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Gordon Quinn

Gordon Quinn

Director, producer, cinematographer and editor, also actor · Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Gordon Quinn was born in 1942 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He is a producer and cinematographer, known for Independent Lens (1999), Vietnam Long Time Coming (1998) and Golub (1988).

Biography from IMDb.

From
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Works as
Director, producer, cinematographer and editor, also actor
Titles
25 on MovieCove · 56 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 38 days to Oct 27Down 14% in 30 days

What are Gordon Quinn's films like?

Across their 26 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Society
29%
Self
17%
Morality
16%
Survival
12%
Power
11%
Ideas
11%
Bonds
4%
Community13 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age4 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose4 titles, browse their movies with this themeTruth4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 25 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 25 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 9 · Charged 14 · Intense 2

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

Steady 17 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 0

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

Straight-faced 23 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 22 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

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

Casual 8 · Engaged 17 · Full focus 0

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 9 · Affecting 8 · Heavy 8

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

Resolved 16 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 5

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative
18
Hopeful
14
Tense
11
Melancholic
10
Warm
4
Other
9

How their films linger

Thought-provoking19 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet13
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous9
  • Cyclical1
  • Other1

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 Gordon Quinn's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 19 of their 25 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Gordon Quinn'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

56 credits, 25 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Greener Pastures (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Editorial Consultant

  • Story & Pictures By(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • A Compassionate Spy(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • For the Left Hand(2021)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • City So Real (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 5 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Unapologetic(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Represent(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Finding Yingying(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Dilemma of Desire(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Cooked: Survival by Zip Code(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Minding the Gap(2018)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • America to Me(2018)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • Eating Up Easter(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Raising Bertie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Executive Producer

  • Edith+Eddie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Executive Producer

  • Unbroken Glass (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Executive Producer

  • All the Queen's Horses(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • '63 Boycott (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director

  • Almost There(2014)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Life Itself(2014)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Saving Mes Aynak(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • The Homestretch(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Trials of Muhammad Ali(2013)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • The Interrupters(2011)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • A Good Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director

  • No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Executive Producer

  • Prisoner of Her Past (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Director

  • In the Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Cinematographer · Executive Producer

  • At the Death House Door(2008)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Terra Incognita: Mapping Stem Cell Research (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Producer

  • Aging Out(2004)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Golub: Late Works Are the Catastrophes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director

  • The New Americans (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director

  • 5 Girls(2001)

    Cinematographer · Co-Executive Producer · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Vietnam Long Time Coming (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Director

  • Hoop Dreams(1994)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Higher Goals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Executive Producer

  • Golub (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Director

  • Women's Voices: The Gender Gap (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Cinematographer · Producer

  • Anarchism in America(1983)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Taylor Chain II: A Story of Collective Bargaining (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Director

  • Taylor Chain I: A Story in a Union Local (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Director

  • U.E. Wells (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Director · Camera Operator

  • The Chicago Maternity Center Story(1976)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Where's I. W. Abel? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Director

  • Now We Live on Clifton (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Director

  • Winnie Wright, Age 11 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Director

  • What the Fuck are These Red Squares? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Cinematographer

  • Anonymous Artists of America (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Cinematographer

  • Marco (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Director

  • Operation Breadbasket (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Cinematographer

  • Hum 255 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Director

  • Inquiring Nuns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Director

  • Parents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Director

  • Thumbs Down(1968)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor · Producer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Home for Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Director · Producer

Career shape

A full career of 43 titles from 1966 to 2024.

Biggest box office

Hoop Dreams (1994)

$12M worldwide

Highest rated

Hoop Dreams (1994)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Life Itself (2014)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing20 of 43: 18 only directing, 2 with another roleProducing20 of 43: 16 only producing, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score86thCinematography6 of 43: 3 only cinematography, 3 with another roleOther crew2 of 43: 1 only other crew, 1 with another role

43 titles, 5 with more than one role — directing and producing overlap on 1 of them.

By decade

1960s6 · crew1970s7 · crew1980s4 · crew1990s2 · crew2000s5 · crew2010s12 · crew2020s7 · 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 Gordon Quinn's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 78th percentile, the median of all 24; across their 25 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 82nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

82ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 25

Approval · how many liked their films

74thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 25

Reach · how many have seen their films

24thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 25

Midcredits score across 25 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up15
  • 50th to 74th9
  • 25th to 49th1

Shape of the crowd

8 of their 25 titles are Divisive.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Divisive8
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser7
  • Mixed3

Most divisive · producer

Unapologetic (2020)

96th percentile spread · 53% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Hoop Dreams (1994)

Midcredits 99th · 89% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 72/100 and the pacing 58/100 in their films, across 14 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

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 Gordon Quinn work with?

People who share at least 2 of Gordon Quinn's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Justine Nagan shares the most, 10.

Directors

Composers and editors

Producers