Joth Riggs

Joth Riggs is an award-winning filmmaker whose film career spans more than 30 years and includes over a hundred movies and television shows for all the major Hollywood studios. After graduating with a Bachelor's degree in Film Production, Joth got his start on the set of Pet Sematary II (1992). From there he went on to work as a production assistant on the sitcom Coach (1994) on the Universal lot before ultimately landing at Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment. It was only after being accepted into the prestigious Director's Guild Training Program that Joth left Amblin to become an Assistant Director. After years of A.D.ing on everything from feature films like Starship Troopers (1997), End of Days (1999), and Suicide Kings (1997) with Christopher Walken to t.v. series such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000), Party of Five (1994), Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993), and Baywatch (1989) among others, Joth made the move to the director's chair with several award-winning short films including Push (2011), Shaken (2012), and Heartfall (2013), as well as the television series The Encounter (2016) and the feature film Night of the Sicario (2021), starring Natasha Henstridge, released by Paramount Pictures and Saban Films in 2021. Joth currently has several feature films in the works that he will be directing this coming year.

What are Joth Riggs' films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Society.

Themes

share of theme weight

Morality

30%

Society

24%

Self

20%

Survival

15%

Ideas

7%

Bonds

5%

Faith3 Survival2

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films

ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Earnest

Tone · Sincerity

ironicearnest

Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5

Serious

Tone · Weight

lightdark

Light 1 · Serious 4 · Dark 0

Grounded

Tone · Style

naturalisticheightened

Grounded 5 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

Charged

Feel · Intensity

gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 4 · Intense 0

Shifting

Feel · Swings

steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 3 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced

Feel · Humor

noneconstant

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 1

Even-paced

Demand · Pace

slowrelentless

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Casual

Demand · Attention

casualfull focus

Casual 4 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

Easy watch

Demand · Emotional cost

easyheavy

Easy watch 3 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 1

Resolved

Demand · Resolution

resolvedambiguous

Resolved 5 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense

4

Hopeful

3

Contemplative

2

Cathartic

1

Cold

1

Other

1

How their films linger

Hopeful4 Feel-good3 Thought-provoking2

How their films end

Happy2
Bittersweet3

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 Joth Riggs' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (7).

Also on these channels

UP Faith & Family4 titles, show their 4 titles on UP Faith & Family
Great American Pure Flix1 title, show their title on Great American Pure Flix
Howdy1 title, show their title on Howdy
MovieSphere+1 title, show their title on MovieSphere+
Wonder Project1 title, show their title on Wonder Project

Subscription and free streaming for Joth Riggs' 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

17 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page.

The Shift(2023)
First Assistant Director
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Pickled (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
First Assistant Director
Resurrected(2023)
First Assistant Director
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Princess Cut 3(2022)
as Randy
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Final Frequency(2021)
Producer
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
Night of the Sicario(2021)
Director
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Church People(2021)
Co-Producer · First Assistant Director
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Only(2019)
First Assistant Director
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
The Warrant(2020)
First Assistant Director
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Full Count(2019)
Producer
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
The Heart of Man(2017)
First Assistant Director
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Alison's Choice(2015)
First Assistant Director
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Audacity (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
First Assistant Director
Revelation Road: The Black Rider(2014)
First Assistant Director
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
End of Days(1999)
Second Second Assistant Director
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Suicide Kings(1997)
Other
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Citation of Merit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
First Assistant Director

Career shape

A full career of 16 titles, 15 of them dated from 1997 to 2023.

Biggest box office

Final Frequency (2021)

$7.1K worldwide

Highest rated

Full Count (2019)

Midcredits 38^th

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting1 of 16Directing1 of 16Producing2 of 16Other crew13 of 16 · 35^th

By decade

1990s2 · crew2010s4 · crew2020s9 · 1 acting · 8 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 Joth Riggs' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 35^th percentile, the median of all 14; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 21^st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

21^stpercentile

Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

44^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

57^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 14 titles, by percentile

75^th and up2
50^th to 74^th2
25^th to 49^th6
Below 25^th4

Shape of the crowd

7 of their 14 titles are Mixed.

Divisive2
Cult Classic3
Crowd Pleaser1
Broadly Agreed1
Mixed7

Most divisive · producer

Church People (2021)

94^th percentile spread · 32% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Princess Cut 3 (2022)

Midcredits 82^nd · 64% liked

Reviewers score the acting 30/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 76, detractors 15. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

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 Joth Riggs work with?

People who share at least 2 of Joth Riggs' MovieCove titles; Robert Eagar shares the most, 2.

Robert Eagar2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Robert Eagar