Avery O Williams is a screenwriter-director and MFA grad from New York University, Tisch School of the Arts. As a screenwriter, he has penned the scripts for the Lifetime Original Movies, "Abducted at an HBCU: A Black Girl Missing Movie" and "Girl in the Garage: The Laura Cowan Story." Avery also co-wrote the feature "Directing Eddie" (starring Valerie Perrine, Jade Barrymore) voted Best Comedy, 2001 New York International Independent Film & Video Festival. He wrote the film short "The Willie Witch Projects" (distr. by Trimark Pictures in the compilation "The Bogus Witch Project") and wrote and co-produced the award-winning short film "Notes In A Minor Key" (Keith David, Harry Lennix) for Hollywood Pictures. He co-directed the feature film "Misguided Behavior" with Carl Payne, and the TVOne feature film "Skinned" with LisaRaye McCoy. He has directed other short films including "Intersection," "Two Roads," "ReConnect," "Fight For Hope," (1st place in Lights, Camera, Georgia film competition) and "Plenty" (Honorable Mention: Outstanding Short Fiction, Nevada Women's Film Festival 2017, Official selection 2017 BronzeLens Film Fest). Avery is presently an Asst. Professor in the Cinema, Television and Emerging Media Studies (CTEMS) department at Morehouse College in Atlanta GA.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Writer, director and producer
- 6 on MovieCove
What are Avery O. Williams' films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
Light 1 · Serious 0 · Dark 5
Grounded 6 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 2
Steady 1 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 1
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 4
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet3
- Ambiguous2
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 Avery O. Williams' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Avery O. Williams' 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
6 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
The Widow's Payback(2025)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Misguided Behavior(2017)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Skinned(2015)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Bogus Witch Project(2000)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Career shape
Across their 6 MovieCove titles from 2000 to 2025.
How do Avery O. Williams' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 42nd percentile, the median of all 6; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 48th percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 6 titles are Divisive.
- Universally Panned1
- Divisive2
- Cult Classic2
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the dialogue 28/100 and the plot and story 37/100 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.
Who does Avery O. Williams work with?
People who share at least 2 of Avery O. Williams' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Stacy Mandelberg shares the most, 2.
Producers
- Stacy MandelbergShared titles: The Widow's Payback (2025), Abducted at an HBCU: A Black Girl Missing Movie (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Stacy Mandelberg
- Clint EvansShared titles: Misguided Behavior (2017), Skinned (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Clint Evans
- Sharon TomlinsonShared titles: Misguided Behavior (2017), Skinned (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Sharon Tomlinson