George Roy is a three-time Peabody Award winning documentary filmmaker. The Curse of the Bambino, Mantle, Fists of Freedom, Hitler's Pawn, Broad Street Bullies and the When It Was A Game trilogy are among his twenty two films for HBO. He has also directed films for CBS, NBC, ESPN, SHOWTIME, HISTORY CHANNEL, A&E and WWE. A graduate of Emerson College, Roy founded Jersey Line Films in 2019 and has been honored with five Emmy Awards.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Producer, director and editor
- 9 on MovieCove · 27 credits in all
Known for
What are George Roy's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 8
Light 6 · Serious 0 · Dark 2
Grounded 7 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 5 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
Steady 8 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 6 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 6 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 2
Resolved 8 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet7
- Cyclical1
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 George Roy's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (5).
- Michigan vs. Ohio State: The Rivalry (2007) · director, producer, editor
- Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games (1999) · director, producer, editor
- Babe Ruth (1998) · director, producer, editor
- Shot Heard 'Round the World (2001) · director, producer, editor
- City Dump: The Story of the 1951 CCNY Basketball Scandal (1998) · director, producer, editor
Subscription and free streaming for George Roy'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
27 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.
Biography: WWE Legends(2021)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
The NHL: 100 Years (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Perfect in '76 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Dean Smith (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
La Véritable Histoire du radeau de La Méduse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Cold War on Ice: Summit Series '72 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Runnin' Rebels of UNLV (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Broad Street Bullies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Battle for Tobacco Road: Duke vs. Carolina (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Mantle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Reverse of the Curse of the Bambino (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
The Curse of the Bambino (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
:03 from Gold (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Pistol Pete: The Life and Times of Pete Maravich (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
When It Was a Game 3(2000)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Babe Ruth(1998)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Long Shots: The Life and Times of the American Basketball Association (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Spirit of the Games (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
When It Was a Game 2(1992)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
When It Was a Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
The Record Breakers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
100 Years: A visual History of the Dodgers 1890-1990 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Career shape
A full career of 25 titles from 1990 to 2021.
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 George Roy's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 85th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 86th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up8
- 50th to 74th1
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 9 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the atmosphere 68/100 and the pacing 63/100 in their films, across 3 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 George Roy work with?
People who share at least 2 of George Roy's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Steven Stern shares the most, 7.
Writers
- Steven SternShared titles: Shot Heard 'Round the World (2001), When It Was a Game 3 (2000), Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games (1999), Babe Ruth (1998), City Dump: The Story of the 1951 CCNY Basketball Scandal (1998), Diamonds on the Silver Screen (1992), When It Was a Game 2 (1992)See all 7 shared titles with Steven Stern
Actors
- Liev SchreiberShared titles: Michigan vs. Ohio State: The Rivalry (2007), Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games (1999), Babe Ruth (1998), City Dump: The Story of the 1951 CCNY Basketball Scandal (1998)See all 4 shared titles with Liev Schreiber
Composers and cinematographers
- Brian KeaneShared titles: Michigan vs. Ohio State: The Rivalry (2007), Shot Heard 'Round the World (2001), When It Was a Game 3 (2000), Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games (1999), Babe Ruth (1998)See all 5 shared titles with Brian Keane
- Aaron BrittonShared titles: Michigan vs. Ohio State: The Rivalry (2007), Babe Ruth (1998)See all 2 shared titles with Aaron Britton
- Jim GriecoShared titles: Shot Heard 'Round the World (2001), City Dump: The Story of the 1951 CCNY Basketball Scandal (1998)See all 2 shared titles with Jim Grieco
- Daniel ShklairShared titles: When It Was a Game 3 (2000), When It Was a Game 2 (1992)See all 2 shared titles with Daniel Shklair
Producers
- Ross GreenburgShared titles: Michigan vs. Ohio State: The Rivalry (2007), Shot Heard 'Round the World (2001), When It Was a Game 3 (2000), Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games (1999), Babe Ruth (1998), When It Was a Game 2 (1992)See all 6 shared titles with Ross Greenburg
- Rick BernsteinShared titles: Michigan vs. Ohio State: The Rivalry (2007), Shot Heard 'Round the World (2001), Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games (1999), Babe Ruth (1998)See all 4 shared titles with Rick Bernstein
- David HarmonShared titles: Shot Heard 'Round the World (2001), When It Was a Game 3 (2000), When It Was a Game 2 (1992)See all 3 shared titles with David Harmon
- Jack RaybinShared titles: When It Was a Game 3 (2000), Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games (1999), Babe Ruth (1998)See all 3 shared titles with Jack Raybin