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Jeff Skoll

Jeff Skoll

Producer · Born January 16, 1965 (61) · Montreal, Québec, Canada

Primetime Emmy nominee · 2 other major award bodies

Jeffrey Stuart Skoll, OC is a Canadian engineer, billionaire internet entrepreneur and film producer. He was the first president of eBay, eventually using the wealth this gave him to become a philanthropist, particularly through the Skoll Foundation, and his media company Participant Media.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 16, 1965 (61)
From
Montreal, Québec, Canada
Works as
Producer
Titles
119 on MovieCove · 126 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 30% in 30 days

What are Jeff Skoll's films like?

Across their 102 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Morality.

Genres

Documentary52 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 83rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Drama18 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 89th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Biography10 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 83rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Comedy8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 59th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 51st percentile
: browse their Action movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 84th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Horror2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 34th percentile
: browse their Horror movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Society
20%
Morality
18%
Survival
15%
Power
15%
Ideas
13%
Self
12%
Bonds
9%
Community32 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice31 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival19 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds17 titles, browse their movies with this themeHope19 titles, browse their movies with this themeTruth12 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity10 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression9 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 98 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 17 · Serious 28 · Dark 53

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

Grounded 73 · Stylized 22 · Heightened 3

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

Gentle 15 · Charged 48 · Intense 35

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

Steady 53 · Shifting 38 · Whiplash 7

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 80 · Some laughs 15 · Funny 3

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 64 · Even-paced 30 · Relentless 4

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

Casual 16 · Engaged 65 · Full focus 17

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 15 · Affecting 37 · Heavy 46

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

Resolved 65 · Open-ended 29 · Ambiguous 4

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
64
Contemplative
47
Hopeful
49
Melancholic
38
Dread
23
Other
64

How their films linger

Thought-provoking58 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful47 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet25 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing20 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteInfuriating13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy18
  • Bittersweet53
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous25
  • Cyclical1
  • Other4

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 Jeff Skoll's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 82 of their 119 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (27).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jeff Skoll'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

126 credits, 119 with a MovieCove page.

  • Prima Facie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Executive Producer

  • Conbody vs Everybody(2024)

    Show 5 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Trust Me: The False Prophet(2026)

    Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows

  • Teenage Wasteland(2025)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Good Night, and Good Luck(2025)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Orwell: 2+2=5(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Interior Chinatown(2024)

    Show 10 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows

  • Separated(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • In Waves and War(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Rob Peace(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • We Grown Now(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Food, Inc. 2(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Shirley(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Out of My Mind(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • The Walk(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • White Bird(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • All the Beauty and the Bloodshed(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • A Compassionate Spy(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey(2022)

    Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • ¡Viva Maestro!(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Costa Brava, Lebanon(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Descendant(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Nuclear Now(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Invisible demons: tuhon merkit(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • The First Wave(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Messwood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Executive Producer

  • My Name Is Pauli Murray(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • The Good House(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Stillwater(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • White Coat Rebels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Executive Producer

  • Final Account(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Judas and the Black Messiah(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • City So Real (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 5 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Sing Me a Song(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • David Byrne's American Utopia(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • John Lewis: Good Trouble(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Totally Under Control(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Just Mercy(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Dark Waters(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Watson(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • American Factory(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • When They See Us(2019)

    Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Slay the Dragon(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Captive State(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • On the Basis of Sex(2018)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Roma(2018)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • America to Me(2018)

    Show 10 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • Foster(2018)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • 7 Days in Entebbe(2018)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • The Price of Free(2018)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Aquarela(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Wonder(2017)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Human Flow(2017)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power(2017)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Shot Caller(2017)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • A Fantastic Woman(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Far From the Tree(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • A Monster Calls(2016)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life(2016)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Denial(2016)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Deepwater Horizon(2016)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Death by a Thousand Cuts(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Neruda(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • The Light Between Oceans(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Zero Days(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Spotlight(2015)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Bridge of Spies(2015)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Graffiti (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Executive Producer

  • 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets(2015)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Beasts of No Nation(2015)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • He Named Me Malala(2015)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble(2015)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel(2015)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • A Most Violent Year(2014)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Citizenfour(2014)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • The Hundred-Foot Journey(2014)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Ardor(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Cesar Chavez(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Merchants of Doubt(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Misconception(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Out of the Dark(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • The Great Invisible(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Made in America(2013)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • The Fifth Estate(2013)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Teach(2013)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Square(2013)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Please Like Me(2013)

    Show 26 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Snitch(2013)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Lincoln(2012)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • The Story of Pines (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Executive Producer

  • A Place at the Table(2012)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • No(2012)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Contagion(2011)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • The Help(2011)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Last Call at the Oasis(2011)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • The Beaver(2011)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel(2011)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Fair Game(2010)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Casino Jack and the United States of Money(2010)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Furry Vengeance(2010)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • The Crazies(2010)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Countdown to Zero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Executive Producer

  • Cane Toads: The Conquest(2010)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Waiting for Superman(2010)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • The Informant!(2009)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • The Soloist(2009)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Food, Inc.(2008)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Visitor(2007)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Standard Operating Procedure(2008)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Pressure Cooker(2008)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Charlie Wilson's War(2007)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Jimmy Carter Man from Plains(2007)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Angels in the Dust(2007)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Chicago 10(2007)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Darfur Now(2007)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • The Kite Runner(2007)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Fast Food Nation(2006)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • An Inconvenient Truth(2006)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Syriana(2005)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Good Night, and Good Luck.(2005)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • American Gun(2005)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • North Country(2005)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • House of D(2004)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 91 titles, 90 of them dated from 2004 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Wonder (2017)

$315M worldwide

Highest rated

The Help (2011)

Midcredits 98th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Producing91 of 91: 91 only producing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score83rd

By decade

2000s13 · crew2010s44 · crew2020s33 · 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.

Awards

1 major award from 6 major nominations, 2009–2021.

WinNomination
  1. 2021
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series
  2. 2020
    • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Limited Series Television
  3. 2019
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Limited Series
  4. 2010
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking
  5. 2009
    • Producers Guild Award, won

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 Jeff Skoll's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 82nd percentile, the median of all 112; across their 98 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 82nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

82ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 98

Approval · how many liked their films

81stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 98

Reach · how many have seen their films

82ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 98

Midcredits score across 119 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up76
  • 50th to 74th35
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

57 of their 119 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved28
  • Divisive6
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser57
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed24

Most divisive · producer

Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power (2022)

97th percentile spread · 34% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Spotlight (2015)

Midcredits 99th · 92% 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 Jeff Skoll's work okay for kids?

Across up to 37 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore33 titles8–83 · median 49 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity37 titles5–68 · median 27 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity31 titles21–72 · median 46 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs29 titles5–58 · median 37 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense31 titles24–81 · median 50 · moderateheavier than most 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 Jeff Skoll work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jeff Skoll's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Diane Weyermann shares the most, 47.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles