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Gini Reticker

Gini Reticker

Producer and director

Oscar nominee · Primetime Emmy nominee · 1 other major award body

Gini Reticker is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-winning documentary producer and director. Reticker directed the widely acclaimed Pray the Devil Back to Hell, and co-created and executive produced multiple seasons of the PBS series Women, War and Peace, directing two of the gripping episodes, The Trials of Spring and Peace Unveiled. A five-time Sundance alum, Reticker is known as a feminist filmmaker whose other work includes the Oscar-nominated short Asylum; Emmy winner Ladies First; and the Emmy-nominated A Decade Under the Influence. Along with Abigail Disney, Reticker founded Fork Films and served as its Chief Creative Officer. She is widely recognized as a champion of women in the documentary field and has executive produced more than twenty award-winning films.

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Works as
Producer and director
Titles
18 on MovieCove · 31 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 29% in 30 days

What are Gini Reticker's films like?

Across their 17 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Power and Society.

Themes

share of theme weight
Power
26%
Society
22%
Morality
17%
Survival
16%
Self
10%
Ideas
8%
Bonds
2%
Community8 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice6 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression5 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth3 titles, browse their movies with this themeHope3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 17 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 7 · Dark 8

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

Grounded 16 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 5 · Charged 8 · Intense 4

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

Steady 11 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 0

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

Straight-faced 14 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0

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

Slow burn 10 · Even-paced 7 · 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 3 · Engaged 10 · Full focus 4

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 6 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 9

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

Resolved 11 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Hopeful
12
Tense
10
Contemplative
7
Warm
3
Melancholic
3
Other
10

How their films linger

Hopeful10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteInfuriating4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet7
  • Ambiguous6
  • 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 Gini Reticker's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 18 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Gini Reticker'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

31 credits, 18 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Missing in Brooks County(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Women in Blue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Executive Producer

  • The 8th(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • The People vs. Agent Orange(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • A High School Rape Goes Viral: Roll Red Roll (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Executive Producer

  • Women, War & Peace II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Roll Red Roll(2018)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Cooked: Survival by Zip Code(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Netizens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Executive Producer

  • Call Her Ganda(2018)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Naila and the Uprising(2017)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Liyana(2017)

    Co-Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Love the Sinner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Co-Executive Producer

  • When God Sleeps(2017)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Cameraperson(2016)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • The Trials of Spring (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Director · Executive Producer

  • The Armor of Light (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Executive Producer

  • Hot Girls Wanted(2015)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Buffalo Returns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Director

  • The Babushkas of Chernobyl(2015)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • She's Beautiful When She's Angry(2014)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • 1971(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Citizen Koch(2013)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Women, War & Peace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 2 episodes · Director · Creator

  • Pray the Devil Back to Hell(2008)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Ladies First (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director

  • A Decade Under the Influence(2003)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Asylum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Producer

  • Live Nude Girls Unite!(2000)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • the heart of the matter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Director

  • Fire from the Mountain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Editor

Career shape

A full career of 24 titles from 1987 to 2021.

Biggest box office

She's Beautiful When She's Angry (2014)

$422K worldwide

Highest rated

The Babushkas of Chernobyl (2015)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

Hot Girls Wanted (2015)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing6 of 24: 4 only directing, 2 with another roleProducing18 of 24: 17 only producing, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score88thEditing1 of 24: 1 only editing, 0 with another roleOther crew1 of 24: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

By decade

1980s1 · crew1990s1 · crew2000s4 · crew2010s16 · crew2020s2 · 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 awards from 6 major nominations, 1994–2004.

WinNomination
  1. 2004
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Documentary, Short Subjects
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Nonfiction Special
  2. 2003
    • Sundance award, won
  3. 1997
    • Sundance award, nominated · Documentary
  4. 1994
    • Sundance award, won
    • Sundance award, nominated · Documentary

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 Gini Reticker's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 89th percentile, the median of all 18; across their 17 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 88th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

88thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Approval · how many liked their films

86thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Reach · how many have seen their films

40thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Midcredits score across 18 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up14
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th1

Shape of the crowd

7 of their 18 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser6
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · producer

Call Her Ganda (2018)

89th percentile spread · 30% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

The Babushkas of Chernobyl (2015)

Midcredits 97th · 89% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 70/100 and the pacing 54/100 in their films, across 11 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 Gini Reticker work with?

People who share at least 2 of Gini Reticker's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Abigail Disney shares the most, 15.

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers