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Joey Soloway

Joey Soloway

Writer, director, producer and actor · Born September 26, 1965 (61) · Chicago, Illinois, USA

2 Primetime Emmys · BAFTA Award nominee · 5 other major award bodies

Joey Soloway (born September 26, 1965) is an American television creator, showrunner, director and writer. Soloway is known for creating, writing, executive producing and directing the Amazon original series Transparent, winning two Emmys for the show; directing and writing the film "Afternoon Delight" (2013), winning the Best Director award at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival; and producing Six Feet Under. Soloway identifies as non-binary and gender non-conforming, and uses they/them pronouns. On June 26, 2020, Soloway announced that they had changed their first name to Joey.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
September 26, 1965 (61)
From
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Works as
Writer, director, producer and actor
Titles
14 on MovieCove · 22 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 39 days to Oct 28Down 21% in 30 days

What are Joey Soloway's films like?

Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.

Genres

Documentary3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 51st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 27th percentile
: browse their Comedy 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
Self
36%
Society
21%
Power
18%
Bonds
16%
Morality
6%
Ideas
3%
Identity8 titles, browse their movies with this themePrejudice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 7 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 5 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1

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

Gentle 1 · Charged 6 · Intense 0

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

Steady 5 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

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

Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

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

Casual 3 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1

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

Resolved 5 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative
6
Tense
5
Warm
3
Hopeful
3
Melancholic
3
Other
7

How their films linger

Thought-provoking6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Bittersweet3
  • Ambiguous7

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 Joey Soloway's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (5).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Joey Soloway'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

22 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page; 12 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Red Sonja(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Transparent: Musicale Finale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Director · Executive Producer · Writer

  • Professor Marston & the Wonder Women(2017)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • I Love Dick(2016)

    Show 8 episodes · Director · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows

  • The Thing About Us (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Executive Producer

  • How to Vajaculate: If You Build It, She Will Come (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Director

  • This Is Me(2015)

    Show 5 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Transparent(2014)

    Show 41 episodes · Director · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer · as Celeste

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • Afternoon Delight(2013)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Valencia(2013)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Una Hora Por Favora (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director · Writer

  • How to Make It in America(2010)

    Show 2 episodes · Writer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

  • United States of Tara(2009)

    Show 36 episodes · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • Dirty Sexy Money(2007)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • Six Feet Under(2001)

    Show 25 episodes · Co-Executive Producer · Producer · Supervising Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • The Oblongs(2001)

    Show 3 episodes · Writer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows

  • Nikki (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 1 episode · Teleplay · Writer

  • Baby Blues (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 2 episodes · Story · Writer

  • The Thin Pink Line(1998)

    as Band at Party

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • The Steve Harvey Show(1996)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows

  • Boundaries (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show Creator

  • Ride (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

Career shape

A full career of 21 titles, 19 of them dated from 1996 to 2019.

Biggest box office

Professor Marston & the Wonder Women (2017)

$1.9M worldwide

Highest rated

Professor Marston & the Wonder Women (2017)

Midcredits 83rd

Most popular right now

I Love Dick (2016)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 21: 1 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting8 of 21: 3 only directing, 5 with another roleWriting12 of 21: 6 only writing, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score63rdProducing8 of 21: 3 only producing, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score77thOther crew2 of 21: 1 only other crew, 1 with another role

21 titles, 7 with more than one role — writing and directing overlap on 4 of them.

By decade

1990s2 · 1 acting · 1 crew2000s6 · crew2010s11 · 1 acting · 11 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.

Awards

2 Primetime Emmys and 3 other major awards from 22 major nominations, 2002–2017.

WinNomination
  1. 2017
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best International
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy Series
  2. 2016
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Comedy Series
    • +3 other major bodies · 1 win and 2 nominations
      • Directors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series
      • Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy Series
      • Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy
  3. 2015
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Comedy Series
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Short-Format Nonfiction Program
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
    • +2 other major bodies · 1 win and 2 nominations
      • Directors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series
      • Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy Series
      • Writers Guild Award, nominated · New Series
  4. 2014
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best First Screenplay
  5. 2013
    • Sundance award, won · Dramatic
    • Sundance award, nominated · Dramatic
  6. 2012
    • Sundance award, nominated
  7. 2006
    • Writers Guild Award, nominated · Dramatic Series
  8. 2005
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Drama Series
Show 2 earlier years
  1. 2003
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Drama Series
  2. 2002
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Drama Series

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Joey Soloway's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 24th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 43rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

43rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Approval · how many liked their films

46thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Reach · how many have seen their films

75thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Midcredits score across 14 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

5 of their 14 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Divisive3
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser5
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed3

Most divisive · director

Valencia (2013)

95th percentile spread · 40% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · writer, producer

Six Feet Under (2001)

Midcredits 97th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 44/100 and the plot and story 43/100 in their films, across 6 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 Joey Soloway's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 18 · mildMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity5 titles33–68 · median 64 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 49 · moderateMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 47 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 29 · mildMedian 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 Joey Soloway work with?

People who share at least 2 of Joey Soloway's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Andrea Sperling shares the most, 3.

Actors

Producers

Mixed roles