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Jerry Ludwig

Writer and producer · Died June 5, 2021, aged 79 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Born
June 18, 1941
Died
June 5, 2021 (aged 79)
From
Los Angeles, California, USA
Works as
Writer and producer
Titles
24 on MovieCove · 49 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 31% in 30 days

What are Jerry Ludwig's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Power.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
40%
Power
16%
Bonds
15%
Society
15%
Ideas
8%
Survival
6%
Justice3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 1

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 2 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 1

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 1 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 2 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
4
Thrilling
3
Contemplative
2
Absurd
1
Warm
1

How their films linger

Fun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet2

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 Jerry Ludwig's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 24 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Roku Channel (5).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jerry Ludwig'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

49 credits, 24 with a MovieCove page.

  • Looking for an Echo(2000)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Dash and Lilly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Producer · Writer

  • Echo(1997)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • The Colony (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Editor

  • Deadly Vows(1994)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Overexposed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Editor

  • In My Daughter's Name(1992)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Face of a Stranger(1991)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Deadly Desire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Story · Teleplay

  • Love, Lies and Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 2 episodes · Editor

  • The Dreamer of Oz(1990)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Stella(1990)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Original Sin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Editor

  • Roman Holiday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Teleplay

  • The Two Mrs. Grenvilles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 2 episodes · Editor

  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Editor

  • MacGyver (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer · Writer

  • An Early Frost(1985)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • It Came Upon the Midnight Clear(1984)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • A Streetcar Named Desire(1984)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • The Parade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Associate Producer · Editor

  • Murder, She Wrote(1984)

    Show Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • Who Will Love My Children?(1983)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Another Woman's Child(1983)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Other Victim (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Editor

  • A Gun in the House(1981)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Midnight Lace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Writer

  • Revenge of the Stepford Wives(1980)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Editor

  • The Gambler(1980)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Walking Through the Fire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Editor

  • Samurai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Writer

  • Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Editor

  • The Critical List (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 2 episodes · Editor

  • In the Glitter Palace(1977)

    Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Bunco (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Producer · Writer

  • The Shootist(1976)

    Assistant Editor

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Take a Hard Ride(1975)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • The Log of the Black Pearl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Story

  • Strange Homecoming (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Producer · Writer

  • Three the Hard Way(1974)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Fade In (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Writer

  • Kojak(1973)

    Show 4 episodes · Editor

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows

  • Assignment: Vienna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 2 episodes · Writer

  • Assignment: Munich(1972)

    Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • The Deadly Hunt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Writer

  • Columbo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

  • Hawaii Five-O(1968)

    Show 1 episode · Teleplay

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • Mission: Impossible(1966)

    Show 3 episodes · Teleplay · Writer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

Career shape

A full career of 48 titles from 1966 to 2000.

Highest rated

Murder, She Wrote (1984)

Midcredits 67th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Writing19 of 48: 14 only writing, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score44thProducing6 of 48: 0 only producing, 6 with another roleEditing28 of 48: 27 only editing, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score53rdOther crew1 of 48: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

48 titles, 6 with more than one role.

By decade

1960s2 · crew1970s17 · crew1980s17 · crew1990s11 · crew2000s1 · crew

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 Jerry Ludwig's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 50th percentile, the median of all 20; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 36th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

36thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

27thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

42ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 24 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up6
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th6
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

9 of their 24 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser9
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed8

Most divisive · writer, producer

In the Glitter Palace (1977)

78th percentile spread · 30% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · editor

An Early Frost (1985)

Midcredits 90th · 88% liked

Reviewers score the plot and story 34/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 42, detractors 24. 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 Jerry Ludwig work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jerry Ludwig's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Eric Bercovici shares the most, 3.

Writers

Actors

Producers