Deborah Liebling is an American entertainment executive and film producer. She was formally President of Production of Universal Pictures. Previously, she was a Senior Production Executive at 20th Century Fox. Before her tenure at 20th Century Fox, she was Senior Vice President of original programming and development at Comedy Central where she was responsible for the development of South Park. She was nominated for three Emmys for her work as Executive Producer on South Park. Liebling made the switch from television to film on the strength of studio deals she helped with filmmakers like Jay Roach, Peter and Bobby Farrelly, Harold Ramis, Mike Judge, Steve Oedekerk, John Davis and Gil Netter. At Fox, she was the studio executive that oversaw the production of films including Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story and Borat. Description above from the Wikipedia article Debbie Liebling, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Producer
- 19 on MovieCove · 28 credits in all
What are Deborah Liebling's films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 7
Light 5 · Serious 1 · Dark 2
A split, not a type: Grounded 5 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1
A split, not a type: Gentle 4 · Charged 0 · Intense 4
A split, not a type: Steady 3 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 3
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 4
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 2
Casual 5 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 6 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 1
Resolved 7 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet5
- Ambiguous1
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 Deborah Liebling's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 19 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Paramount+ (7).
- South Park (1997) · producer
- South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999) · producer
- South Park: Post COVID (2021) · thanks
- South Park: The Streaming Wars (2022) · thanks
- South Park: The Streaming Wars Part 2 (2022) · thanks
- Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) · executive in charge of production
- Another Period (2013) · producer
Subscription and free streaming for Deborah Liebling'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
28 credits, 19 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Proclivitas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Carved(2024)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
Jules(2023)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
65(2023)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
Jane(2022)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Unplugging(2022)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
South Park: Post COVID(2021)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
50 States of Fright (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Plus One(2019)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
PEN15(2019)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
The Polka King(2017)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Another Period(2013)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
BattleBots (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
South Park(1997)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
South Park: The Unaired Pilot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Hardcore TV (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Playboy Video Magazine, Volume 1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all filmsHot Mess (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Old Pals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 26 titles, 24 of them dated from 1978 to 2026.
Biggest box office
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
Highest rated
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
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
4 major nominations and no wins, 1998–2021.
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour)
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less)
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less)
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 Deborah Liebling's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 70th percentile, the median of all 15; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 48th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up8
- 50th to 74th6
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
7 of their 19 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved5
- Universally Panned2
- Crowd Pleaser7
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed3
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 Deborah Liebling's work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and profanity run heavier than most films and sex & nudity lighter.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Deborah Liebling work with?
People who share at least 2 of Deborah Liebling's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Leo Birenberg shares the most, 3.
Actors
- Keith DavidShared titles: Unplugging (2022), Big Time in Hollywood, FL (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Keith David
Composers and editors
- Leo BirenbergShared titles: Unplugging (2022), Plus One (2019), Big Time in Hollywood, FL (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Leo Birenberg
- John DaigleShared titles: Plus One (2019), Big Time in Hollywood, FL (2015)See all 2 shared titles with John Daigle
Producers
- Ben StillerShared titles: Plus One (2019), Big Time in Hollywood, FL (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Ben Stiller
