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Will Packer

Will Packer

Producer, also writer · Born April 11, 1974 (52) · St. Petersburg, Florida, USA

Primetime Emmy nominee

William Packer is an American film producer. He is the founder of Will Packer Productions, known for producing low-budget, high-profit movies that have made him one of Hollywood's unsung successes.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 11, 1974 (52)
From
St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
Works as
Producer, also writer
Titles
50 on MovieCove · 59 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 156 days to Oct 27Down 17% in 30 days

What are Will Packer's films like?

Across their 45 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy15 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 39th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 31st percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Action5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 33rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 47th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies
Horror2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 8th percentile
: browse their Horror movies

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

share of theme weight
Bonds
44%
Self
17%
Morality
17%
Survival
8%
Society
7%
Ideas
4%
Power
3%
Family bonds15 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love11 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship9 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth10 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception8 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal6 titles, browse their movies with this themeMarriage6 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival5 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 37 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 22 · Serious 5 · Dark 10

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

Grounded 24 · Stylized 12 · Heightened 1

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

Gentle 11 · Charged 16 · Intense 10

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

Steady 14 · Shifting 19 · Whiplash 4

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

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 16 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 15

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

Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 26 · Relentless 5

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

Casual 21 · Engaged 14 · Full focus 2

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

Resolved 30 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
21
Tense
19
Warm
9
Hopeful
11
Romantic
9
Other
54

How their films linger

Feel-good27 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 8 with a twist

  • Happy19
  • Bittersweet14
  • Ambiguous12

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 Will Packer's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 41 of their 50 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (14).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Will Packer'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

59 credits, 50 with a MovieCove page; 6 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • 72 Hours(2026)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • You, Me & Tuscany(2026)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Tiffany Haddish Goes Off(2025)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • LOST/FOUND (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Executive Producer

  • Kings Court(2025)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Eat Slay Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 3 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist(2024)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • The Baxters(2024)

    Show 34 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • Dashing Through the Snow(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Binged to Death(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Oracle(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Praise This(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Queens Court(2023)

    Show 10 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all shows

  • Beast(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Wendy Williams: The Movie(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Tiffany Haddish Does Shark Week(2021)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Put A Ring on It(2020)

    Show Creator · Producer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows

  • Blackballed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 12 episodes · Executive Producer

  • #BlackAF(2020)

    Show 1 episode · as Will Packer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all shows

  • The Photograph(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • The Disappearance of the Millbrook Twins(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Jacob's Ladder(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Little(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • The Atlanta Child Murders(2019)

    Show 3 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows

  • What Men Want(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Rob Riggle Global Investigator(2019)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows

  • Ready to Love(2018)

    Show 164 episodes · Executive Producer · as Self - Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows

  • Night School(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Breaking In(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Girls Trip(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Almost Christmas(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Roots(2016)

    Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Ride Along 2(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Straight Outta Compton(2015)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Wedding Ringer(2015)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • No Good Deed(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Think Like a Man Too(2014)

    Producer · as JP The Driver

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • About Last Night(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Ride Along(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Battle of the Year(2013)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Think Like a Man(2012)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Gary Owen: True Story(2012)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Takers(2010)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Obsessed(2009)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • This Christmas(2007)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Three Can Play That Game(2007)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Stomp the Yard(2007)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Motives 2(2007)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Puff, Puff, Pass(2006)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • The Gospel(2005)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Motives(2004)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Trois 3: The Escort(2004)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Pandora's Box(2002)

    Producer · Story

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Trois (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Producer · Writer

  • Chocolate City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Frank Love

  • The Oscars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Show 1 episode · Producer

  • Co-Parenting (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Ride Along 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Untitled Kevin Hart/Malcolm D. Lee Action-Comedy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

Career shape

A full career of 52 titles, 49 of them dated from 1953 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Ride Along (2014)

$154M worldwide

Highest rated

This Christmas (2007)

Midcredits 67th

Most popular right now

72 Hours (2026)

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting3 of 52: 2 only acting, 1 with another roleWriting2 of 52: 1 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing48 of 52: 46 only producing, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score33rdOther crew1 of 52: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1950s1 · crew1990s1 · acting2000s8 · crew2010s21 · 1 acting · 21 crew2020s18 · 1 acting · 17 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.

Awards

2 major nominations and no wins, 2016–2022.

  1. 2022
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
  2. 2016
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Limited Series

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 Will Packer's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 32nd percentile, the median of all 39; across their 37 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 33rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

33rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 37

Approval · how many liked their films

35thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 37

Reach · how many have seen their films

88thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 37

Midcredits score across 50 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th11
  • 25th to 49th22
  • Below 25th15

Shape of the crowd

21 of their 50 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Divisive8
  • Cult Classic9
  • Crowd Pleaser8
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed21

Most divisive · producer

Put A Ring on It (2020)

99th percentile spread · 50% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Straight Outta Compton (2015)

Midcredits 97th · 89% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 40/100 and the plot and story 35/100 in their films, across 35 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 Will Packer's work okay for kids?

Across up to 21 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity and profanity run heavier than most films and frightening / intense lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore15 titles26–61 · median 41 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity21 titles29–62 · median 43 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity17 titles38–87 · median 67 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs14 titles23–75 · median 36 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense14 titles12–68 · median 29 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

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 Will Packer work with?

People who share at least 2 of Will Packer's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Rob Hardy shares the most, 9.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles