Beth Levison is an Academy Award-nominated American independent documentary film producer and director based in New York City. Following a career in unscripted television, she has been in the independent documentary filmmaking trenches since 2011.
Biography from TMDB.
- Producer and director
- 14 on MovieCove · 24 credits in all
Known for
What are Beth Levison's films like?
Across their 14 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 13
Light 6 · Serious 6 · Dark 1
Grounded 11 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
Gentle 9 · Charged 2 · Intense 2
Steady 9 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 10 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1
Slow burn 12 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
A split, not a type: Casual 6 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 7 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 3
Resolved 7 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet10
- Ambiguous2
- Cyclical1
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 Beth Levison's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Beth Levison'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
24 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page.
threeASFOUR: FULL CIRCLE (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Kiloran Bay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Land With No Rider (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
We Are Pat(2025)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Grand Theft Hamlet(2024)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
After The Deluge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
My Sweet Land (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
A Photographic Memory(2024)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Storm Lake(2021)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Women in Blue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Made in Boise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Personal Statement(2018)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
The Trials of Spring (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Lemon(2011)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Kids Are Punny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Career shape
A full career of 20 titles from 1998 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Grand Theft Hamlet (2024)
Highest rated
Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present (2012)
Most popular right now
Don't Divorce Me! Kids' Rules for Parents on Divorce (2012)
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 from 4 major nominations, 2005–2023.
- Oscar, nominated · Best Documentary Short Film
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Children's Program
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Children's Program
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Children's Program
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 Beth Levison's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 75th percentile, the median of all 13; across their 13 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 77th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up7
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th3
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 14 titles are Divisive.
- Universally Loved1
- Divisive4
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the atmosphere 77/100 and the pacing 49/100 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 Beth Levison work with?
People who share at least 2 of Beth Levison's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Sheila Nevins shares the most, 5.
Directors
- Amy SchatzShared titles: Don't Divorce Me! Kids' Rules for Parents on Divorce (2012), A Child's Garden of Poetry (2011), Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales (1999)See all 3 shared titles with Amy Schatz
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Alex RappoportShared titles: Don't Divorce Me! Kids' Rules for Parents on Divorce (2012), A Child's Garden of Poetry (2011), Lemon (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Alex Rappoport
- Joel ShapiroShared titles: Don't Divorce Me! Kids' Rules for Parents on Divorce (2012), A Child's Garden of Poetry (2011), Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales (1999)See all 3 shared titles with Joel Shapiro
- Tom PattersonShared titles: Don't Divorce Me! Kids' Rules for Parents on Divorce (2012), A Child's Garden of Poetry (2011), Lemon (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Tom Patterson
- Nathan HalpernShared titles: The Martha Mitchell Effect (2022), Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Nathan Halpern
Producers
- Sheila NevinsShared titles: 32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide (2017), Don't Divorce Me! Kids' Rules for Parents on Divorce (2012), Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present (2012), A Child's Garden of Poetry (2011), Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales (1999)See all 5 shared titles with Sheila Nevins
- Eric KuhnShared titles: We Are Pat (2025), Grand Theft Hamlet (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Eric Kuhn
- Geralyn White DreyfousShared titles: We Are Pat (2025), Cooked: Survival by Zip Code (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Geralyn White Dreyfous
- Jenny RaskinShared titles: We Are Pat (2025), Lemon (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Jenny Raskin
Mixed roles
- Judith HelfandShared titles: A Photographic Memory (2024), Cooked: Survival by Zip Code (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Judith Helfand