Jess Search
Producer · Born May 15, 1969 (57) · Waterlooville, Hampshire, England, UK
Primetime Emmy nominee
After 5 years as a commissioning editor in the documentaries department at Channel 4 TV in the UK, Jess Search left to set up the Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation - Britain's first documentary foundation. Jess is also a co-founder of Shooting People- an innovative online filmmakers community very active in the UK and New York.
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Biography from IMDb.
- May 15, 1969 (57)
- Waterlooville, Hampshire, England, UK
- Producer
- 12 on MovieCove · 19 credits in all
What are Jess Search's films like?
Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Power and Survival.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 10
Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 9
Grounded 10 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 4 · Intense 7
A split, not a type: Steady 5 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 10 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
A split, not a type: Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 5
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 8
A split, not a type: Resolved 5 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 2
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet5
- Ambiguous6
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 Jess Search's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Jess Search'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
19 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page.
Molly vs the Machines(2026)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Queendom(2023)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
While We Watched (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
F@ck This Job (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Welcome to Chechnya(2020)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Softie(2020)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Cold Case Hammarskjöld(2019)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Risk(2016)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Virunga(2014)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Who is Dayani Cristal?(2013)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Dirty Wars(2013)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
The End of the Line(2009)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Sounds Like Teen Spirit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
How Is Your Fish Today? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Spin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
The Junkies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Arthouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Career shape
A full career of 12 titles from 1997 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Dirty Wars (2013)
Highest rated
Virunga (2014)
Most popular right now
Alexis Arquette: She's My Brother (2007)
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
Nominated for a Primetime Emmy in 2015, Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special.
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 Jess Search's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 91st percentile, the median of all 12; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 88th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up8
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th1
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 12 titles are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved6
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed2
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 Jess Search work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jess Search's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Sandra Whipham shares the most, 3.
Editors
- Masahiro HirakuboShared titles: Virunga (2014), We Are Together (Thina Simunye) (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Masahiro Hirakubo
Producers
- Sandra WhiphamShared titles: Softie (2020), Cold Case Hammarskjöld (2019), Dirty Wars (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Sandra Whipham
- Alice HentyShared titles: Queendom (2023), Welcome to Chechnya (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Alice Henty
- Anna-Mariya TesfayeShared titles: Queendom (2023), Welcome to Chechnya (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Anna-Mariya Tesfaye
- David FranceShared titles: Queendom (2023), Welcome to Chechnya (2020)See all 2 shared titles with David France
