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Maryann Garger

Producer

Maryann Garger is an Academy Award winning Film Producer who began her career at Disney on "Pocahontas" before segueing to a 20 year tenure at DreamWorks. There she was among the first employees to build DreamWorks' animation division under Jeffrey Katzenberg. She rose through the ranks from Production Manager to Production Executive on such memorable films as "Madagascar", "Spirit Stallion of the Cimarron" and "Prince of Egypt" and produced the Aardman Animation/DreamWorks movie "Flushed Away" and "B.O.O. The Bureau of Otherworldly Operations". Her other producing credits outside of DreamWorks include "Astro Boy" (Summit Entertainment), "The Lego Ninjago Movie" (Warner Bros.) and she exec produced "The Tiger's Apprentice" (Paramount). She is producing for Paramount their upcoming movie based on "Avatar: The Last Airbender". On the TV side, she was the Supervising Producer of the satirical DreamWorks & Fox prime time series "Neighbors from Hell" which aired on TBS. She has produced a number of shorts throughout the years at the various studios. Her short , "If Anything Happens I Love you" (on Netflix) - made around her dining room table - won the 2020 Academy Award for Best Animated Short. It is the first Academy Award won for Netflix Animation. She has partnered with The New Yorker for the release of her current documentary short called "The Orchestra Chuck Built" which has won over 80+ film festivals to date. She is a member of the Academy Motion Pictures Of Arts and Sciences, ASIFA, SAG and PGA.

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Works as
Producer
Titles
9 on MovieCove · 11 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Up 12% in 30 days

What are Maryann Garger's films like?

Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
35%
Bonds
25%
Society
23%
Survival
14%
Morality
3%
Community4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age2 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 7 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 5 · Serious 1 · Dark 1

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 0 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 3

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 3 · Intense 2

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 5 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 2

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 1

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 6 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 6 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Thrilling
5
Joyful
4
Hopeful
3
Warm
4
Absurd
2
Other
4

How their films linger

Feel-good5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet3
  • 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 Maryann Garger's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (2).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Maryann Garger'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

11 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.

  • Groove Tails (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Producer

  • Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender(2026)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Tiger's Apprentice(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • If Anything Happens I Love You(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Lego Ninjago Movie(2017)

    Producer · as Additional Voices (voice)

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Master: A LEGO Ninjago Short (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Executive Producer

  • Astro Boy vs. The Junkyard Pirates(2010)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Neighbors from Hell(2010)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows

  • Astro Boy(2009)

    Producer · as Dr. Pigknuckle / Newscaster (voice)

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Flushed Away(2006)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Madagascar(2005)

    Production Manager

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 10 titles, 9 of them dated from 2005 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Flushed Away (2006)

$178M worldwide

Highest rated

Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender (2026)

Midcredits 97th

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 10: 0 only acting, 2 with another roleProducing9 of 10: 7 only producing, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score52ndOther crew1 of 10: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

2000s3 · 1 acting · 3 crew2010s3 · 1 acting · 3 crew2020s3 · 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 Maryann Garger's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 59th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 54th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

54thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Approval · how many liked their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Reach · how many have seen their films

96thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Midcredits score across 9 titles, by percentile

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

Shape of the crowd

3 of their 9 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser3
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed3

Most divisive · producer

Astro Boy vs. The Junkyard Pirates (2010)

87th percentile spread · 37% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender (2026)

Midcredits 97th · 86% liked

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 Maryann Garger's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity, profanity and alcohol & drugs run lighter than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles33–43 · median 36 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity5 titles6–22 · median 19 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity5 titles7–17 · median 16 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs5 titles5–26 · median 7 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense5 titles32–59 · median 44 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

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 Maryann Garger work with?

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

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Writers

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Composers and editors

Producers