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Phil Wurtzel

Phil Wurtzel

Producer, director and writer

Works as
Producer, director and writer
Titles
5 on MovieCove · 9 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 13% in 30 days

What are Phil Wurtzel's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
29%
Self
25%
Bonds
11%
Power
11%
Morality
11%
Society
10%
Ideas
4%

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Grounded 2 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0

Gentle 2 · Charged 3 · Intense 0

Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0

Casual 2 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

Resolved 1 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
3
Dread
3
Hopeful
2
Melancholic
2
Warm
1
Other
2

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet2
  • 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 Phil Wurtzel's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (4).

Subscription and free streaming for Phil Wurtzel'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

9 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page.

  • Animals of the Land (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Producer

  • Bone Hill(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
  • Raunch and Roll(2021)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • A Christmas Hero(2020)

    Director · Producer · Story

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
  • Boo!(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
  • Goodnight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Executive Producer

  • My Pretty Pony (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Producer

  • A Haunting in Cawdor(2015)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
  • Medusa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Executive Producer

Career shape

A full career of 9 titles, 8 of them dated from 2015 to 2026.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing3 of 9: 1 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting2 of 9: 0 only writing, 2 with another roleProducing7 of 9: 6 only producing, 1 with another role

By decade

2010s4 · crew2020s4 · crew

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

How do Phil Wurtzel's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 19th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 8th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

8thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

39thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

33rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 5 titles, by percentile

  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th3

Reviewers score the atmosphere 46/100 and the pacing 28/100 in their films, across 5 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 Phil Wurtzel work with?

People who share at least 2 of Phil Wurtzel's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Brett Bowers shares the most, 3.

Actors

Cinematographers