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Lydia Tenaglia

Producer and director, also actor

6 Primetime Emmys · 1 other major award body

Works as
Producer and director, also actor
Titles
23 on MovieCove · 35 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 31% in 30 days

What are Lydia Tenaglia's films like?

Across their 20 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Society
33%
Self
24%
Ideas
19%
Power
8%
Bonds
7%
Morality
7%
Survival
1%
Community8 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose7 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt5 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition4 titles, browse their movies with this themeTradition vs change5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFame3 titles, browse their movies with this themeNature2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 9 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 6 · Serious 2 · Dark 1

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

Grounded 8 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 4 · Charged 5 · Intense 0

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

Steady 6 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

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

Straight-faced 5 · 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 7 · Even-paced 2 · 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 5 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1

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

Resolved 7 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative
17
Warm
9
Tense
7
Hopeful
9
Joyful
5
Other
9

How their films linger

Thought-provoking11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteInfuriating2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet5
  • Ambiguous10
  • Cyclical2

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 Lydia Tenaglia's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 21 of their 23 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (7).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Lydia Tenaglia'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

35 credits, 23 with a MovieCove page.

  • Wild Wild Space(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Down in the Valley(2024)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • De La Calle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Saving the Gorillas: Ellen's Next Adventure(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • You Are Here(2023)

    Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Nomad with Carlton McCoy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 1 episode · Executive Producer

  • And Just Like That... The Documentary(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Fries! The Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Producer

  • Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain(2021)

    Consulting Producer · as Self - Creative Partner

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • The Witmans(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Connected: The Hidden Science of Everything(2020)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak(2020)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows

  • The Business of Drugs(2020)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • My Next Guest with David Letterman and Shah Rukh Khan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Executive Producer

  • Elvis Goes There(2019)

    Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Broken(2019)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all shows

  • Christiane Amanpour Sex & Love Around the World(2018)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • Wasted! The Story of Food Waste(2017)

    Executive Producer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Fermented(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent(2016)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • I'll Have What Phil's Having(2015)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • The Deviants (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Unit Production Manager

  • Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown(2013)

    Show 16 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • The Mind of a Chef(2012)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Brew Masters(2010)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • Eleven Minutes(2008)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations(2005)

    Show 137 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • Anthony Bourdain: A Cook's Tour - Asia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director · Camera Operator · Producer

  • Anthony Bourdain: A Cook's Tour - Australia and Japan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director · Camera Operator · Producer

  • Anthony Bourdain: A Cook's Tour - Europe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Producer

  • Anthony Bourdain: A Cook's Tour - Mexico and the Americas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director · Camera Operator · Producer

  • Anthony Bourdain: A Cook's Tour - Morocco and Russia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Producer

  • Anthony Bourdain: A Cook's Tour - The United States (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director · Camera Operator · Producer

  • A Cook's Tour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 35 episodes · Director · Camera Operator · Producer

Career shape

A full career of 24 titles from 2002 to 2024.

Biggest box office

Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain (2021)

$5.5M worldwide

Highest rated

Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain (2021)

Midcredits 95th

Most popular right now

The Mind of a Chef (2012)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing6 of 24: 1 only directing, 5 with another roleProducing22 of 24: 17 only producing, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score62ndOther crew6 of 24: 1 only other crew, 5 with another role

24 titles, 5 with more than one role — producing and directing overlap on 5 of them.

By decade

2000s9 · crew2010s6 · crew2020s9 · 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

6 Primetime Emmys and 2 other major awards from 23 major nominations, 2009–2023.

WinNomination
  1. 2023
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special
  2. 2021
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special
  3. 2019
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Informational Series or Special
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Informational Series or Special
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program
    • +1 other major body · 1 win
      • Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television
  4. 2018
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Informational Series or Special
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television
  5. 2017
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Informational Series or Special
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television
  6. 2016
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Informational Series or Special
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television
  7. 2015
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Informational Series or Special
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television
  8. 2014
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Informational Series or Special
    • +1 other major body · 1 win
      • Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television
Show 4 earlier years
  1. 2013
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Informational Series or Special
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television
  2. 2012
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Nonfiction Series
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television
  3. 2011
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Nonfiction Series
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television
  4. 2009
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Nonfiction 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 Lydia Tenaglia's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 70th percentile, the median of all 10; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 67th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Approval · how many liked their films

63rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Reach · how many have seen their films

45thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Midcredits score across 23 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up10
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

7 of their 23 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive3
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser7
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed5

Most divisive · producer

Down in the Valley (2024)

97th percentile spread · 43% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (2013)

Midcredits 98th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 61/100 and the pacing 55/100 in their films, across 6 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 Lydia Tenaglia work with?

People who share at least 2 of Lydia Tenaglia's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Christopher Collins shares the most, 17.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles