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Sarah Teale

Sarah Teale

Producer and director

Primetime Emmy nominee

Works as
Producer and director
Titles
6 on Motif · 12 credits in all

What are Sarah Teale's films like?

Across their 6 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Power and Society.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 2

Grounded 4 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 1

Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

A split, not a type: Casual 1 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 2

A split, not a type: Resolved 2 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
4
Contemplative
5
Warm
1
Hopeful
3
Dread
2
Other
3

How their films end

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet2
  • Ambiguous3

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 Sarah Teale's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 6 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (2).

Subscription and free streaming for Sarah Teale's titles on Motif; 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

12 credits, 6 with a Motif page.

  • Living Loud (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2024)

    Director

  • Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
  • Patrimonio(2018)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Grazers: A Cooperative Story (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2014)

    Director

  • The Weight of the Nation(2012)

    Show 4 episodes · Producer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows
  • Animal Planet Investigates: Petland (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2010)

    Executive Producer

  • Death on a Factory Farm (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2009)

    Director

  • Dealing Dogs (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2006)

    Director · Producer

  • Hacking Democracy(2006)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
  • Everyday Italian(2003)

    Show 198 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
  • Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Bill Hicks: It's Just a Ride (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1994)

    Producer

Career shape

A full career of 11 titles from 1994 to 2024.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing6 of 11: 4 only directing, 2 with another roleProducing7 of 11: 5 only producing, 2 with another role

By decade

1990s2 · crew2000s3 · crew2010s4 · crew2020s2 · crew

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

Awards

Nominated for a Primetime Emmy in 2012, 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 Sarah Teale's films land?

Their typical Motif film has a Midcredits score in the 88th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 87th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

87thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

83rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

19thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 6 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th1

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; 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 Motif 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 Sarah Teale work with?

People who share at least 2 of Sarah Teale's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Sheila Nevins shares the most, 3.

Directors

Producers