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Eric Small

Producer, director and writer

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Eric Small is Emmy-nominated television and film Producer, Writer, Director and Second Unit Director or Assistant Director of different movies and the TV Series Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (2003). Description above from the Wikipedia article Eric Small, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Works as
Producer, director and writer
Titles
9 on MovieCove · 13 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Up 24% in 30 days

What are Eric Small's films like?

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

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
43%
Bonds
17%
Society
14%
Ideas
14%
Self
6%
Power
6%
Survival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 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 1 · Dark 2

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

Grounded 2 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 2 · Charged 2 · 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 4 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 3 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 2 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 2

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
2
Hopeful
2
Contemplative
2
Melancholic
2
Warm
1
Other
2

How their films linger

Bittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 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 Eric Small's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Eric Small'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

13 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.

  • Miracle on 42nd Street(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • 10,000 Days(2014)

    Director · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • The Dust Factory(2004)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Penn & Teller: Bullshit!(2003)

    Show 89 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Code Red(2001)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • 3 Ninjas: Knuckle Up(1995)

    First Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Neil Young and Crazy Horse: The Complex Sessions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Assistant Director

  • Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love(1994)

    First Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Animal Instincts(1992)

    First Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Night Rhythms (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    First Assistant Director

  • Midnight Cabaret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Second Second Assistant Director

  • Checking Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Second Second Assistant Director

  • Illegally Yours(1988)

    as Jerome

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 11 titles from 1988 to 2014.

Biggest box office

The Dust Factory (2004)

$12K worldwide

Highest rated

The Dust Factory (2004)

Midcredits 45th

Most popular right now

Miracle on 42nd Street (2017)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 11: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting2 of 11: 0 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting2 of 11: 0 only writing, 2 with another roleProducing3 of 11: 0 only producing, 3 with another roleOther crew8 of 11: 7 only other crew, 1 with another role

11 titles, 3 with more than one role — other crew and producing overlap on 1 of them.

By decade

1980s2 · 1 acting · 1 crew1990s6 · crew2000s2 · crew2010s1 · crew

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

How do Eric Small's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 11th percentile, the median of all 8; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 25th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

25thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

27thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

46thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 9 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

5 of their 9 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Panned2
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser1
  • Mixed5

Most divisive · producer

Miracle on 42nd Street (2017)

79th percentile spread · 21% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (2003)

Midcredits 88th · 85% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 43/100 and the pacing 27/100 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 Eric Small work with?

People who share at least 2 of Eric Small's MovieCove titles; Erika Lockridge shares the most, 3.