Rusty Lemorande began his work in the entertainment industry as a puppeteer in elementary school. These skills served him will as partial funding of his college career. Later, Lemorande while working as an executive producer on the film, "Caddyshack", would again find those skills useful in proposing to the filmmakers that a puppet version of the 'gopher' could be created and filmed in order to provide a needed continuity for the film. Lemorande co-designed the puppet alongside a moonlighting member of the Disneyland theme park design team. The rest is film history. Lemorande would also later provide puppeteering skills in designing the Geeks and Hooter puppets for the Disney short, "Captain Eo", starring Michael Jackson.
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Biography from TMDB.
- March 29, 1954 (72)
- Oconto Falls, Wisconsin, USA
- Producer, writer and director
- 9 on MovieCove · 11 credits in all
What are Rusty Lemorande's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
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 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 7
A split, not a type: Light 4 · Serious 1 · Dark 2
Grounded 5 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1
Gentle 3 · Charged 3 · Intense 1
Steady 3 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0
Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 0
Resolved 6 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet4
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous2
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 Rusty Lemorande's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Rusty Lemorande'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
11 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
There Be Dragons(2011)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
The Turn of the Screw(1992)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
Getting It Right(1989)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Captain EO (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
Electric Dreams(1984)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Yentl(1983)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Stand by Your Man(1981)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Caddyshack(1980)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Die Laughing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Career shape
A full career of 9 titles from 1980 to 2022.
How do Rusty Lemorande's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 59th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 50th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 9 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Panned1
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the dialogue 42/100 and the plot and story 42/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles. 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 Rusty Lemorande work with?
People who share at least 2 of Rusty Lemorande's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Doreen Mantle shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Doreen MantleShared titles: The Turn of the Screw (1992), Yentl (1983)See all 2 shared titles with Doreen Mantle
Cinematographers
- David WatkinShared titles: Journey to the Center of the Earth (1988), Yentl (1983)See all 2 shared titles with David Watkin
Producers
- Larry DeWaayShared titles: Electric Dreams (1984), Yentl (1983)See all 2 shared titles with Larry DeWaay