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Billy Shebar

Billy Shebar

Director, writer and producer

Billy Shebar is an Emmy-nominated director whose feature documentary Monk in Pieces premiered at the 2025 Berlinale, where it was nominated for a Teddy Award. Other credits include High Noon on the Waterfront (2022), with John Turturro and Edward Norton, which premiered at the Telluride Film Festival and was broadcast on TCM and HBO; and Dark Matter (2007), starring Meryl Streep, which won the Alfred P. Sloan Prize at Sundance. He collaborated with animator Bill Plympton on the New York Times viral web series Trump Bites (2018-2020), and with animator Yoni Goodman on the three-part crime series Doctor’s Orders (2021), which continues to stream on Max, Hulu, Amazon, and other platforms.

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Biography from TMDB.

Works as
Director, writer and producer
Titles
5 on MovieCove · 6 credits in all
Links
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Known for

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

What are Billy Shebar's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Power.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
31%
Power
27%
Morality
16%
Society
15%
Ideas
6%
Bonds
5%
Purpose2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
3
Contemplative
3
Dread
3
Melancholic
2
Bittersweet
1

How their films linger

Thought-provoking4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Bittersweet2
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous1

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 Billy Shebar's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Billy Shebar'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

6 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page.

  • Monk in Pieces(2025)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • High Noon on the Waterfront (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Director

  • Doctor's Orders(2021)

    Show Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all shows

  • Gone: The Forgotten Women of Ohio(2017)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows

  • Dark Net(2016)

    Show Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • Dark Matter(2007)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 3 titles from 2008 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Dark Matter (2007)

$69K worldwide

Highest rated

Dark Net (2016)

Midcredits 44th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing2 of 3: 1 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting2 of 3: 1 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing1 of 3: 0 only producing, 1 with another role

By decade

2000s1 · crew2020s2 · crew

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

Who does Billy Shebar work with?

People who share at least 2 of Billy Shebar's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jeff Hutchens shares the most, 3.

Directors

Cinematographers

Producers

Mixed roles