Matt Thiesen is an accomplished documentary and narrative editor whose latest project Lainey Wilson: Keepin’ Country Cool was produced for Netflix and premiered at the 2026 SXSW Film Festival. He is also an award-winning writer and director, as well as a co-founder of Sinisisters Productions, specializing in original horror comedy films.
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Biography from IMDb.
- St. Louis Park, Minnesota, USA
- Editor and director
- 5 on MovieCove
What are Matt Thiesen's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 3
Light 2 · Serious 2 · Dark 0
Grounded 4 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
Steady 3 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 0
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet1
- Ambiguous1
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 Matt Thiesen's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Paramount+ (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Matt Thiesen'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
5 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Sheryl(2022)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Dark, Deadly & Dreadful(2018)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Career shape
Across their 5 MovieCove titles from 2018 to 2026.
How do Matt Thiesen's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 77th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 78th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 5 titles are Mixed.
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the pacing 54/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 62, detractors 33. The element that speaks to their work as an editor.
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 Matt Thiesen work with?
People who share at least 2 of Matt Thiesen's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Amy Scott shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Amy ScottShared titles: Lainey Wilson: Keepin' Country Cool (2026), Counting Crows: Have You Seen Me Lately? (2025), Melissa Etheridge: I'm Not Broken (2024), Sheryl (2022)See all 4 shared titles with Amy Scott
Composers and cinematographers
- Heather McIntoshShared titles: Lainey Wilson: Keepin' Country Cool (2026), Counting Crows: Have You Seen Me Lately? (2025), Melissa Etheridge: I'm Not Broken (2024), Sheryl (2022)See all 4 shared titles with Heather McIntosh
- Jonathon NarducciShared titles: Lainey Wilson: Keepin' Country Cool (2026), Counting Crows: Have You Seen Me Lately? (2025), Melissa Etheridge: I'm Not Broken (2024), Sheryl (2022)See all 4 shared titles with Jonathon Narducci
Producers
- Jonathan LynchShared titles: Lainey Wilson: Keepin' Country Cool (2026), Counting Crows: Have You Seen Me Lately? (2025), Melissa Etheridge: I'm Not Broken (2024), Sheryl (2022)See all 4 shared titles with Jonathan Lynch
- Brian MorrowShared titles: Lainey Wilson: Keepin' Country Cool (2026), Counting Crows: Have You Seen Me Lately? (2025), Melissa Etheridge: I'm Not Broken (2024), Sheryl (2022)See all 4 shared titles with Brian Morrow
- Steve PappinShared titles: Counting Crows: Have You Seen Me Lately? (2025), Sheryl (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Steve Pappin