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John Stalberg Jr.

John Stalberg Jr.

Producer, director and writer · Born March 7, 1976 (50) · United States

John Stalberg Jr. is an American film director and screenwriter. His 2019 film Crypto, starring Beau Knapp, Kurt Russell, Alexis Bledel, and Luke Hemsworth, was released in theaters on April 12 by Lionsgate. His 2010 film High School, starring Adrien Brody, Matt Bush, Sean Marquette, and Colin Hanks, premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and was released in theaters on June 1, 2012 by Anchor Bay Entertainment.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 7, 1976 (50)
From
United States
Works as
Producer, director and writer
Titles
7 on MovieCove · 9 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Up 49% in 30 days

What are John Stalberg Jr.'s films like?

Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 7 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 5

Grounded 4 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0

Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 5

A split, not a type: Steady 3 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 2

Casual 2 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 1

A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 4

Resolved 6 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
6
Thrilling
3
Melancholic
2
Absurd
1
Dread
1
Other
4

How their films end

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet4
  • 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 John Stalberg Jr.'s films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).

Subscription and free streaming for John Stalberg Jr.'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, 7 with a MovieCove page.

  • Muzzle: City of Wolves(2025)

    Director · Producer · Story

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
  • Broke(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
  • Bad Hombres(2023)

    Director · Producer · Story

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
  • Land of Bad(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
  • Muzzle(2023)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
  • Crypto(2019)

    Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
  • High School(2010)

    Director · Executive Producer · Screenplay · Story · as Grandpa Frodo - Ed's Frog (voice)

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
  • Mr. Dramatic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Director · Editor · Producer · Writer

  • The Winter Kills (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Producer

Career shape

A full career of 9 titles, 8 of them dated from 2005 to 2025.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 9: 0 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting7 of 9: 0 only directing, 7 with another role · typical Midcredits score29thWriting4 of 9: 0 only writing, 4 with another roleProducing9 of 9: 2 only producing, 7 with another role · typical Midcredits score33rdEditing1 of 9: 0 only editing, 1 with another role

9 titles, 7 with more than one role — producing and directing overlap on 7 of them.

By decade

2000s1 · crew2010s2 · 1 acting · 2 crew2020s5 · 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.

How do John Stalberg Jr.'s films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 33rd percentile, the median of all 7; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 39th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

39thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Approval · how many liked their films

24thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Reach · how many have seen their films

86thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Midcredits score across 7 titles, by percentile

  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th2

Reviewers score the atmosphere 60/100 and the pacing 41/100 in their films, across 7 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.

Is John Stalberg Jr.'s work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 2 categories sits near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Sex & Nudity5 titles12–55 · median 23 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 78 · intenseMedian of all films: 36

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does John Stalberg Jr. work with?

People who share at least 2 of John Stalberg Jr.'s MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; David Frigerio shares the most, 6.

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers