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Susan Raymond

Susan Raymond

Director, producer and writer

Academy Award-winning filmmakers Alan and Susan Raymond are among America's most influential and distinguished independent documentary producers and directors. The films of Alan and Susan Raymond reflect our society's changing values and changed the course of television history.

Biography from TMDB.

Works as
Director, producer and writer
Titles
5 on MovieCove · 20 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 23% in 30 days

What are Susan Raymond's films like?

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

Themes

share of theme weight
Society
34%
Self
25%
Survival
19%
Ideas
13%
Morality
9%
Community4 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 1 · Serious 0 · Dark 3

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

Grounded 4 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 0

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

Steady 3 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

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

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

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

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 1 · 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 2 · Engaged 2 · 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 1 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2

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 shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative
3
Hopeful
2
Melancholic
2
Tense
2
Warm
1

How their films linger

Thought-provoking4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 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 Susan Raymond's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (2).

Subscription and free streaming for Susan Raymond'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

20 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page.

  • Killing the Colorado(2016)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Toe Tag Parole: To Live and Die on Yard A(2015)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Journey Into Dyslexia(2011)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Hard Times at Douglass High: A No Child Left Behind Report Card (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director

  • Addiction(2007)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Lance Loud!: A Death in An American Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director · Producer · Sound Recordist

  • Ararat(2002)

    as German Woman

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Children in War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Director

  • I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Director · as Narrator (voice)

  • Doing Time: Life Inside the Big House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Producer

  • Police Chiefs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Director

  • Into Madness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Director · Producer

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

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Elvis '56 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • An American Family Revisited: The Louds 10 Years Later (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Director · Producer

  • The Third Coast (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor · Producer

  • The Police Tapes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Director

  • An American Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Show 12 episodes · Director

  • Omnibus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Show 1 episode · Producer

  • Children in War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show Creator

Career shape

A full career of 19 titles, 18 of them dated from 1967 to 2016.

Most popular right now

Addiction (2007)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 19: 1 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting15 of 19: 8 only directing, 7 with another roleWriting2 of 19: 0 only writing, 2 with another roleProducing8 of 19: 2 only producing, 6 with another roleCinematography1 of 19: 0 only cinematography, 1 with another roleEditing1 of 19: 0 only editing, 1 with another roleOther crew2 of 19: 1 only other crew, 1 with another role

19 titles, 7 with more than one role — directing and producing overlap on 6 of them.

By decade

1960s1 · crew1970s2 · crew1980s5 · crew1990s3 · 1 acting · 3 crew2000s4 · 1 acting · 3 crew2010s3 · crew

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

How do Susan Raymond's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 57th percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 64th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

64thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

54thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

10thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 5 titles, by percentile

  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th1

Shape of the crowd

3 of their 5 titles are Mixed.

  • Divisive1
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed3

Most divisive · actor

Ararat (2002)

99th percentile spread · 35% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director, writer, producer

Toe Tag Parole: To Live and Die on Yard A (2015)

Midcredits 67th · 56% liked

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 Susan Raymond work with?

People who share at least 2 of Susan Raymond's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Alan Raymond shares the most, 3.

Directors

Cinematographers

Producers