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Barbara Willis Sweete

Barbara Willis Sweete

Producer · Born January 6, 1953 (73)

Born
January 6, 1953 (73)
Works as
Producer
Titles
8 on MovieCove · 51 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 29% in 30 days

What are Barbara Willis Sweete's films like?

Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.

Genres

Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 61st percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 83rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: 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
Survival
30%
Morality
24%
Self
18%
Bonds
12%
Society
10%
Ideas
7%
Redemption3 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief4 titles, browse their movies with this themeMemory2 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 8 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 3 · Serious 2 · Dark 3

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

Grounded 2 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 2

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

Gentle 2 · Charged 5 · Intense 1

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

Steady 3 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 4 · 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 3 · 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 2 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 3

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

A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 4

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

A split, not a type: Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 4

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
7
Contemplative
4
Warm
3
Bittersweet
3
Absurd
2
Other
4

How their films linger

Bittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet6
  • 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 Barbara Willis Sweete's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Barbara Willis Sweete'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

51 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page.

  • Rossini: Semiramide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Director

  • The Metropolitan Opera: Semiramide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Director

  • The Metropolitan Opera: Idomeneo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director

  • Verdi: Nabucco (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director

  • The Metropolitan Opera: Tannhäuser (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Director

  • The Metropolitan Opera: The Tales of Hoffmann (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Director

  • The Metropolitan Opera: La Cenerentola (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director

  • Objevování Dvořáka (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director

  • Parsifal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Director

  • Berlioz: Les Troyens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Director

  • The Enchanted Island, a Baroque pastiche (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director

  • The Metropolitan Opera: La Clemenza di Tito (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director

  • Verdi: Ernani (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director

  • Gounod: Faust (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director

  • Philip Glass: Satyagraha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director

  • The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director

  • Howard Shore: A Composer's Dream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director · Writer

  • The Metropolitan Opera: Il Trovatore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director

  • The Metropolitan Opera: Lucia di Lammermoor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director

  • The Metropolitan Opera: Iphigénie en Tauride (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director

  • Puccini: La Fanciulla del West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director

  • Billy Bishop Goes to War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Director

  • Gunless(2010)

    Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • The Met — Der Rosenkavalier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Director

  • The Whirlwind of Your Passion: A Philanthropist's Dream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Director

  • La Sonnambula - Metropolitan Opera (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Director

  • Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Director

  • Inside Hana's Suitcase(2009)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • La Damnation de Faust - Metropolitan Opera (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director

  • Strauss: Salome (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director

  • The Young Romantic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director · Producer

  • Blindness(2008)

    Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • The Met - Tristan und Isolde (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director

  • The Metropolitan Opera: Hansel and Gretel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director

  • Silk(2007)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Snow Cake(2006)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Five Days in September: The Rebirth of an Orchestra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Director

  • The Saddest Music in the World(2003)

    Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • The Firebird (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director

  • Perfect Pie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director

  • Roméo et Juliette (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director

  • Last Night(1998)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Falling Down Stairs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Director

  • Sarabande (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Associate Producer

  • Dido & Aeneas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Director

  • Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould(1993)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Fanfares (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Director · Producer

  • Guitar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Director

  • Making Overtures: The Story of a Community Orchestra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Producer

  • Zivjeli! To Life! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Director

  • John Wyre: Drawing on Sound (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Associate Producer

Career shape

A full career of 47 titles, 46 of them dated from 1982 to 2018.

Biggest box office

Blindness (2008)

$20M worldwide

Highest rated

Snow Cake (2006)

Midcredits 90th

Most popular right now

Blindness (2008)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing40 of 47: 37 only directing, 3 with another roleWriting1 of 47: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing9 of 47: 7 only producing, 2 with another role

47 titles, 3 with more than one role — directing and producing overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

1980s3 · crew1990s5 · crew2000s14 · crew2010s24 · crew

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

How do Barbara Willis Sweete's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 83rd percentile, the median of all 8; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 78th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

78thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Approval · how many liked their films

82ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Reach · how many have seen their films

79thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Midcredits score across 8 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th1

Shape of the crowd

5 of their 8 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser5
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · producer

Inside Hana's Suitcase (2009)

61st percentile spread · 10% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Snow Cake (2006)

Midcredits 90th · 81% liked

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 Barbara Willis Sweete work with?

People who share at least 2 of Barbara Willis Sweete's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Larry Weinstein shares the most, 8.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers