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Bonnie MacBird

Bonnie MacBird

Writer · San Francisco, California, USA

Bonnie MacBird is an American writer, actress and producer of screen, stage and prose. She co-wrote the science fiction film Tron. MacBird is a native of San Francisco, California, who graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor's degree in music and a master's degree in film. She is married to computer scientist Alan Kay. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bonnie MacBird, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

From
San Francisco, California, USA
Works as
Writer
Titles
4 on MovieCove · 6 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 64 days to Oct 27Down 40% in 30 days

What are Bonnie MacBird's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Power.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
51%
Power
24%
Bonds
20%
Ideas
6%
Identity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Heightened: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their heightened movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 0 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 3

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

Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 2

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

Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Relentless: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their relentless movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 2

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

Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

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

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Thrilling
4
Tense
2
Hopeful
2
Contemplative
2
Melancholic
1
Other
1

How their films linger

Hopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

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 Bonnie MacBird's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, on Disney+ (4).

Subscription and free streaming for Bonnie MacBird'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

6 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page.

  • Tron: Ares(2025)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Tron: Uprising(2012)

    Show 18 episodes · Characters

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Tron: Legacy(2010)

    Characters

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Sudden Death! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Well Dressed Woman

  • 10 Seconds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Mother

  • Tron(1982)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 6 titles from 1982 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Tron: Legacy (2010)

$400M worldwide

Highest rated

Tron: Uprising (2012)

Midcredits 89th

Most popular right now

Tron: Legacy (2010)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 6: 2 only acting, 0 with another roleWriting4 of 6: 4 only writing, 0 with another role

By decade

1980s1 · crew1990s1 · acting2010s3 · 1 acting · 2 crew2020s1 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

How do Bonnie MacBird's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 69th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 65th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

99thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 4 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th1

Shape of the crowd

None of their 4 titles divides audiences: 2 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser2
  • Mixed1

Most loved · writer

Tron: Uprising (2012)

Midcredits 89th · 88% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 32/100 and the plot and story 35/100 in their films, across 3 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.

Is Bonnie MacBird's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 44 · moderateMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 8 · minimalMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 26 · mildMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 22 · mildMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 40 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Bonnie MacBird work with?

People who share at least 2 of Bonnie MacBird's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Steven Lisberger shares the most, 4.

Writers

Actors

Producers

Mixed roles