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Joel Soisson

Producer, writer and director · Born August 10, 1956 (70) · Los Angeles, California, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joel Soisson (born August 10, 1956 in Los Angeles) is a screenwriter, producer and director. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joel Soisson,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
August 10, 1956 (70)
From
Los Angeles, California, USA
Works as
Producer, writer and director
Titles
52 on MovieCove · 59 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 157 days to Oct 28

What are Joel Soisson's films like?

Across their 50 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.

Genres

Action14 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 13th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Horror14 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 6th percentile
: browse their Horror movies
Comedy5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 25th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 58th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Fantasy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 24th percentile
: browse their Fantasy movies
Thriller3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 18th percentile
: browse their Thriller movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 84th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 40th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
29%
Morality
24%
Self
14%
Society
13%
Bonds
13%
Ideas
4%
Power
3%
Survival19 titles, browse their movies with this themeFaith7 titles, browse their movies with this themeRevenge6 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception6 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption7 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship5 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice6 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 50 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 9 · Serious 12 · Dark 29

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

Grounded 21 · Stylized 24 · Heightened 5

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

A split, not a type: Gentle 3 · Charged 20 · Intense 27

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

Steady 12 · Shifting 28 · Whiplash 10

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

Straight-faced 36 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 8

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 10 · Even-paced 30 · Relentless 10

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

Casual 20 · Engaged 26 · Full focus 4

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 13 · Affecting 22 · Heavy 15

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

Resolved 27 · Open-ended 19 · Ambiguous 4

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
38
Dread
28
Melancholic
21
Absurd
11
Thrilling
10
Other
26

How their films linger

Unsettling24 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 16 with a twist

  • Happy7
  • Bittersweet24
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous15

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 Joel Soisson's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 44 of their 52 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (28).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Joel Soisson'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

59 credits, 52 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Bird Boy(2025)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Seven Cemeteries(2024)

    Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • The Womb(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Fatal Beauty(2019)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Little Pink House(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Children of the Corn: Runaway(2018)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Girl Missing(2015)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

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

    Director · Writer

  • Toonstone(2014)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Cam2Cam(2014)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • White Frog(2012)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Piranha 3DD(2012)

    Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • War of the Dead(2011)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Hellraiser: Revelations(2011)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Children of the Corn: Genesis(2011)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Pulse 3(2008)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Pulse 2: Afterlife(2008)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile(2006)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Pulse(2006)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Hollow Man II(2006)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Feast(2005)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Hellraiser: Hellworld(2005)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • The Prophecy: Forsaken(2005)

    Director · Teleplay

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Dracula III: Legacy(2005)

    Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • The Prophecy: Uprising(2005)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Dracula II: Ascension(2003)

    Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Hellraiser: Hellseeker(2002)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Children of the Corn: Revelation(2001)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Mimic 2(2001)

    Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Dracula 2000(2000)

    Producer · Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Hellraiser: Inferno(2000)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Highlander: Endgame(2000)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • The Prophecy 3: The Ascent(2000)

    Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Suckers(1999)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Sweet Jane(1998)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Phantoms(1998)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • The Prophecy II(1998)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Slaves to the Underground (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Executive Producer

  • Trekkies(1997)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Drive(1997)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Countdown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Executive Producer

  • Infinity(1996)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Back to Back(1996)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • The Prophecy(1995)

    Producer · Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • No Way Back(1995)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Fist of the North Star(1995)

    Co-Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Blue Tiger(1994)

    Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • American Yakuza(1993)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence(1992)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Lower Level (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Executive Producer · Screenplay

  • Blue Desert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Executive Producer

  • Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure(1989)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Trick or Treat(1986)

    Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • The Supernaturals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Producer · Writer

  • The Boys Next Door(1985)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge(1985)

    Producer · Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Avenging Angel(1985)

    Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Deadly Force (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Second Assistant Camera

  • To All a Goodnight(1980)

    Boom Operator

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 58 titles from 1980 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Dracula 2000 (2000)

$47M worldwide

Highest rated

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)

Midcredits 80th

Most popular right now

American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile (2006)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing10 of 58: 1 only directing, 9 with another role · typical Midcredits score7thWriting24 of 58: 4 only writing, 20 with another role · typical Midcredits score9thProducing42 of 58: 29 only producing, 13 with another role · typical Midcredits score22ndOther crew4 of 58: 3 only other crew, 1 with another role

58 titles, 21 with more than one role — producing and writing overlap on 12 of them.

By decade

1980s8 · crew1990s17 · crew2000s18 · crew2010s12 · crew2020s3 · 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 Joel Soisson's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 15th percentile, the median of all 52; across their 50 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 20th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

20thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 50

Approval · how many liked their films

16thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 50

Reach · how many have seen their films

79thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 50

Midcredits score across 52 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th9
  • 25th to 49th8
  • Below 25th31

Shape of the crowd

30 of their 52 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Panned6
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser11
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed30

Most divisive · director, writer

Bird Boy (2025)

91st percentile spread · 18% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Toonstone (2014)

Midcredits 87th · 80% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 38/100 and the plot and story 34/100 in their films, across 49 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

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.

Is Joel Soisson's work okay for kids?

Across up to 25 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore18 titles45–91 · median 84 · severeheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity25 titles13–66 · median 48 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity14 titles48–86 · median 67 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs12 titles26–70 · median 47 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense14 titles21–84 · median 71 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Joel Soisson work with?

People who share at least 2 of Joel Soisson's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Michael Leahy shares the most, 21.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers

  • Michael Leahy21 titles    See newest 12 of 21 shared titles with Michael Leahy
  • W.K. Border17 titles    See newest 12 of 17 shared titles with W.K. Border
  • Bob Weinstein16 titles    See newest 12 of 16 shared titles with Bob Weinstein
  • Harvey Weinstein14 titles    See newest 12 of 14 shared titles with Harvey Weinstein

Mixed roles