across their 16 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Ideas and Survival.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 12
A split, not a type: Light 4 · Serious 3 · Dark 5
Grounded 12 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 3 · Charged 6 · Intense 3
Steady 11 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 11 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 10 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 2
A split, not a type: Easy watch 7 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 2
Resolved 9 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet3
- Ambiguous10
- 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 Elliott Halpern's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 16 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).
- discovery+
Subscription and free streaming for Elliott Halpern'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
26 credits, 16 with a MovieCove page.
Us, Our Pets and the War(2024)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Ice Age America(2023)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
How It Feels to Be Free (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
In with the Old(2021)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
D-Day: Last Words(2019)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Mosquito(2017)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Building Star Trek(2016)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
Camp X(2014)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
World's Strangest(2013)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Curse of the Axe(2012)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Explosion 1812(2012)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Wicked Pirate City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
First and Last (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Going to the Dogs(2003)
Quest For The Lost Tribes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Bones of Contention (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Deadly Currents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
American Masters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
Beast Legends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Northern Justice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Plague Monkeys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 15 titles, 12 of them dated from 1986 to 2024.
How do Elliott Halpern's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 75th percentile, the median of all 12; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 79th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up8
- 50th to 74th6
- 25th to 49th1
Shape of the crowd
8 of their 15 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser8
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the plot and story 58/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 68, detractors 30. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
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 Elliott Halpern work with?
People who share at least 2 of Elliott Halpern's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Elizabeth Trojian shares the most, 11.
Directors
- Robin BicknellShared titles: Ice Age America (2023), D-Day: Last Words (2019), Ice Bridge: The Impossible Journey (2018), Camp X (2014), Curse of the Axe (2012)See all 5 shared titles with Robin Bicknell
- Mick GroganShared titles: Unabomber: In His Own Words (2020), Building Star Trek (2016), Explosion 1812 (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Mick Grogan
Writers
- Alex McIntoshShared titles: Camp X (2014), World's Strangest (2013), Curse of the Axe (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Alex McIntosh
Actors
- Michael AllcockShared titles: Unabomber: In His Own Words (2020), Camp X (2014), World's Strangest (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Michael Allcock
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Derek RogersShared titles: Unabomber: In His Own Words (2020), D-Day: Last Words (2019), Ice Bridge: The Impossible Journey (2018), Building Star Trek (2016), Camp X (2014), Explosion 1812 (2012)See all 6 shared titles with Derek Rogers
- Greg WestShared titles: Unabomber: In His Own Words (2020), Ice Bridge: The Impossible Journey (2018), Building Star Trek (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Greg West
- Steve WeslakShared titles: Mosquito (2017), Battle of the Somme: The True Story (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Steve Weslak
- Joel S. SilverShared titles: Building Star Trek (2016), Camp X (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Joel S. Silver
Producers
- Elizabeth TrojianShared titles: Us, Our Pets and the War (2024), Ice Age America (2023), Unabomber: In His Own Words (2020), D-Day: Last Words (2019), Ice Bridge: The Impossible Journey (2018), Mosquito (2017), Building Star Trek (2016), Camp X (2014), World's Strangest (2013), Curse of the Axe (2012), Explosion 1812 (2012)See all 11 shared titles with Elizabeth Trojian
- Anja SobkowskaShared titles: D-Day: Last Words (2019), Ice Bridge: The Impossible Journey (2018), Mosquito (2017), Building Star Trek (2016)See all 4 shared titles with Anja Sobkowska
- Sara SoligoShared titles: Building Star Trek (2016), Camp X (2014), World's Strangest (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Sara Soligo
- Seaghan HancocksShared titles: Curse of the Axe (2012), Explosion 1812 (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Seaghan Hancocks
Mixed roles
- Geeta SondhiShared titles: Going to the Dogs (2003), Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (1998)See all 2 shared titles with Geeta Sondhi